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Posted: February 11th, 2004, 4:57 pm
by George Knighton
bbasso wrote:Not to be a pecker head but getting back to what Ed said, "So this is a definite no to the use of a b-pillar camera mount? "
Damn.

It's so hard to be circumspect and polite.

No B pillar bars.

Posted: February 11th, 2004, 5:16 pm
by zygspeed
George Knighton wrote:It's so hard to be circumspect and polite.

No B pillar bars.
Politeness should have nothing to do with safety concerns, unless it involves something like rules for passing zones and point bys. :wink:

Posted: February 11th, 2004, 5:41 pm
by Bbasso
Trust me I do appreciate you being polite, truely.

I just wanted to have an answer in stone, nothing more.

Thanks George.

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 9:59 am
by BudMan
bbasso wrote:Ok to get this 100%
I drew a horrible picture... Which spot?, (red is rear and green is the front.)

I have a bar that goes across from each side of the car on the red dot.
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DAMNIT!! How did you get ahold of my new aerodynamic CAD drawings? I just new this would propel me through the air faster than anyone else at the expo...hehehe

nice drawing - it got the point clarified! :lol:

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 10:39 am
by Bbasso
BudMan wrote:
DAMNIT!! How did you get ahold of my new aerodynamic CAD drawings? I just new this would propel me through the air faster than anyone else at the expo...hehehe

nice drawing - it got the point clarified! :lol:
Thats all that matters.
And thats one of my best drawing ever :) , If I tried to do it agin it would only be worse :?

This camera mount uses suction cups

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 12:45 pm
by The other Trey
Will this pass tech?

http://www.stickypod.com/products.htm

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It's pretty strong:

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Posted: February 12th, 2004, 1:06 pm
by Bbasso
Would you be able to safety wire it up?
What I mean is, can you tie all the parts to a fixed point on the car so they can't fall off on to the track?

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 4:08 pm
by zygspeed
bbasso wrote:What I mean is, can you tie all the parts to a fixed point on the car so they can't fall off on to the track?
If he feels comfortable with it, and it seems secure then I'd say it should be OK. After all, if it falls off it's his loss!

What about the camera mounts that suction cup to the windshield?

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 6:05 pm
by Bbasso
My concern is that someone could run over it and damage their car or worse, loose control, shoot it up in the air and become a scud missle.

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 6:16 pm
by opie
bbasso wrote:My concern is that someone could run over it and damage their car or worse, loose control, shoot it up in the air and become a scud missle.
Exactly what I was thinking :idea:

Posted: February 13th, 2004, 5:34 pm
by The other Trey
There is a teather cord, in the first pic, on the camera handle. Put another one on the mount bar and call it a day.

Go to the link and see all their options.

It's NOT coming off.

If I were to use it though, it'd be mounted inside the car pointing out a window.

Re: This camera mount uses suction cups

Posted: February 14th, 2004, 10:22 am
by George Knighton
The other Trey wrote:Will this pass tech?

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Thank you for asking about this instead of just doing it.

Unfortunately, after consulting SCCA and NASA safety officials and evaluating the information that they gave me, I do not think it would be a good idea to use an external camera mount in any student group.

Posted: February 29th, 2004, 2:57 pm
by Guest
found this on h-t.com. not very good instructions but from the pics you should be able to fabricate it. heres the link for it:http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=770324

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Posted: February 29th, 2004, 3:00 pm
by 00TypeR
^^^^^ by me not guest.

Posted: March 12th, 2004, 4:58 pm
by opie
Anonymous wrote:found this on h-t.com. not very good instructions but from the pics you should be able to fabricate it. heres the link for it:
Thats my friend Sven's R. I too would like to know if this is ok to run in the R for Expo!

Posted: March 13th, 2004, 3:13 pm
by George Knighton
Opie wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thats my friend Sven's R. I too would like to know if this is ok to run in the R for Expo!
Yes.

I'm a little worried about that wing nut, so please remember that it has to appear completely secure to your instructor and anyone he asks to have a look at it.

The NASA Safety Director, Jim Politi, will probably be in attendance and lending a hand with tech.

The basic answer is yes. :)