Helmet cam and geekifying your look

[Terry Lee]

I've been playing with my Mobius Action Cam. A very impressive package that outperforms my expectations. My initial plan was to wire it directly to the bike, which would force me to plug in every time. This was to enforce discipline on my part. My current thinking is just to the on board battery with an auxiliary power supply. Here's my current thinking...
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and the business end.
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This setup gives me about 5 hours of recording. The extra battery is 1600 milliamps. I would like to lower the camera slightly to lessen the geek factor. But then, I'm a geek, so I'll probably leave it and just ride. Here's a 30 second sample of the camera in use.
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[NTECUK]

How waterproof is the USB port??

[ophic]

It's at least 6 inches above your eye line. It'll see everything you don't and make you appear blind if you ever use it as crash evidence. But this probably doesn't apply to you as I notice you're a long way from London.

[Terry Lee]

How waterproof is the USB port??

Not at all waterproof. I have the silicone weather sock for the camera, but haven't figured out the rest of the waterproofing. I'm not even sure I'll keep this configuration.

[Terry Lee]

It's at least 6 inches above your eye line. It'll see everything you don't and make you appear blind if you ever use it as crash evidence. But this probably doesn't apply to you as I notice you're a long way from London.

Is that actually an issue? The aim of the camera is very close to what I see, the road directly ahead and the top of the fairing. It has better peripheral vision than I due to the wide angle lens. Well maybe not as good as my peripheral, but close.

[NTECUK]

Bit of a cheak. But as the lids in grey primer. What color was you thinking of painting it....... ;)

[ophic]

Is that actually an issue? The aim of the camera is very close to what I see, the road directly ahead and the top of the fairing. It has better peripheral vision than I due to the wide angle lens. Well maybe not as good as my peripheral, but close.
Not an issue. A lot of London riders wear cameras for evidence in the event of an accident. Having watched some of these posted to youtube, there are many comments such as "should have seen that coming", "I saw it a mile off" etc, and in the video the developing hazard is quite visible.

Sometimes it appears like the extra 6 inches of height allows the camera to see over obstructions that the rider can't, making the rider's observations look poor when in fact they're not. I wouldn't want to have to convince a judge of this though.

It looks like a good setup and has the added advantage of the high viewpoint and wide angle making you appear to be 8 foot tall :)

[NTECUK]

One thing I have noticed from going from the Daytona to the tiger is how much more you can see ahead.

[pookie]

Love the blue skies in the video.. I was wondering how the camera and battery is fixed onto the helmet?
I'm a bit skeptical about the 3m pads but they seem to be on most cameras so hold up well I guess.

[Terry Lee]

Bit of a cheak. But as the lids in grey primer. What color was you thinking of painting it....... ;)

I think the velvety smooth, non-reflective finish is stealth.

[Terry Lee]

Bit of a cheak. But as the lids in grey primer. What color was you thinking of painting it....... ;)

I think the velvety smooth, non-reflective finish is stealth.;)

[NTECUK]

Um. Not to stealth the you need the video evidence I hope.

[Terry Lee]

Love the blue skies in the video.. I was wondering how the camera and battery is fixed onto the helmet?
I'm a bit skeptical about the 3m pads but they seem to be on most cameras so hold up well I guess.

Yes, the daylight shots are very nicely rendered.

The camera mount seems secure. I heated the mount for forming and stuck it to the helmet while toasty. I suspect finish damage if I try to remove it. I've had good luck with 3M adhesives. I was considered the Velco King with my airplane. The interior, seat pads, various mounted devices were all sticky'd on with good service life. If anyone's interested, I have an old video on Vimeo of a record making trip to the Canadian Arctic that my daughter and I took some years ago. I've never publicized due to the plethora of copyrighted music embedded within.

https://vimeo.com/52394586

[Terry Lee]

Um. Not to stealth the you need the video evidence I hope.

touché

[pookie]

Wow I heard about those houses with a garage for an aeroplane!. Thats an awesome view from up there.

[Geodude]

Love your gadget threads Terry keep them coming :) enjoyed the flight video too, what a great memory for you and your daughter, your a cool dad.