I am using the mounts from MyPilotPro (https://mypilotpro.com) both for GoPro and Insta360 cameras and can only highly recommend them.
@arun do you mean this
It looks like a rube/rod, held in two pipe brackets (of the type used to fix central heating pipes to a wall) and a camera mounted at the end of that.
I would have expected that to vibrate a lot, but maybe not?
Also you need to be really careful how you attach it to the wing. There is going to be a lot of leverage. It cannot go in the skin (which is maybe 0.8-1.0mm thick, only) so would have to go where there is a spar.
Yeah Peter. You’re right I meant this setting.
A pole sticking out of the wing, I too would imagine it to vibrate a lot. It is not that there is a lot to work with on these planes when it comes to fixing things on them. Apparently, it is being done and undoubtedly provides an excellent angle for capturing shots.
I too would prefer a solution sold on MyPilotPro.
The problem with a pole sticking forward is that it is naturally prone to oscillation.
These “leading” probes are used in surveying equipment and there are complex challenges to control the resonances.
I think this pilot installed it thus to get the camera away from the wing, but unless the lens is a fisheye, it doesn’t need to be so far forward. If you are willing to drill holes and insert rivnuts, you could do a far more sturdy and compact mount. The camera needs to be looking slightly downwards anyway; upwards is just sky.
And just because a mount is off the shelf doesn’t mean it is good 
A big problem with commercial mounts is “jello” – resonance between the camera’s vibration and its image stabilisation / frame rate. You see a lot of this on youtube videos.
Nothing beats a really stiff mount, with the camera close to the wing.
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Has anyone noticed some speed loss due to externally mounted GoPro?
I have one of these on my the tie-down ring.
I wanted to to install the swivel version on the vertical stabiliser, but it appears to be so bulky that I am not sure that I should.
No, not that I have noticed… but my mounting isnt as chunky as that and neither is the alternative one on the tailskid – they dont hang down as far either.
I have had them on wingtip. Expected some effect, but it was like it wasn’t there. May not be the same on anything fast!
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It may not slow the plane down noticeably but it is likely to wobble in the airflow. Many flying videos have flutter (“jello”) in them. The mount is far too long. I would have the camera on a much shorter mount.
Then it needs to be adjusted so that the bottom surface of the wing is just outside the upper edge of the video.
I use the X3000 which has a significantly smaller frontal area, even in the waterproof housing. But that also suffered from jello from airframe vibration – had to be modded
Maybe a better way to mount that camera using those fixings may be to itlt the tie-down section 90deg backward…..the camera then looks at the floor.
Then re tilt the camera up (to look forward) at the go pro mount.
GA_Pete wrote:
Maybe a better way to mount that camera using those fixings may be to itlt the tie-down section 90deg backward
It took some time and two additional flat washers and get the desired angle.
And then …. I forgot to turn on the GoPro :(
