Tidied up...

I have played around with the GoPro kite line mount and made it a bit tidier.

From this...

To this...

I just hope it stays on - I think I need to seriously look at making some sort of secondary safety system!

It's not pretty...

but should do the job - the GoPro is now mounted at right angles so I shouldn't have to crop and rotate (just rotate) so it wont ruin the video quality...

Video - GoPro kite line mount, buggy test

Really low winds this morning and it was a struggle to even get the 10m Ozone Manta to get the buggy moving (none of the video is slow motion - it was just slow!).

The kite line mount worked really well, then used rotate and crop in iMovie to correct the way in which the camera is mounted. This did affect the quality of some of the clips, so I also played around with the size of the crops. Next time I use the line mount I will try the GoPro on r4 (tallest HD video, 4:3) to try and maintain the quality when i rotate and crop.

Overall though, I was very pleased with the results.

GoPro kite line mount - buggy test from Mark Crook on Vimeo.

GoPro kite line mount

I have been looking at getting the Camrig kite line mount, but after a restless night thought I would have a go at making my own - especially once I remembered I had a couple of line winders tucked away that I could adapt...

Trimmed them down and attached the GoPro mount that I had created from the original packaging...

Used some Velcro cable ties...

The finished product...

And the video from the test flight...

GoPro kite line mount - test flight from Mark Crook on Vimeo.

Overall I am really pleased with the outcome and it only cost $6 to make! It will be good to try it in the buggy - will try and tidy it up a bit and add a secondary security line to make it perfect.

Edit:

Since originally making this I have updated it so the camera sits at 90 degrees, this makes the video easier for editing...

GoPro Kite Lin mount part II

Aerial - Buggying with GoPro Kite Line Mount from Mark Crook on Vimeo.

Custom GoPro mount - modifications

I have had some pretty good results from the chase camera mount that I made for my GoPro.

Since that picture I have shortened the arm to reduce bounce (the actual mount was made from the packaging the camera comes in!).

I had some time and decided to tidy up the  mount to make it look a bit better and also added some more holes so that I can change the orientation of the camera.

The pipe clamps works really well and makes it easy to attach and remove...