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Thought I'd try something different today - BJoe - 12-31-2008

I'd been wanting to try and put a camera on my RC's for some on board video forsome time but have had a tough time justifying strapping an expensive camera to a truck that just may have an accident at a high rate of speed and destroy said expensive digital camera. Lately I've been looking at the cheap sub $50 cameras at places ike Walmart and finally found one for $30 that I wouldn't cry about it getting splattering across a parking lot and did a test run in the store with it today. I mounted it inside the body on my brushless Stampede
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and shot the video through the windshield of the above body.

It's far from perfect and would probably be better if I mounted the lense outside the body. I may cut up the "passenger side window to allow the camera to stick up through it.
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SO, what do you guys think?

BTW, that hairy, blue and fleshtone blob is me:wavey:


Thought I'd try something different today - AddictedtoNITRO - 12-31-2008

would definatly be clearer out side or through a hole. What camera did you get joe? 30 bux for a video cam?


Thought I'd try something different today - BJoe - 01-01-2009

I picked up a Digital Concepts 30690 Digital Video Camera from Sakar International. It's just a cheap flash memory still/video digital camera that runs off 2AAA batteries. I'm not too sure what cost more to make, the camera, the USB cable, or the packaging to be honest.