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RWJ

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50 months

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Corey Michalek attached a Go-Pro camera, pointing backwards, to Pat Dakin's Top Fuel car at Atlanta last weekend. An interesting view...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ZbJi9IPmg&fea...

crikey

1,497 posts

80 months

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Love that thumbup

Tet

959 posts

73 months

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Hmmm. Still quite a bit of distortion on the image. I'd been considering getting a GoPro camera in the hopes that it would suffer less from vibration than the previous camera I used. Maybe it will. After all, I'm not burning nitro and the vibrations on my car are likely to be significantly smaller :-)

37chevy

530 posts

25 months

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Wow!!!!!

What's with the crews pushing the cars these days?

MotorPsycho

1,077 posts

80 months

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Consistancy on the clutch I believe, rather than having to drag the clutch to start the car moving
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37chevy

530 posts

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MotorPsycho said:
Consistancy on the clutch I believe, rather than having to drag the clutch to start the car moving
Ahhh makes sense!!

slinky

14,377 posts

118 months

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Tet said:
Hmmm. Still quite a bit of distortion on the image. I'd been considering getting a GoPro camera in the hopes that it would suffer less from vibration than the previous camera I used. Maybe it will. After all, I'm not burning nitro and the vibrations on my car are likely to be significantly smaller :-)
Tet, I've got one now, you're welcome to have a nose/play..

FloppyRaccoon

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That made me laugh it was so ridiculous. Thanks for sharing smile

redvictor

3,059 posts

106 months

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Tet said:
Hmmm. Still quite a bit of distortion on the image. I'd been considering getting a GoPro camera in the hopes that it would suffer less from vibration than the previous camera I used. Maybe it will. After all, I'm not burning nitro and the vibrations on my car are likely to be significantly smaller :-)
Top Fuel car in distorting camera images shocker!! biggrin

PiPPl

39 posts

20 months

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redvictor said:
Top Fuel car in distorting camera images shocker!! biggrin
Hello Andy. Long story, I dabble in the outskirts of the hobby of video recording by the use of radio controlled aircrafts and unfortunately that kind of distortion is a problem with the technology used in some of todays digital cameras, some of them more high-end than the GoPro. Google on "jello effect" or "rolling shutter" and you'll get a lot of hits.

Having said that, AFAIC, the GoPro product line is A-1 as was the clip that started this thread. But the crew should've cleaned the lens/casing smile

Regards
PiPPi

Edited by PiPPl on Friday 11th May 20:23

redvictor

3,059 posts

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PiPPl said:
ello Andy. Long story, I dabble in the outskirts of the hobby of video recording by the use of radio controlled aircrafts and unfortunately that kind of distortion is a problem with the technology used in some of todays digital cameras, some of them more high-end than the GoPro. Google on "jello effect" or "rolling shutter" and you'll get a lot of hits.

Having said that, AFAIC, the GoPro product line is A-1 as was the clip that started this thread. But the crew should've cleaned the lens/casing smile

Regards
PiPPi

Edited by PiPPl on Friday 11th May 20:23
It was a tonque in cheek reply Pippi, but thank you for the info...
I'm glad you think highly of the Go Pro,as that is the camera Wil has got for our car for next time...I'll make sure Wil cleans the lens beforehand though..hehe

v8 jago

932 posts

122 months

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That is AWESOME !! Just makes you realise how slow 9 secs is in comparisment with that !! Lol.

37chevy

530 posts

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v8 jago said:
That is AWESOME !! Just makes you realise how slow 9 secs is in comparisment with that !! Lol.
Yes but get a video of a 9 second car and put it against a street car and you realise how fast a 9 second car is!

mat777

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Loving the supercharger whine biggrin
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