Top Fuel run, looking backwards

[RWJ]

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]

Love that

[Tet]

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]

Wow!!!!!

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

[MotorPsycho]

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

[37chevy]

MotorPsycho said:

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

Ahhh makes sense!!

[slinky]

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]

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

[redvictor]

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!!

[PiPPl]

redvictor said:

Top Fuel car in distorting camera images shocker!!

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

Regards
PiPPi

Edited by PiPPl on Friday 11th May 20:23

[redvictor]

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

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..

[v8 jago]

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

[37chevy]

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]

Loving the supercharger whine