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Bill Bradburry wrote:
> I am trying to find a deal on a Contour camera.  They make a Contour
> Roam that has a built in mic, a Contour GPS, which allows you to record
> your track as well, and a Contour Plus that has GPS and an external mic
> so you can plug it into your comm and record your ATC comms or you could
> talk your notes into it as it films.  They run from under $200 to $500
> depending on which model.  Records up to 32G of data.  They are all wide
> angle HD up to 1080p.
> 
>  

Wouldn't a typical smart phone do all of that?


> 
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> 
> *From:* Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
> *On Behalf Of *Richard Sohn
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:30 PM
> *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft
> *Subject:* [FlyRotary] simple and affordable datacollection
> 
>  
> 
> Bouncing around what to do about monitoring my single rotor, on the
> ground and in flight, I looked at a zillion of possibilities. Non met my
> requirements of being simple and affordable and still doing the job. I
> even went so far as building a timer for my small camera taking a
> picture every few seconds. I never finished it.
> 
> Now I discovered GoPro, and suddenly my problems were solved.
> 
> The first picture is what the camera is taking, and the second is zoomed
> in to whatever I want to look at.
> 
> The camera is clipped to my front harness taking pictures at the rate I
> set it to.
> 
> I think every first flight should have it so the pilot does not have to
> worry about not reading engine data, and can safely fly the airplane.
> 
>  
> 
> Go to GoPro.com for spec.
> 
>  
> 
> Richard Sohn
> N2071U
> 
> http://www.fairpoint.net/~res12/home.html
>