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Bill,
I believe the latest GoPro model has an external mic jack.
http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero2-outdoor-edition/#features
Bobby
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From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Ernest Christley
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:04 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: simple and affordable datacollection
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
>
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