Nice video Allen! Thanks for the info. Ok, so I'll get out and try it this Friday and see if I can get it to work. That is the quality that I was expecting and, if I can get it to that, I'll be happy.

Here's a picture of using the drift with an inspection plate. I drilled a 1/4 inch hole through the plate. The bolt is a bit on the long side but it works.

I tried using PVC tubing and bungee cords attached to the strut but was not happy with the results. I would get too much movement. I found I could only shoot at low resolution 720x60fps instead of 1080x30fps. Even then, if I wasn't really careful I would get jello even at 720.

The camera attachment I borrowed from another camera mount I purchased.


Washers added additional stiffness to the plate which it needed. I also added a little safety wire to prevent the camera from the potential of unscrewing itself. Would be nice if the drift cameras had a camera strap attach point to feed a wire through.


Mounted and ready to go.


Overall I'm getting a lot better results than with this setup than the bungee/tube setup. I can shoot at 1080 and get very little jello effect. One disappointment. I was hoping to mount the camera in different positions but when I tried it near the tail, the remote wouldn't toggle the camera on or off.

When I mounted my Drift to the pilot side step under the door I had to hold the remote out the window to ensure it turned on. You might want to try the same thing to see if it works?

I'm shopping..which Drift would get right now?

Rob,

How did you attach your camera?

Joey,

I haven't been keeping up on the latest Drift or other technology lately. If the GoPro now has full view and remote control support via a smartphone, I'd look at that since I have a smartphone.

"AvidFlyer"I'm shopping..which Drift would get right now?

I have the "Drift HD", it suppose to have a better lens then the Drift HD 170 and is smaller. It also has a remote on/off switch and zoom lens. I bought my from Amazon.com and it does cost more than the 170. It was recommend to me to go with the Drift HD or the Contour +.

I agree that the Drift HD is the best drift camera out right now. It's a nice little unit and I enjoy using it. One thing to note though, it only uses standard batteries and Micro SD cards. A guy can easily find these under $200 right now.

The GoPro Hero 3 is awesome, no questions about it. But at $399 for the remote package, it's a little pricy still.

Still nothing wrong with the Drift HD 170 camera, and the Drift customer support is excellent if something should go wrong.

MM

Craig,
I just used a ram mount with a strip of rubber and a small hose clamp. I use a bigger (longer) clamp for mounting it on the strut.

mountainmatt wrote:and the Drift customer support is excellent if something should go wrong.

I just completed my firmware update as per MM link on Page 7...that was easy (coming from a computer dummy). Now, here's the questions and hopefully someone here can answer most or better all! I'm sick and tired of looking at all of you guys's wicked video while mine are all stored on my HD card! So I attempted to do some video editing with the free software on my computer which I'm told works just fine for what I want to do, Windows Movie Maker. When I tried to import files, it cannot read them...The DRIFT videos are in .MOV/quick time format which Windows does not recognized. Apparently, I have to convert them into .AVI files.

Is that correct...I need to convert to AVI files?

If so, is there a free software I can use to do this? if not, is there a cheap one? I dont want to spend tons just to convert a few files. I did find an online converter software for about $50 called Aimersoft. They have a free version but it puts a watermark on your video...I tried it out to make sure it works, took forever to convert but then, when I opened the AVI files, only audio showed up, no images?

Anyone able to help here? Thanks muc, BCT

You know, in the long run - it would be cheaper to buy a Mac - Imovie is great

Cubonaut875 wrote:You know, in the long run - it would be cheaper to buy a Mac - Imovie is great

You are probably right but I cant bother subscibing into apple...I like other tablets a lot more than the Ipad and I'm sure there are softwares that can do what I need to do... Apple is a great great product, no doubt about it but then you're are stuck subscribing to what apple dictates to use, Imovie, Icloud, accessories, etc.. I have used Imovie..yes easy to use for sure. I also like the fact that there is no/very little virus with Apple...but for now, I'll stick with PC! (feel free to give me a Mac for xmas though!)

I have a copy of Magix Movie Editor Pro that I will sell for $30. I paid $60 for it and it won't run on my crappy laptop.
(Not enought mojo, I guess.)

I just bought an Apple computer so that's the end of the MS bullcrap for me.

Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter 1.4 will convert fast and simple. And yes, it's free!

Backcountry Tundra wrote:I just completed my firmware update as per MM link on Page 7...that was easy (coming from a computer dummy). Now, here's the questions and hopefully someone here can answer most or better all! I'm sick and tired of looking at all of you guys's wicked video while mine are all stored on my HD card! So I attempted to do some video editing with the free software on my computer which I'm told works just fine for what I want to do, Windows Movie Maker. When I tried to import files, it cannot read them...The DRIFT videos are in .MOV/quick time format which Windows does not recognized. Apparently, I have to convert them into .AVI files.

Is that correct...I need to convert to AVI files?

If so, is there a free software I can use to do this? if not, is there a cheap one? I dont want to spend tons just to convert a few files. I did find an online converter software for about $50 called Aimersoft. They have a free version but it puts a watermark on your video...I tried it out to make sure it works, took forever to convert but then, when I opened the AVI files, only audio showed up, no images?

Anyone able to help here? Thanks muc, BCT

The 2011 version of Movie Maker will read .MOV files. I'm betting you're running XP or maybe Vista for an OS? You might see if a more recent version of MM is available and if it will run on your system.

Craig

Can you mount it on the front of your forehead (like where cyclop's eye would be) as you can the GoPro?

(That head mount has some advantages over mounting on a fixed clamp on aircraft, and forehead is more comfy than side of head IMO)

Alex

Av8r3400 wrote:I have a copy of Magix Movie Editor Pro that I will sell for $30. I paid $60 for it and it won't run on my crappy laptop.
(Not enought mojo, I guess.)

I just bought an Apple computer so that's the end of the MS bullcrap for me.

Will this Magix M.E.P. work with .MOV files? if so I'll buy it

I'm running Windows Vista on my laptop, Cheers, BCT

I bought it to edit my .mov files made by my Drift HD170 camera. My 2 year old win-7 laptop crashes every time I try and run it. Not enough power I guess.

I would seriously doubt if your Vista machine would fair any better. This software needs a pretty serious desktop with lots of RAM and Processor power to operate.


Honestly I wouldn't want to saddle you with the same problem I'm having.

Backcountry Tundra wrote:

Av8r3400 wrote:I have a copy of Magix Movie Editor Pro that I will sell for $30. I paid $60 for it and it won't run on my crappy laptop.
(Not enought mojo, I guess.)

I just bought an Apple computer so that's the end of the MS bullcrap for me.

Will this Magix M.E.P. work with .MOV files? if so I'll buy it

I'm running Windows Vista on my laptop, Cheers, BCT

BT,

Try downloading the latest Movie Maker. I think it will solve your problem. I'm pretty sure you're running an older version that doesn't support MOV but the newer versions do.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/movie-maker-get-started

Craig

This is true. Magix is a great program, but it requires some pretty serious hardware to edit the HD stuff.

GroundLooper wrote:

Backcountry Tundra wrote:

Av8r3400 wrote:I have a copy of Magix Movie Editor Pro that I will sell for $30. I paid $60 for it and it won't run on my crappy laptop.
(Not enought mojo, I guess.)

I just bought an Apple computer so that's the end of the MS bullcrap for me.

Will this Magix M.E.P. work with .MOV files? if so I'll buy it

I'm running Windows Vista on my laptop, Cheers, BCT

BT,

Try downloading the latest Movie Maker. I think it will solve your problem. I'm pretty sure you're running an older version that doesn't support MOV but the newer versions do.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/movie-maker-get-started

Craig

Just downloaded it and it seems to work...I've got plenty of hours to figure it out so if all works well I'll have couple vids to post upon my return from my trip...question though, I see a lot of guys are getting their video removed from youtube when they have music on it (copyright I guess) so is there a website where even if you use "commercial" music they wont remove it ...Vimeo?? Tks, BCT