powerlord

I wonder if you might be talking about my videos. Like the deepdale one ? http://powerlord.panfare.com actually that one just used a video camera with a semi fish eye if it was. But with a bit of practice you can get good results. hmm. just looked and I've not got that one on there. I'll post it and put link up. Alternative is to do what I've done now. I have 2 pinhole cameras mounted on the frame, one with a fish eye. And another in my helmet. I can switch between them during flight. all send signals (through some custom trickery) to an archos for solid state recording. stu

true, but you can use sports tracker on the N95. I use it as a backup to the PDA. works fine in a pocket, providing nice GPS trace, and nice graphs and stuff of alti over time, etc for lookin at after the flight. stu

I love my PDA with GPS built in. I run gpsdash2 and it gives me all thefeatures of the expensive things for about 100 quid. can't be beaten imho.

did u get a price from Giles Simon ? Might be interested myself. stu

Well, it has taken me the best part of a month, but stuDash is complete. Time mainly due to it being 20 years since I last did any electronics, so had to read up on the books and remember it all again..opamps and transistors, regulators, blablabal. Anyway, hoped to christen it with its first flight today but it was not to be, however all systems have now been tested and stuDash is go! The main design idea behind this was to simplify taking my technology into the air, and simplify cabling, taking/charging batteries for things, etc so that it is a bit more just plug in and go. But some other stuff got stuck to it as the thing evolved...! piccies here if you fancy making your own: http://powerlord.phanfare.com/album/518602 summary of features: Active Helmet,connected by single umbilical to stuDash©, and a seperate single umbilical connected to a flight deck (where archos, N95 and PDA are all attached and plugged into power alongside altimeter). All cabling to stuDash is routed through ali-pipe mounted alongside right swing arm for protection and coolness... -helmet video (using regulated 12v power feed from stuDash) -throat audio (using regulated 12v power feed from stuDash) -alternate mic (selectable with button on helmet - omni directional) -heated gloves clip into helmet umbilical maintaining the easy 1 plug hookup to stuDash. i.e. the only thing connecting me with paramotor is a single 8 way plug. everything else stays on motor most of time. StuDash features: - rev counter (tiny tach) - fuel guage (Jeremy's design) - CHT meter. - battery health meter (10 bar LED) working through 12-15v range) - detailed volt and amp readout. - heated gloves on/off switch and LED. - power on/off switch and LED (for instrumentation not PPG) - alternative video input switching (AUX1 and AUX2) - helmet to aux video input switching (HELMET and AUX) i.e. support for 3 live video feeds user selectable in flight via stuDash for inflight 'edits'. - headphones into helmet supported (can play music on N95 and is fed into headphones in helmet) - PDA gets 5v regulated power - N95 gets 5v regulated power - archos gets 5v regulated power -auxiliary flight deck 5v regulated socket (future stuff) -auxiliary flight deck 12v regulated socket (future stuff) So my flight can now be recorded with 3 (inflight selectable) video cameras (one with fish eye lense), the aux ones being mountable wherever I feel like for each flight (wireless also supported). At the same time I can use my N95 to listen to music and make/accept calls (as well as it recording my GPS track as GPS backup). PDA runs GPSDash2 giving me all the realtime readouts I need, and GPS tracking, plus since they are both powered I can have them on nice bright back light continuously. stu

Count me in Simon (just spoke to u on the phone) stu parajet, action 27