f949 battery cover with integrated sq11 camera clip by drcameron

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Combined the SQ11 Mini DV camera mount clip by christosch with a battery cover I designed in TinkerCAD for the f949 Cessna 182 by WLToys. The battery cover with clip weighs just 2.19g. Simply turn on the camera, snap it in place and fly. I tested both with and without landing gear. It definitely flew better without the landing gear, but you need to land it in grass.
I posted images of it in flight. Some video will soon follow. (Edit video:https://youtu.be/NuEAl7ieKbk) I think I need to angle the POV toward the ground more to avoid the propeller warping in the recorded video.
I also replaced the metal support around the SQ11 camera with this: https://www.thingiverse.com/make:396316 from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2533945.
Weight of the modified camera with memory card is 10.56g. Weight with the camera, memory card, and this adapter: 12.86g.
Modified versions
Added more support for the clip and removed some of the material to cut the weight by about 10%.
90 degree - camera faces straight down for excellent topography shots. Option to leave the landing gear on.
30 degree - Definitely clears the prop.
20 degree - should clear the prop, but if not try the 30.