MikeSnare
06-04-2007, 09:18 PM
Here's a link to a test I ran this weekend at El Toro with the mount I made for the SCAT Chase cam. The course is the left side Pro Solo course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGK8nExOIYQ
The camera is about 4' above the rear bumper, with the mount tied into the hard top attachment points, which makes it a Miatas only mount.
The quality of the ChaseCam video is much better than you will see here, but youtube compresses it so much it degrades the image a lot. Playing it with Windows Media Player you can see the cones much further ahead.
In any case, you can still get a good sense of the perspective you get with the camera up and behind the car. I'm pretty happy with the results for a first day out. I think I can damp the vibration a little more, and an external mic might improve the audio enough to hear more throttle modulation, tires, etc.
Rather than treat this as the serious business it is, some will no doubt find it necessary to focus on the fact that I missed a gate in this run, or otherwise comment on my driving. I will rise above that level of pettiness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGK8nExOIYQ
The camera is about 4' above the rear bumper, with the mount tied into the hard top attachment points, which makes it a Miatas only mount.
The quality of the ChaseCam video is much better than you will see here, but youtube compresses it so much it degrades the image a lot. Playing it with Windows Media Player you can see the cones much further ahead.
In any case, you can still get a good sense of the perspective you get with the camera up and behind the car. I'm pretty happy with the results for a first day out. I think I can damp the vibration a little more, and an external mic might improve the audio enough to hear more throttle modulation, tires, etc.
Rather than treat this as the serious business it is, some will no doubt find it necessary to focus on the fact that I missed a gate in this run, or otherwise comment on my driving. I will rise above that level of pettiness.