I'm just cobbling together a camera mount for a full face helmet and wonder the best way of attaching it on.
How do gopro do it?
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Attaching cameras to helmets....stickers screws or straps??
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Gopro use a fat 3M adhesive pad... Or strap-ons. The sticky pad seems like a deeply stupid idea, I was just waiting for it to fall off but then I rode too close to a tree on the last innerleithen enduro at speed and caught the camera, damn near pulled my head off, camera stayed on. So now I trust it!
The straps work well too but are a bit less solid. I'm pretty sure that if I'd used self-tappers they'd have ripped out in that tree incident, the shell of a bike helmet isn't all that strong (also, it generally feels like a bad thing to do doesn't it?)
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Give cable ties a go, cheap and reliable
Posted 1 year ago # -
velcro / o rings. You want the camera to come off the helmet in an impact. Not screws.
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TJ...will velcro reallt hold fast or is it going to "jiggle"
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I use velcro for most of the bullet cam fittings (on bike frame as well) and they work well.
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With ties or velcro use a blob of blue tack
Between cam and helmet. Acts as a shock and
Stops any movement.Posted 1 year ago # -
I think TJ has a good point. Its got to break free on impact or you could really hurt your self on impact. I'm thinking extra rotation and possible kneck wrenching.
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I'd not want it to break away in that way except as a last resort but you definately don't want a totally solid mount. If you use the Gopros as an example they designed in a fair bit of articulation into the mounts which makes a big difference, and a level of designed-in weakness to allow them to fail in really bad impacts. For a DIY mount that's going to be pretty hard to do though.
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