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frequentfaller

Mounting a GoPro on the outside of plane

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One of our Instructors just duck-taped one to the side of our Otter last month, and a couple of years ago we mounted a Panasonic HVX200 on a bracket to the strut of another Otter. We turned 6-7 loads before we could un-mount it. I'm quite sure the FAA wasn't involved...

I'd not only ask the pilot, but the plane owner too (if the pilot can't speak for him/her).

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I'd estemate a good meter and a half away. His footage didnt show any tailwing near his head. But for sure always worth noting safety on wingsuit exits and low tail aircraft...



Man, the guy with the green helmet at 21 seconds. You may be right if your talking about horizontal distance but I tell you what, makes me wince when I watch it. He doesn't fall but looks like he jumps straight out, almost up a little compared to his peers.

At the end of the day glad he is fine.
"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way." - Alan Watts

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Even if he managed to avoid it by three meters, it's still a very bad idea to open one's wings until you're clear of the plane. Three days from now will be the second anniversary of the death of a good friend of mine from doing just that.

The fellow in the video has his wings open in front of the tail. Clearly, wingsuiters haven't learned much in the last two years.
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