f86esabre Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 During testing of new aircraft, you see a lot of external views from different angles of things like missile launches and control surface movements. I have seen low level shots on the B-58 Hustler and F-4 Phantom that look like the camera is on top of the vertical fin. Yet I have never seen documentation of the camera units themselves. Google search did not help. Any reference that you guys know. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Maverick Taylor Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Try this page. Although specific to the F-14, any of the cameras could have been mounted on other Naval jets eg Phantoms, Skyhawks etc. http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-testequip.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f86esabre Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 Andrew, Thank you. That will help a lot. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I have seen a number of these( mostly go-pros these days, and sadly no pics) and they are usually mounted to screws on the airframe. Some fairing that is screwed on has a few screws removed, and longer screws are used to hold down a frame that then holds a camera. I am sure it was the same back with the older style cameras, just the frame would have been larger. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Maverick Taylor Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 5 hours ago, martin_sam_2000 said: I have seen a number of these( mostly go-pros these days, and sadly no pics) and they are usually mounted to screws on the airframe. Some fairing that is screwed on has a few screws removed, and longer screws are used to hold down a frame that then holds a camera. I am sure it was the same back with the older style cameras, just the frame would have been larger. Sean Cameras used for aircraft require something a bit more robust than a Go Pro. Particularly Naval and USAF aircraft due to the dynamic loads in testing. Many high speed cameras also used during weapons testing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 On 9/26/2018 at 11:19 PM, Andrew Maverick Taylor said: Cameras used for aircraft require something a bit more robust than a Go Pro. Particularly Naval and USAF aircraft due to the dynamic loads in testing. Many high speed cameras also used during weapons testing. You are most likely correct. I have only seen cameras mounted on warbirds, aerobatic aircraft, and the odd business jet. I am sure the stress of Military flying brings its own unique design challenges. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Here is a CF-104 with a camera on the belly, in front of the BL-755, and there are camera ports in the tip tanks as well to record the wing pylon bomb drops: Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f86esabre Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Finn, That's an excellent photo. Thank you Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Here is a Swiss Hornet all decked out for a missile launch: Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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