My first post. Ameba is new to me. Please excuse my limitations.
Masami-san has been kind to inform me of various expert RC Drift Track standards in Japan. Information given includes various RC Drift track's control tyre, various drift track surface details, etc.
Masami-san is also an expert camera operator and post production editor, producing some of the best RC Drift Track coverage in Japan on a weekly basis. RC Drift addicts around the world can get their weekly fix of RC Drifting at his YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ_4s7TIouPsB-vj2S7YuPg
Masami-san shoots Insta 360 X onboard his RC Drift car/chassis. I did too, many months ago, but soon became frustrated by the time consuming editing and camera move position keyframing to extract flattened 360 footage for use in combination with my gymbil supported camera footage taken from the track side. I have currently stopped shooting 360 camera footage, but do still believe it is an amazing addition to RC Drift video production. I must shoot 360 camera footage again soon.
So I post this blog to show Masami-san, and anyone else interested, photos of my Insta 360 X mounted to my YD2 EX chassis.
First the camera and mounting technique.
The camera is using an extender block to raise camera height. It may not be necessary, depending on the camera height and view from front and rear camera lenses. Too low, and the body shell may obscure one of the lenses view. The extender part was taken from a Noga articulation adjustable arm, used in the film and television industry for mounting equipment, say, a camera monitor or lights, etc.
It is also a thread adapter for film industry standard screw threads, such as 1/4" and 5/8". This can also serve as a conversion device. I use it as a height adjusting block in this instance.
You can see the CF upper deck of this YD2 chassis has a hole drilled to allow the 1/4" thread screw to pass through. The foam padding below the upper deck limits the length of the screw in the 360 camera mounting thread. If the screw is too long, it will not tighten to a fixed position before hitting the camera's sleeve length limit, otherwise the screw may damage the camera if it was possible to extend into the 360 camera's body.
You can see the camera mounted onto the chassis.
This Tamiya 86 was one of my first body shells. I continued to modify it more and more over time. When I decided to mount the 360 to the chassis, I chose this shell because it is compact and old. I wasn't sure if camera mounting to the chassis would work well, or if there would be a good video recording result. I can still use this shell without a camera mounted on the chassis, it now has a strange windscreen cut out, however, I already have so many shells to use.
Tyre choice when drifting a chassis with additional weight from the 360 camera may require adjustment. I generally drift with TopLine TDT-002PE rear tyres, and often run with MST FR-F Silver dot (hard) rounded front tyres for consistent tyres contact with the track surface when steering. With the additional weight of the Insta 360 X camera on the chassis, and in order to maintain consistent speed with other drivers, perhaps a gripper rear tyre may assist. Perhaps the rear tyres may be changed to R31House PE2's or other tyre for additional traction, to maintain pace with the other drivers. YMMV.
The mounting position of the camera was a combination of the available position to mount on the camera onto the chassis, centre of gravitynsideration, integration of the 360 camera with the body shell, and the footage view from the 360 camera lenses.
I do not have a lot of video recordings incorporating 360 camera footage. This video has a few shots taken from my YD2 onboard Insta 360 X camera.
https://youtu.be/Z5hbIndCnW8
Thanks for reading and watching. 👍👌
Masami-san has been kind to inform me of various expert RC Drift Track standards in Japan. Information given includes various RC Drift track's control tyre, various drift track surface details, etc.
Masami-san is also an expert camera operator and post production editor, producing some of the best RC Drift Track coverage in Japan on a weekly basis. RC Drift addicts around the world can get their weekly fix of RC Drifting at his YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ_4s7TIouPsB-vj2S7YuPg
Masami-san shoots Insta 360 X onboard his RC Drift car/chassis. I did too, many months ago, but soon became frustrated by the time consuming editing and camera move position keyframing to extract flattened 360 footage for use in combination with my gymbil supported camera footage taken from the track side. I have currently stopped shooting 360 camera footage, but do still believe it is an amazing addition to RC Drift video production. I must shoot 360 camera footage again soon.
So I post this blog to show Masami-san, and anyone else interested, photos of my Insta 360 X mounted to my YD2 EX chassis.
First the camera and mounting technique.
The camera is using an extender block to raise camera height. It may not be necessary, depending on the camera height and view from front and rear camera lenses. Too low, and the body shell may obscure one of the lenses view. The extender part was taken from a Noga articulation adjustable arm, used in the film and television industry for mounting equipment, say, a camera monitor or lights, etc.
It is also a thread adapter for film industry standard screw threads, such as 1/4" and 5/8". This can also serve as a conversion device. I use it as a height adjusting block in this instance.
You can see the CF upper deck of this YD2 chassis has a hole drilled to allow the 1/4" thread screw to pass through. The foam padding below the upper deck limits the length of the screw in the 360 camera mounting thread. If the screw is too long, it will not tighten to a fixed position before hitting the camera's sleeve length limit, otherwise the screw may damage the camera if it was possible to extend into the 360 camera's body.
You can see the camera mounted onto the chassis.
This Tamiya 86 was one of my first body shells. I continued to modify it more and more over time. When I decided to mount the 360 to the chassis, I chose this shell because it is compact and old. I wasn't sure if camera mounting to the chassis would work well, or if there would be a good video recording result. I can still use this shell without a camera mounted on the chassis, it now has a strange windscreen cut out, however, I already have so many shells to use.
Tyre choice when drifting a chassis with additional weight from the 360 camera may require adjustment. I generally drift with TopLine TDT-002PE rear tyres, and often run with MST FR-F Silver dot (hard) rounded front tyres for consistent tyres contact with the track surface when steering. With the additional weight of the Insta 360 X camera on the chassis, and in order to maintain consistent speed with other drivers, perhaps a gripper rear tyre may assist. Perhaps the rear tyres may be changed to R31House PE2's or other tyre for additional traction, to maintain pace with the other drivers. YMMV.
The mounting position of the camera was a combination of the available position to mount on the camera onto the chassis, centre of gravitynsideration, integration of the 360 camera with the body shell, and the footage view from the 360 camera lenses.
I do not have a lot of video recordings incorporating 360 camera footage. This video has a few shots taken from my YD2 onboard Insta 360 X camera.
https://youtu.be/Z5hbIndCnW8
Thanks for reading and watching. 👍👌