slomove Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Trying out my new bullet cam setup I met some wildlife. Yes, this is only a few miles from Los Angeles. Fortunately I slowed down for the first one that I saw or I might have caught the second one that came out of nowhere Gert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 THAT was close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Man that was Bambi you almost hit. What road were you on anyway for us out here in the land of sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I used to live in Tujunga and have run that road at speed many times on motorcycles and sports cars. I have never seen anything larger than a coyote up there. Glad I never met up with one of those deer on my Kawasaki. Glad that you didn't have any closer encounter that that captured in the vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost7018 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I was out last nite and saw over 40 of those tasty ones. Max speed of 25MPH so not a problem. They were in a city park. Wish I had my bow with me but they are not in season yet. They are a major problem here in east Kansas. Almost need a Roo guard on the Locost. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share Posted August 4, 2007 I used to live in Tujunga and have run that road at speed many times on motorcycles and sports cars. I have never seen anything larger than a coyote up there. Glad I never met up with one of those deer on my Kawasaki. Glad that you didn't have any closer encounter that that captured in the vid. You bet.....first time I have seen them actually on the road (although I knew there are some around in the area). Man that was Bambi you almost hit. What road were you on anyway for us out here in the land of sun. That is Little Tujunga Canyon Road near Indian Springs: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/561190143_Deer.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 My wife Nancy said "good job Gert"!!! :hurray: Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 My wife Nancy said "good job Gert"!!! :hurray: Bruce Thanks (and greetings to Nancy). My wife (who was passenger at that time) said something like "wow, that was close" and I kind of agreed :lol: After that we had a short discussion about the rigidity of the windscreen frame and chose to pick another topic :leaving: Gert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 That is Little Tujunga Canyon Road near Indian Springs: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/561190143_Deer.jpg i like that road....:yesnod: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 I'm about to watch vid (though maybe I shouldn't!). Apparently Tony V. was inspired to get a full cage on his old Seven when a deer jumped over his bonnet. Oh wow, I just watched it. At first (when i saw the first), I was like "That wasn't even close" And then that little guy comes running across...YIKES! I've never even had that close a call with a squirrel in the Seven. Though there was that bat or something that hit me in the face a few weeks back. Gert, what vid system are you using and would you fab up some of your servo controlled deals for the rest of us? I have abunch of Futaba 8008 servos, btw...and also one 3801 (high-torque/high-speed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Gert, what vid system are you using and would you fab up some of your servo controlled deals for the rest of us? I have abunch of Futaba 8008 servos, btw...and also one 3801 (high-torque/high-speed). Al, it is just a normal CCD bullet cam from RF-concepts that I have for 3 years that is connected to a Sony Camcorder. The servos are the usual R/C stuff but I spent a *few* hours making the whole setup. Actually for some pieces I had to try several things because this is not a "designed" system but was just solder-and-saw-as-you-go. But I used following components (in case somebody wants to make one): - The pan platform only of this pan/tilt system - This servo but dealer-modified for 180 deg rotation. - Glassfiber/epoxy to shape a half shell conforming to the roll-bar curve - A piece of white Sched40 1.5" PVC pipe shaped rectangular with a heat gun and wood block to accept the servo - a control box in the cockpit with: --- PWM control with remote potentiometer --- LANC control like this (only the PCB used). When the LANC turns off the camera it also shunts the potentiometer so that the camera turns backward (analog switch controlled by the LANC's LED lines). - A power box with voltage regulators to provide 5V and 8.2V for servo and camcorder and to connect: --- Servo --- Control box --- 12V supply --- power out to bullet cam, microphone and camcorder --- LANC output to camcorder Works very well but I struggled for a while with the interference caused by alternator noise. Gert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 funny that you mention alternator noise, gert. because i encountered it when I tried to rig two powered mics into my cam set up. i eventually bought a battery adapter, but wonder how you got around the "glitchyness" the alt. noise might cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULDEMAN Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Wow look out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Had a similar experience on my sportbike last summer only it was the mother cow I was focused on when the calf came out of nowhere.... then there was the time I came around the bend and a big bird took off but ended up in my lap:eek: glad to see it ended up a close call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 i like that road....:yesnod: yes, me too....Saturday morning and we did not see another car for 15 miles... It was not really a blat, rather a leisurely cruise. More video here (18MByte!) Gert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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