[Krpepe]

This is still a work in progress but have installed a camera in the driver position to record races. I haven't tried it with other cars on the track yet. Ultimately I think that will be where this setup will shine.

I used a Dremel to remove the stock interior from the Zack speed Ford Capri. I used the stock interior to make a mount for the camera and electronics. The standoffs they use for attaching the original interior are 2.2mm id and was able to tap them for 2.5mm screws. 4 screws and I can completely remove the camera setup and put the original interior back in.

I added a power connector to power the camera from the track which will also charge the back up battery. I added the battery to be able to get the accidents on video.

   

   

   

   

   

Below is a video of just the Capri running on the track.

https://youtu.be/B_ERuN-ztFM

The video isn't the greatest quality but I think this will work with multiple cars on the track. I am always open to suggestions for improvment.

Kevin

[Scuderia_Turini]

Hello Kevin,
I thin you will find that you only get decent video if the car is running slowly. Capturing actual race footage and incidents will be very challenging and require bright lighting.

Leo

[Krpepe]

Hello Kevin,
I thin you will find that you only get decent video if the car is running slowly. Capturing actual race footage and incidents will be very challenging and require bright lighting.

Leo

Leo,

I am thinking of trying a FPV camera from a drone. I have the goggles and would be able to record that way. I think that might be a better fit.

Kevin

[Scuderia_Turini]

The camera used in my video above is a "Wing Camera" designed for building in to Radio Control aircraft. As it is intended for long range footage, it is not too wide an angle of view.  "Action Cameras" intended for personal or dash cam use tend to have  quite a wide angle of view so pickup a lot of the trackside scenery (or in my case the clutter!).

Leo

[Krpepe]

The camera used in my video above is a "Wing Camera" designed for building in to Radio Control aircraft. As it is intended for long range footage, it is not too wide an angle of view.  "Action Cameras" intended for personal or dash cam use tend to have  quite a wide angle of view so pickup a lot of the trackside scenery (or in my case the clutter!).

Leo

I totally get the clutter! I have a couple of small quad cameras about 14mm by 14mm along with the video tx. I will give that a shot and see if the video quality is any better. I would think it should be better at handling the speed of the car.

Kevin

[DPJ]

Here's mine with a taped on GoPro HERO Session
   

and here's the video

[Krpepe]

After a bit of work I am finally going in the right direction with the in car video. I robbed a camera off of a old drone and put the flight controller and VTX in the car and tried recording off of the goggles. Unfortunately there was a ton of interference and getting a good video was going to be impossible from the goggles. This is actually what I was expecting but had to try. One thing I did prove was the latency was much better. So after some research I decided to buy a DVR for a drone. 25.00 off of amazon. Figured if it didn't work in the car I could use it in my drone so it wouldn't be a complete waste of money. This is what I bought Runcam DVR. I redesigned the interior plate to fit the DVR and tried it out. The recording was very grainy and extremely disappointing. I hooked it up to a small video screen and the quality improved greatly. So I figured out that the video output of the DVR had to be hooked up to get a good quality video. I added a 68 ohm resistor to the video output and that fixed the problem, nice relatively clean low latency video! The camera I am using is a cheap drone camera and if I was to buy a better camera I am sure it would make a huge difference. I also need to diffuse the lighting over the track and adjust the camera position. Definitely improving though. Can't wait to record with other cars on the track.

Kevin

Here is a link to the video