GoPro Winglet Mount

I know some folks have gotten nice videos using GoPros mounted with suction cups. I was not comfortable using one. I know that I would be the guy whose $400 camera just fell off in flight.

I took one of their curved mounts, then drilled and countersunk it for an AN 526C and Tinnerman. I then drilled a hole in the lower winglet. I made a 1x1" square of 1/4" aluminum and drilled a 3/32 " hole in its center. I threaded a coat hangar I had coated with car wax up from the hole and out the back of the rudder under the rudder horn. I put the aluminum square on the coat hangar wire and buttered the back of the square with micro. I then put a 90 degree bend in the coat hangar wire and pulled it flush against the inner skin of the winglet. I put some foam rubber over the wire and then used a spring clamp to keep tension on the wire. I used fast West 105 and it cured in about 15 minutes.

I took the wire off, then drilled and tapped the hole for an 8-32 screw. I attached thin foam rubber shelf liner to the mounting surface of the GoPro mount and then attached it with a screw. The above is what you see.

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Here is the view from the camera that appears on my Ipad. I can start and stop videos and take stills using the Ipad in the cockpit. Pretty cool.

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Here is a video of an approach and landing at my home airport. It's a little shaky, but I bought a better mount at Oshkosh, which I hope will eliminate the shake. It's still cool to see the landing and the gear extension.

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