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| Subject: | Re: Test Flight Video - Part 2 - Landing... |
The video in the cockpit and on the ground was shot with Sony HDR-CX550v HD camcorders ( www.sonystyle.com/product/en/hdrcx550v ). The audio was captured with the camcorder using its Audio Line Level input plugged into the "rear passenger 1 headphone output" (not the co-pilot output which is connected to the RV-8's rear passenger headphones) from the PS Engineering 3000 intercom though a homemade impedance matching circuit. The PS3000 mixes the Comm/Intercom/Music nicely and Music audio pull-down during Comm/Intercom is being done by a combination of the PS3000 and the auto-gain control on the camcorder. I installed a 1/8" stereo jack in the backseat area on the right side (see attached pictures). If I were going to do it again I would definitely go with a pair of RCA-style line-level bulkhead jacks instead of the 1/8" stereo jack. I've had some trouble with the right-channel cutting in and out because of the jack/vibration. RCA's would hold much tighter.
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Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 124+ Hours TTSN - The Fun Never Stops...
At 07:09 AM 11/22/2010 Monday, you wrote:
>Matt, what kind of a recorder are you using to capture the audio?
>Thanks for feedback.
>Dick Seiders
>
>On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Matt Dralle <<mailto:dralle@matronics.com>dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
>This Part II of my RV-8 Test Flight documents slow flight testing and landing
configuration testing, a couple more circuits around the airport, landing, taxi
back, and returning to the hangar.
>
>Note that on the taxi back, the windsock is almost a direct crosswind at about
10 knots as I recall. Makes me even more proud of that first landing, and the
fact that I put it right down on the numbers!
>
>Be sure to check out Part I of this video which documents the startup, taxi out,
take off, and first circuit around the field.
>
>This Video is in full 1080p HDTV, so be sure to select a viewing resolution that
works with your computer and is higher than the standard 360p default. At
least the 760p mode, for example. And don't forget to try full-screen mode for
the most impact!
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/user/MattsRV8#p/u/1/2b4C8fb-XAc>http://www.youtube.com/user/MattsRV8#p/u/1/2b4C8fb-XAc
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Matt
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