What do those cameras that get knocked around like like... - i-Club

IS2Scooby · 11-07-2003, 03:15 AM

...from the other side of the lens?

You guys know the ones I'm talking about. The camera that is always under-tire that gets knocked about like a ping pong ball when one of the WRC cars flies past it...

Are the cameras encased in a clear acrylic ball?

dropkick_muppet · 11-07-2003, 11:16 AM

they're usually in a lexan cube. a ball would roll arround, but a cube can sit flat on the roadway. they're reinforced with what looks like aluminum. those things take a hell of a beating, and it kinda makes me wonder how many of those Speed goes through a season.

IS2Scooby · 11-07-2003, 12:15 PM

Thanks! They must have a heckuva suspension/shock absorption system to live through some of those wallops!

dropkick_muppet · 11-07-2003, 01:01 PM

i'm not so sure that they actually live through the experience sometimes. i hit up google to try and find some pics of the actual cameras, but couldn't come up with the right search terms.