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Permalink Reply by Matt Pope on October 18, 2023 at 7:34pm

I have some experience with video, but a lot depends... Are you wanting to record the build for your own future reference, or do you want to edit the videos into something that people would watch? How much detail do you want to be able to see, and from how far away? What's your budget? Are you willing to spend time moving cameras around and starting/stopping them every five minutes, or do you want to turn them on and then forget about them for more than an hour at a time?

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Permalink Reply by Kris Nostrand on October 18, 2023 at 7:55pm

Hi Matt, thank you for the clarifying questions. My first objective is self-reference and to document the 51% rule if questioned years from now. Focus would be on the build process, so workbench focus and not work piece focus if that helps. As always, the initial plan will always change when engaged... Budget would be low and not needing at this time to start/stop or move angles and no more than HD resolution. I have seen $200+ low budget video surveillance systems that comes with 4 cameras at the HD level. It would be turned on entering the working space and turned off when leaving. Hard drive size would be a consideration but I expect to archive the video off as needed instead of recording over. I just don't know if these systems would suffice my needs above. 

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Permalink Reply by Matt Pope on October 20, 2023 at 9:01pm

Hmm, yeah, sorry I don't have any experience with surveillance-type systems, but it sounds like maybe that's a good option. Anything else is going to be much more expensive.

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Permalink Reply by John Austin on October 19, 2023 at 10:28am

Sounds like a fun video project, but I've never heard of the 51% rule being questioned "years from now" if you mean years after the build - looks like it would be moot if you successfully obtained the original airworthiness certificate?  As far as documentation with my build, I did the usual log with dated entries and accompanying pictures - I don't think my DAR even looked at it (though probably asked me if I had one) as I suspect in 5 minutes of conversation a DAR or FAA inspector can determine if you actually built the airplane.  When I went to the Nashville FSDO to get a repairman's certificate (see A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the FSDO! if you want a few laughs!), the representative glanced at the log, opened two pages and glanced at each of them for all of 2 seconds, and then pushed it back over the table to me.  Of course, DAR's, FAA inspectors, and FSDO's vary wildly from region to region, so YMMV! LOL!

John

N750A

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Permalink Reply by Bob Simmons on October 19, 2023 at 10:45am

Extremely unlikely you'll ever need it to prove 51%. However, I encounter numerous builders doing upgrades or repairs that really wish they'd documented how they'd built something. That's usually an avionics thing, or maybe that's just because I'm an old avionics guy. You could do that with pictures, though it's certainly possible a video might help.

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Permalink Reply by John Myers on October 27, 2023 at 3:35am

This will hold months of time lapse video with a big enough card. A couple of these would do what you need.

ATLI T100 Lite Time Lapse Camera https://a.co/d/1JDIGPS

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