Go Pro Anti-Jello Mount Experiment

[Kawtriplefreak]

Frank B gave me a camera mount for my Go Pro a while back and I tried It out on the handle bars using the mirror mount hole and got a lot of what I am told the drone guys call jelloing or shaky video. So I have been watching some how tos and doing some research. I bought an anti-jello mount made out of aluminum as I don't trust Chinese carbon fiber which is what most of them are made out of for $7 shipped and two tripod mounts for $12 each shipped. Then I made two small studs out of a 1/4 20 bolt and red loctited them into the tripod mounts. Then I used serrated washers so they would dig into the aluminum and tightened every thing down. Then I faced off the ends of the studs a bit with my bench grinder to make sure there was enough space so they couldn't touch and installed zip ties loosely at the corners in case of grommet failure. I hope to test it soon.

[SoCal250]

Cool. I'll be interested to see how this performs. I need a similar solution because I've had issues with video edge-blurring from my GoPro that was handle bar mounted on the RD400. It was really bad!

[Kawtriplefreak]

I saw some you tube stuff from people with similar issues and it appeared to have solved their's so we will see. And drones commonly use this type of mount and get good video with all the vibration from the props. I like different view points like lower fork legs and facing backwards near the exhaust or frame mounted facing forward. My old camera a 1st generation go pro wasn't nearly as sensitive to vibration as the hero5 black is. The chest mount of course gives the best quality but I don't like it strapped on me particularly.

[paul1478]

super cool. I love it. easy and likely effective.
I was shocked how good then gopro is at reducing vibrations. This became apparent to me when I used my I phone to take a quick video on my bike compared to the gopro

[kpke]

Interesting experiment Tim. I hope it works out for you. I have been fighting the GoPro shake for many years.

I am on my third generation go pro which is a 10 black. This camera has the most amazing anti-vibration. Really unbelievable. What I don't like about it is it has some sort of auto leveling feature. You know how when you watch some ride videos you tend to lean in your chair as you're watching. This camera does some auto leveling that takes some of that out. Also, incredibly this camera will still lock up on occasion like my previous versions did. I have watched reviews of the latest 11 which "apparently" corrects that problem. But not ready to invest in yet another go pro. I may switch to one of the competitors next time.

Here is the short version of a recent ride video I did.

[sav0r]

In car racing you mount the camera to the most solid spot you can find and you mount it rigid. When you attempt damping usually you get oscillations at some point in the range as the natural frequencies go into mismatch. This solution may work, but we have always had good results going direct to the roll cage. It can be hard on cameras though. Go Pros are pretty solid and have served well (I use one on my car), some of the cheaper models don't like the vibrations and tend to self destruct.

Example of such video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXHCEvebi-c&t

I 3d printed the mounts out of PETG. Basically a crappy plastic even in a nice print. They are solid though.

[Kawtriplefreak]

https://youtu.be/OwO5H1qrcEA

It helped but not perfect by any means. I had it mounted to the handlebars and the length of the arm may be a factor as well.

[sav0r]

At the stoplight at 3:34 that is a perfect example of what I was saying. The video is certainly usable though.

[m in sc]

as rigid a mount as can be had has always served me best, or a helmet mount. I dont go pro stuff much anymore, if at all , but in the past, thats always done best for me. look at how they mount stuff on the cars on roadkill, etc. half the time they are gaff taped to the body of the car. 

[Kawtriplefreak]

I tried rigid mounting to the frame, handlebars and forks with that arm I built the mount for and it was unusable. It oscillates violently. That's why I researched mounts for drone helicopters and came up with this.

[m in sc]

you need the shortest arm possible, or trianguate it. thats how I did the video on the frog