GoPro Downrigger Ball Mount: Lake Testing Complete

[JohnVH]

I dig how the new ones arent so fish eyed

[Smossy]

I dig how the new ones arent so fish eyed

Ok....GoPro3 has been updated, charged and tested. I'm very impressed with the video quality. Here is the test clip. Nothing fancy....just the boy taking a lap around "the pit" on his bike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1HfUZaHt34&feature=youtu.be

Were you recording on 960?
I notice there's the infamous black lines on the sides, that's the same reason some people don't use certain resolutions.

[h20hunter]

Not sure...just turned it on and off he went. We were on borrowed time....momma eas hollering at us to get inside.

[Smossy]

Here's my test Timelapse at Cabelas the other day.

Cabela's Rotating Timelapse - Gopro

Photo taken every 5 seconds. On a modified kitchen timer mount.
Put together into a video at 12fps.

[Smossy]

This ones from one of me and my ladies hikes.
Kinda cool, you can see the fish swimming around in the middle.

Puyallup Waters - Gopro + Dive House

[lokidog]

I just threw this together, This is how its actually assembled. Just in-case anyone needs basic directions.
The rest is self explanatory. But Ill keep designing little blueprints in-case people want to follow this thread.

What if instead of putting a nosecone on the pvc tube, you inserted the ball directly into the tube?  If you found a good fit, you could screw the tube directly to the ball with a slit in the top of the tube for the attaching ring on the ball.  Not sure if this is clear, I'm too tired to figure out drawing it tonight.

[JohnVH]

Here's my test Timelapse at Cabelas the other day.

what kind of mount turns like that?

[h20hunter]

Ed.....I see where you are going....Throw up a sketch buddy!

[h20hunter]

Loki.....was chatting with a buddy that is fish minded as well as very mechanically inclined. I ran the "ball in the tube" theory past him and he came up with some issue. #1...the tube would restrict the water flow over the fin of the ball and create issues. #2...if the tube is not capped it could easily plug with weeds and then you would have no flow.

I am going to putter this weekend with a torpedo build...I think that is going to be the best way to keep it fairly weed free, tracking straight, and fairly streamlined.

[Smossy]

Here's my test Timelapse at Cabelas the other day.

what kind of mount turns like that?

Custom made one I put together out of a kitchen timer

[h20hunter]

Smossy...that is genius!

I got a text from my wife....the boy is ready to do another "racing" video....going to be a fun summer with our new toy.

[Smossy]

Smossy...that is genius!

I got a text from my wife....the boy is ready to do another "racing" video....going to be a fun summer with our new toy.

Yeah and it was setup to take a photo every 5 seconds, 2 seconds would be a more fluid video once put together but I was just testing. It gives a great rotating style motion and lets you watch the clouds and everyone go crazy Ill take a picture of it in a bit and show you guys. I just worked last night on my first actual video that I think turned out great. Let me know what you think H2o, Its of me and my ladies hike.

Clark Creek Trail, WA - Gopro

[h20hunter]

Nice video......some gunky look'n water. I kept wanting you to jump in and go for a snokle. Whats with the bubbling springs?

[Smossy]

Nice video......some gunky look'n water. I kept wanting you to jump in and go for a snokle. Whats with the bubbling springs?

No idea, Just that... Bubbling springs. Never seen nothin like it in my life. I even stuck the gopro down 4 feet into it to see if there was a waterflow but it was just darkness so I took it out lol

[Smossy]

Did you see all the lil baby salmons swimmin around?