lkelliott

Here is a test we did at the SCCA National Pro Solo Event. We mounted a GoPro HD camera with a GoPro Suction Cup Mount low enough on this C5 to contact any orange cones on the track. Our driver came very close to lots of cones, in fact, he took out seventeen orange cones on the course with our GoPro camera setup. The camera never even took a blink as the camera setup simply mowed down those seventeen orange cones. Check out our video in full screen and in HD by clicking on the YouTube logo on the screen shot below.

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Bill Dearborn

I have also seen the results of the suction cup losing its grip on the hood of a car and the camera bracket breaking the front carbon fiber splitter on a Z06 and going through the grille and lodging against the oil cooler. Camera had disappeared somewhere on the track. The grip might be very good most of the time but it all depends on the person mounting the unit and where they mount it. Even in an autocross like I was doing today it could be dangerous for course workers if a camera comes loose and hits somebody at 40 mph.

Bill

rbl

Couldn't possibly be as dangerous as listening to that music (noise) in the video ....

napacruzerc5

Bet the course workers loved that

RC000E

I can vouch for the GoPro all day long at 160mph. I stuck them on CTS-V's, Lexus LFA, tons of Vette's as well as my head for whitewater rafting. The GoPro makes the sickest mounting setup out there. Even those stick on mounts are amazing!

GoPro is what makes me continuously curse GTECH and the new GTECH Fanatic. Such a cool unit to use, but such a wickedly sh*tty mounting system. GoPro...work a deal with GTECH and save their sorry asses.

RDnomorecobra

Every HPDE event I've been to; PDA, NASA, SCDA, BMW CCA; does not allow suction cup mounts. Interesting that SCCA does. Who else allows them?

Bill Dearborn

That may be true but that doesn't guarantee the person mounting it to the car does it correctly.

Bill

RC000E

No doubt there...people mount them on dirty curved surfaces. Keep it flat and a quick clean...that thing ain't comin off!

HPDE I've run all over the place...I just stick it on...what they don't see won't hurt them...lol. I mount my stuff carefully, plus if I do external mount I strap a backup catch on so it can't fly off. No biggie to do and works well. GOPro should come up with a nice simple backup strap or something stupid. Be a nice product to sell as an accessory.

mikey

a friend of mine mounted one to the tail of an F4 jet and flew it at 450mph.. it held. cam-over suction cups are the next best thing since zip ties.

jwd

Any thoughts on interior mounting?

I'm thinking the suction cup on the inside of the roof would work?

How are people mounting the gopro in the C6 for autocross events? (interior and exterior) Any photos? Example footage from various mounting points?

Scooter70

I use a sticky mount on the inside of the windshield, to the right of the rear view mirror.

Here's a thread with lots of different views and videos. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...ts-camera.html

PaConehead

I have mounted mine on the harness bar and on the inside of windshield w/suction mount. One group I run HPDE with wants all cameras tethered and require a supervisor to inspect camera mounts. So I took an old camera strap and looped the thin end through the bolt on the mount and then put the other end over the rear view mirror post - worked perfect and passed a rather stringent tech inspection re camera mounts. Now if I could only figure how to work the camera and remote.

jwd

Thanks, not sure how I missed the other thread while searching!

Donny Brass

the shaking is the hard top moving, not the camera

trapp

I love my Gopro....I just pulled a few dents out of my truck with it a few weeks ago....no lie..
I used it on Road America at high speeds without any issues..

urslooow

is there a specific name for the suction cup windshield mount? would u guys reccomend black? silver? does it come with a memory card? what size card would u get? extra battery?

waddisme

Thinking of getting the White edition as I only want to mount on my harness bar, so I don't need all the other stuff. Does the std battery last the 4 30min sessions or will it need the larger battery or does it charge sufficiently fast thru usb to get thru a track day?

Supercharged111

With the 2013 National rules, NASA no longer forbids suction cup mounts. If your region still doesn't allow them, then that's different.

froggy47

It's made by/is a Panavise. Google it.

crimlwC6

You can buy a wall charger that comes with two or three batteries for $20 from an aftermarket supplier (wabashi IIRC). If you turn the camera off after each session a single battery will make it through the day.
Gopro makes a motorsports package that comes with the suction cup.