Taking pictures/video of your propellor underwater

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Taking pictures/video of your propellor underwater

Post by cyberbadger » Mon May 22, 2017 2:16 pm

Any one do this successfully? I am thinking about doing this with Nyitra because I can't see the propellor any more, for engineering reasons to see if I can see anything.

I have a gopro and the water proof case for it, but I'm thinking I'm going to need some light otherwise it will just be dark and no detail..
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Re: Taking pictures/video of your propellor underwater

Post by Lopez Mike » Mon May 22, 2017 9:25 pm

Some thoughts:

You might be amazed at how little you see when the prop is spinning away. Just a blur.

Do NOT just put your GoPro on a selfie stick and poke it down there! Mount it firmly to the boat. It's amazing how easily anything gets sucked into the blades.

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Re: Taking pictures/video of your propellor underwater

Post by TahoeSteam » Tue May 23, 2017 2:03 am

I think Barts son, Brian, posted some video he took of Otters propeller underway
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Re: Taking pictures/video of your propellor underwater

Post by barts » Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:15 am

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Re: Taking pictures/video of your propellor underwater

Post by cyberbadger » Fri Jun 02, 2017 7:29 am

Thanks bart. It looks good. But even like that you can't see the flow that well. Maybe I should be dropping food coloring in front of my prop. :lol:

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