Fantic Broncco TX5 driveway test run...

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I did a couple of upgrades on the engine and the gearing and now I think it runs pretty good... :banana:

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I'm not sure where Gopro gets it's sound from, but...

 

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How fast was that? 35mph?
Probably about that. I don't know yet how fast it is... but it feels FAST. I guess it's time I download a gps app on my phone... or maybe just use my Garmin to find out.
Since I'm not much for straightline fast and more for yard kart racing, it's plenty fast for me. Out of a turn, it just cooks.
My next project is another Fantic TX5 that I'll paint in flourescent lime green with the same exact setup.
Here's this one under a blacklight... yeah, kind of a waste since... how often do you ride under a blacklight while riding your go kart? Ha!!!
 

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You Would crash youtube if you mounted blacklights above/around kart on poles and drove at night with no moon with night vision on.... :sifone:

I like your thinking. If I ever master this &%@# video editting program, I have an idea for a really cool video.
 

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Gooooood luck..... 🤪 I tried editing years ago....
This latest editting program had me cussing up a storm for hours... it's like you need a college course to learn it. Endless mistakes and starting over from scratch and still not getting it.

I will persevere!!!
 

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So where did it? Where did the sound come from, the internal mic or the external?
Just about to run my new camera for the first time, focused on my CVT, want to know which mic is best. That last bit running in the yard sounded like something was tapping. That's why I wonder if it was an external mike flapping against something.
 

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So where did it? Where did the sound come from, the internal mic or the external?
Just about to run my new camera for the first time, focused on my CVT, want to know which mic is best. That last bit running in the yard sounded like something was tapping. That's why I wonder if it was an external mike flapping against something.
Finaly someone asked... (and you're the only one here) :)

All those tapping/knocking sounds are coming from the camera moving inside the housing/case mounted on the headstrap. I don't know if that was an aftermarket housing/case or a factory Gopro housing. While riding on the kart you don't hear any of that. Those sounds really mess up the video... in my opinion. It's just the slightest bit of play that allows the camera to tap on the case. I think I can easily remedy that for the next videos.

If you have a factory case, maybe you won't encounder the same problem... an external mic may solve the problem all together.
 

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Here's the dilemma...............My Campark 4K HD 20MP setup came as a well-fitting group of parts, but not quite all the combo's I'd hoped for. There's the waterproof housing that I can mount up with a fitting it slides into, then hook up anything else I want.
Thing is, when in that housing, the internal mike is closed up with the camera, and you can't connect the external mic. The open frame for it has to be used for either mic, and the only thing that frame slides into is a big spring-loaded clip that has no attachment points that fit the other connectors. Has two internal thread inserts in it that are too large, have to take it to HD and find bolts to fit, rig up something that will connect up to the other connectors.
So now have that clip clipped onto a band I grommeted to fit my stahlhelms for a "helmet cam", and it can pick up the sound for the internal mic, and allows attachment of external.
Also actually have the camera in the waterproof housing right now and strapped to gokart frame looking down at CVT. Not going to get any sound that way, so I need to know about close talking, motor sounds, distant sounds, to decide best way to mic the "helmet cam".
Going to eventually do a full video of the kart, like about 15 minutes, fully edited, script on screen, music, all that. Getting good video shots and not getting any mic sound would make that mostly unusable.
 

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Here's the dilemma...............
So, does your external mic have a plug and some kind of a cord? If so, would you be willing to sacrifice your waterproof case by drilling a hole in it to run the wireless mic cord through it? Personally, I don't think I'll be diving anytime soon, so my waterproof case just sits. I guess if I needed to do what you're wanting to do, I'd sacrafice mine to meet my needs.
 
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Waterproof was one of the main reasons I bought it. Can't just drive down to Lauderdale for a weekend of wreck/reef diving and debauchery anymore, but I'm also a certified cave diver. Mid Florida is floating on springs and caves, can still film in those if case is intact.
External has a lapel clip, 3'-4' of cord, plugs into camera. Looks like my first effort needs to be trying to match up the open frame's thread inserts at H.D., and modifying from there to mate up with the rest of the chain of accessory parts.
This first test run will just have to be a Charlie Chaplin film, only going to observe CVT anyway.
 
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