concept
I'd been seeing some absurd videos of people putting their 360 cameras in their mouths for a uniquely goofy perspective... I wanted to use my camera, but do something nobody had done before...
A few months earlier, I'd signed up to go wingwalking in Sequim, Washington and thought that was the perfect opportunity.
A few months earlier, I'd signed up to go wingwalking in Sequim, Washington and thought that was the perfect opportunity.
process
Standing on the wing of an airplane, while it's flying and doing loops... is a bit of an extreme environment. While most people online were just holding the camera in their teeth... I didn't want to risk that for the 20 minute flight.
I bought some mouthguards on Amazon and 3D printed a frame that included a threaded mount for the camera. It only took a couple of prints to get the fit right to where I felt like it'd be secure and comfortable. I made a neck strap with some paracord so, worst case I could take it out of my mouth and have it hanging on my chest.
I bought some mouthguards on Amazon and 3D printed a frame that included a threaded mount for the camera. It only took a couple of prints to get the fit right to where I felt like it'd be secure and comfortable. I made a neck strap with some paracord so, worst case I could take it out of my mouth and have it hanging on my chest.
Build plate ready to print the halves
Assembled mount
Testing the fit
POV shot
Reverse POV shot
results
When we got to the airfield, I asked the people running the training if I could use my mouth mount. They were hesitant but told my I could if I did the hours of training ahead of time while wearing it! Honestly... their biggest concern was being sure I knew I was going to look absolutely absurd.
The flight went great and it worked exactly like I hoped. The bonus with the 360 video, is that I could also crop it to face exactly away from my face and have this really unique POV shot of the whole experience!
The flight went great and it worked exactly like I hoped. The bonus with the 360 video, is that I could also crop it to face exactly away from my face and have this really unique POV shot of the whole experience!