When using a video cam attached to my electric rc heli, there’s a ripple effect on the video.?

Question by Raptor: When using a video cam attached to my electric rc heli, there's a ripple effect on the video.?
I believe this is either due to the magnetic field generated buy the motor or electric interferance.
Can I shield the camera in any way without adding too much weight?
It's a flycamone v2 camera.

Best answer:

Answer by nemesis114
How about using some of the foil shielding that's used in the control cavities on electric guitars?

You should be able to get some from a music store and it should be quite cheap.

A couple of layers of that would do the trick I think and the weight wouldn't even feature as an issue.

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One Response to When using a video cam attached to my electric rc heli, there’s a ripple effect on the video.?

  1. harry_adney
    20/11/2010 at 6:49 pm

    Hi,

    sorry this isn’t an answer, just an interesting (to me, anyway) extra bit of info.

    On my local buses, I often see ripples in the fluroscent strip lights that move in time with the engine. Maybe there’s some kind of resonance that affects the neon in the tube.