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Trailboss wrote:

Pretty sure that was coolant from the radiators that got smashed in the front Scott, chances of fire in these and most racing vehicles is small. Sure it happens but with dry break fuel cells and all other precautions it is a lot safer. Reckon it would be pretty scary upside down watching liquid pouring out and you are in the belts, you wouldn’t be hanging around do a full breakdown of whats what :laugh:

Great video, showed more than just the crash

TB

Makes sense it would be coolant. If you listen closely you can here the co-driver say “we got fuel leaking everywhere Rob”. They certainly got out quick after that.

Great footage. I like the look on there faces when they go over that dune. Gordan and the Hummer are fast but until he can put together a consistant two week race and not just the odd fast special he will struggle to get on the top of the podium.

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Scary footage of Gordan’s Hummer roll. Lucky it didn’t go up in smoke.

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Nice work Gumby.

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Ouch. Them quads are scary things when they start to cartwheel.

The images from Dakar are always spectacular, the best in Motorsport.

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Ok quick update. Seems the battery is not as bad as I first thought. I set the camera at 1080/30fps today, charged battery to full then ran camera till it shut down. Seems the battery bar display is a little off. After about 8mins it dropped to 2 bars. After 30 mins down to 1bar. Stayed on 1bar till about 60 mins when it dropped to no bars. Then ran for another 30 mins on no bars when it shut down on exactly 1hour 30 mins. Recorded about 14g of footage.

That is more what I wound expect. I think I was put off by the LCD battery bar which drops to low fast but it seems it will then run for quite some time after that. Still looking for extra battery just for backup.

Just out of interest I also ran my Nikon Aw100 and Liquid Image EGO at the same time on same settings.

Nikon: 1 hour 34 mins that is with running a 2.5 inch screen.

Liquid Image: 2hours 6 mins.

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Crisis averted. I just download the new Liquid Image app and then downloaded and reinstalled the old EGO firmware. All good now. Thanks for the heads up Nick.

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Too late. I update the app and firmware a couple days ago. Camera still working fine with no issues but not all features on the app working. Can still preview but when I attempt to go into setting the app quits. I will wait for the update.

Ive got the camera running at the moment doing a battery drag race with the Gopro and Nikon AW100.

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Maybe I’m doing something wrong with the battery. I fully charged it before I left home and only rode for about 75mins. Camera turned off when not recording and only recorded 14mins footage plus took some photos. Battery showing NO bars at the end. I’m going to cycle it a few time over the next couple days and see how it goes.

Happy with the footage and other camera features but will need to extend run time.

I did a google search and seems lack of battery life is a common complaint for the Hero 3.

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I looked at the batteries on Ebay TB but I’m going away in a couple days and don’t think they will turn up in time. I can get the backpac battery and may consider that after running it again today. Battery life is atrocious. I run in today mostly in 1080/30fps with a little but of 60fps and did not use the Wifi at all. Still very short battery life. I know STM said it will improve with use but I doubt it will double or triple its run time which it needs.

Some footage from today. I uploaded in 1080 which I’ve not done before. Looks ok but youtube still manages to degrade it from the original footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHj0Y86pQMI

I will use the backpac for photos and also playback since the app doesn’t have this feature. Lucky I am also using the camera for work purposes, :whistle:

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Went to the shop this morning to get an extra battery for and came home with everything but a battery. No one seems to have batteries in stock.

What I did get!

Frame kit come with two frame (one standard and one backpac) plus a couple of mounts. This wont be used for moto rides but other shutterbug stuff.

LCD backpac. Comes with 3 back doors for different uses

About to head out for another MTB ride. I need to burn some fat.

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Thanks STM I will just have to get it out and use it more to get the charges up.

Spud as already said that footage will be fine but you computer may be struggling to keep up. My old Mac is a bit jumpy with the raw 1080/60fps footage but once edited in iMovie and processed that footage runs smooth and when uploaded to YouTube all is fine.

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No probs I still might take a spin somewhere and test the new Gopro. Till next time.

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8.30 Sunday it is then. See you there.

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Nice vid and looks it she is more of the outdoors type than you.

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TB your the only woman I know that will change tires and clean filters.

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