Tape Frame for Helmet Camera

As an amateur go-kart driver, shooting the races was always in my mind. It's fun and you can review your mistakes later with the same perspective that you have on-board.
This is a cheap and pratical way to attach a camera to a helmet, with great results. My cam is a Fuji Finepix Z1, which doesn't have a mount screw. I planned to use card board to mount it on the curved surface of my helmet, but it's not as easy as it seems, and you can't rely on it when it rains. Then, I figure out that clear packaging tape, in conjunction with a double sided foam tape would do the job. I called it "tape frame". It looks fragile, but it can resist to speeds over 100km/h.

Step 1 What do you need

Any double sided foam tape can do the trick, but certainly the 3M VHB tape it's a lot stronger than the average. It's imperative to use a foam tape as both surfaces doesn't have the same shape and it will act as a dumper against the wind and vibration. This tape will be used to hold the inner surface of the camera against the helmet.
I choose clear packaging tape over the brow tape because I think it's thicker, but I might be wrong. Be sure to have enough before start, because this will be responsible to hold the other side of your camera. Don't save tape or you may lose your camera during the race!
Remember to clean you helmet, or the tapes will not work properly.

Comments

[mr.incredible]

Cool... I was glad to see you didn't finish last.

[Moritsu]

Thanks! I keep doing these mistakes all the time, but I make excelent recovery races as well. ;)

[Ranie-K]

Hi! I fooled around with a different setup using tape and cardboard. Boredom and being a night watchman will give you results like this: