Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 14:34
Signman
Unfortunately not.
Your suggestions do however bring back memories of the fold down gun sights that used to be mounted in the roofs of Helicopter gun-ships in Vietnam.
The pilots would just flip/fold them down and they would be right in front of their faces.
Extremely stable and as the pilots were locked in with all points harness like todays racing cars and 4WD comp cars there was very little likely hood of them being projected forward into the sight frame, unless of course there happened to be an uncontrolled landing.
The setup I use could be adapted for you purpose very easily, however I can't think where you would put the anti-vibration strut.
I am pretty sure you would need one, because even though its minimal vibration, it makes things a tad difficult to see when the vehicle is in motion over rough ground.
Plus of course if you happen to get catapulted around in the drivers
seat, you may end up wearing it in the face or head.
I know if I moved
mine up there and folded it up as you discussed it would be
well and truly out of my line of vision.
I actually have a rear vision mirror with a mini computer screen incorporated in it
that connects to the laptop which I tried with Chit results.
The resolutiuon was dreadful and you couldn't see it in daylight, plus the constant having to look up and away drove me to distraction.
If your SWMBO requires one you may have toget two (LOL)
Also how are you going to power it and connect it to GPS (More things to consider)
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