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aerial photography
Has anyone here put a camera window in a 337? Any idea where you could get one put in and how expensive? Anyone has any knowledge of how a 337 would do as an aerial photography platform, ie vibration?
Thanks, Dan |
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I think Owen Bell has modified a cargo pod to hold a camera. Owen.bell@juno.com
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Don Nieser has cameras and camera holes. They were used on 0-2's, and can be installed on a skymaster.
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There are some flight control cables that have to be re-routed to accomodate the camera hole in the floor. Also the front right hand seat rails get changed out to accomodate the hole in the floor. Look at the illustrated parts catalog for your year model, towards the rear of the book, and you can see the details for the factory installation.
Its not as simple as cutting a hole in the belly for a camera. |
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Camera hole depends on what you want.
The small hole behind the pilots seat is easy. Seat rails are 10" apart so opening in the floor can be about 9". A bit wider on the outer skin. Floor depth at that point is 4.5”. Requires a doubler on the outer skin. It is in the earlier Cessna parts manuals so probably little paperwork required. Out here (in South Africa) anyway. The big hole on the other side is about 19” diameter. That is a different matter altogether. It would be more economic to buy a complete 337 with it already fitted than to try to do a retrofit. Don’t even think about it. Alternatively you could go the pop out baggage door route. One offering at http://www.aerotopol.com/html/aeroshift.html There are STC’s available for the 172, 206 and 210. Not sure about the 337 but it couldn’t be very difficult thing to do. |
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I have seen a 172 with the unit in the baggage door. It is not that big, and apparently works very well.
AirScan uses sensors mounted in the baggage door. Very effectively, too. |
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Alternative to cutting holes
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I know this has been a while but...I am more interested in being able to take photos from a window which can open. Other than the little corner storm window that opens, do any of the Skymasters have a window that will open similar to the bird dogs or older single engine cessnas? Does the O-2 have a window you can open in flight from the pilot side or even from the passenger side on the O-2 door?
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The O2 door allows the side window to crank up 90 degrees and is able to do so in-flight.
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Herb R Harney 1968 337C Flying the same Skymaster for 47 years |