Originally Posted by
Gjn290
Ok, I'll play devil's advocate. What's to say, that with a tail mounted camera, oil wouldn't have gotten on the face of the camera?
Even then, the steering of a single-engined Cessna is good for what, ten degrees either way? Would be quite a feat to use a tail-mounted camera, on a small (say Garmin 530 sized) screen, to actively dodge trees.
I'm very sorry for your friend and your loss...it's a reminder to us all to
always use your shoulder harness!
Originally Posted by JohnBurke
It was a catastrophic failure with loss of all oil. I put mine on a mountainside.
That's a hell of a situation...glad you're here to share the story.