Thread: How is your camera mounted?
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Re: How is your camera mounted?
Our camera is mounted in a piece of 2x2 aluminum box tube, that is bolted to the turret. The camera itself is epoxied to the board it is plugged in to, using two wood blocks, and the wires are soldered to the board so no connectors can work out due to vibration. The camera lens looks through a hole in the box tube.

The camera pans with the turret using feedback to keep the turret locked on the target. The height of the target is used to control the wheel speed so that a fixed 45 degree shooter can hit the target from different ranges.