[TowerTalk] Using a camera to determine direction

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> Is there any good reason to not use a little wireless
> X10 type camera pointed at a mast with directional
> markings as a directional indicator?
> 
> The context is someone using a prop-pitch or other
> rotor where there is no built-in indicator or the
> indicator system has failed and the cost to repair
> is prohibitive.
> 
> The little cameras are cheap, may be readily stuffed
> into a tiny weatherproof box, and can grab what little
> power they need from the rotator supply.
> 
> WDYT?

I took a little different approach.
I mounted the camera under the boom, oriented in direction of boom.

Becuase I know what is around me...I can see what direction I'm at.

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