Servo for my dome camera: 360 +90 -5

[Brian Davidson]

Hi,

I think I stated this before but I'm planning on building a dome camera for my vehicle. I'm looking to buy a servo that can go 360degrees and that has a +90 degree tilt or +60 ish tilt and maybe a -5 degree tilt, The servo would have to be controlled from inside the car and I'm ok with a wired servo. What is the best and CHEAPEST way to do this?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Skip Talbot]

Are you using a webcam or regular camcorder? For a webcam I've seen people using motorized toys that do the trick. To move a couple pound camcorder around you'll need something a little heavier duty:

This might be your cheapest easiest solution:
http://www.amazon.com/Bescor-MP-101-Motorized-tripod-head/dp/tech-data/B003UNEZD2/ref=de_a_smtd

And then modified to do 360, courtesy of Wesley Luginbyhl:
http://owlsp.blogspot.com/2011/01/bescor-mp-101-mod-to-do-360-degrees.html

I use these:
http://servocity.com/html/spt400_tilt_system.html
http://servocity.com/html/spg785a_top_mount.html

Just those two are a little more money, but then you need a controller.
http://servocity.com/html/dual_servo_driver.html

So it winds up being a lot more.