I Took An Insta360 Camera To 23,000 feet! | Pilatus PC-12NG

I tried an external mount for my Insta360 X3 on this flight from Hilton Head, SC to Raleigh, NC. I hope you enjoy the new angle!
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[@UberGeek]

360 didn't work while live... Will have to check the recorded version. Thanks for sharing Grant.

[@GrantBaker]

Ah yes, you won’t be able to pan it around yourself on this video, I just included some shots from it. However, I think I’m going to post the takeoff and initial climb as a 360 video.

[@KristinaAdventures]

this is so sick!! loved the wing shot high in the sky, absolutely incredible!! always nice to see what other fellow 360 camera owners post hehe keep it up!!

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Kristina! 360 cameras give some really cool shots!

[@KristinaAdventures]

@@GrantBaker you are very welcome!! Keep it up and looking forward to more of you 😊

[@jimhines4889]

The 360° wing cam is awesome. Thank you.

[@Daluke61]

Insta360? Prior to this video, I wasn't familiar with it at all. Looks like a great addition that offers some super nice perspectives. Another enjoyable video here ... Sweet!

[@GrantBaker]

Yeah it’s a pretty cool little camera!

[@airmenanderson3223]

Good morning Grant. Great to see you again. Excellent Flight and thank you for sharing...

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks!

[@J.T..]

Grant awesome shot of the gear retracting.🛩

[@GrantBaker]

Yeah I love that shot!

[@lornecunningham326]

Loving the 360 Camera. Said it before,, that cockpit is super clean. Thanks for taking us along Grant 🤙

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Lorne!

[@scotttowler5142]

Outstanding video! LOVE that camera!

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Scott! I love the unique angles I can get with it.

[@thomasjenkins6950]

Got my PPL in HHI in 1987. Untowered, way shorter runway and the identifier was 49J. Great area to fly in.

[@GrantBaker]

Beautiful area!

[@panibodo]

Wow, what a video. One of the best, if not the best I've ever seen. Stunningly beautiful images of cloud formations. When I see this, I understand why so many people are drawn to aviation. Thank you for this video.

[@GrantBaker]

Wow, thanks for that great compliment!

[@jimmykrackr]

Love all the camera angles and totally love the new wing view.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Jimmy! I hope to use it a fair bit!

[@tangopaparomeo338]

Great video, really enjoyed that. I lived very close to the Pilatus production facility in central Switzerland for many years. Outstanding planes. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnbender6042]

Best yet Grant. Love the 360 camera but also the 4 internal cameras especially on landing. Thanks!

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks John!

[@bradythompson5599]

Great views. Keep it up grant!

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Brady!

[@Parr4theCourse]

P4TC is in the house . . .

[@gregmitchell3794]

Really love the views from the wingtip camera. I enjoy your calm demeaner as you narrate the flight Grant, t's almost like meditating. Beautiful flight.

[@barstadryan]

Love watching your videos. You and I fly our PC12s about exactly the same as are the thought processes we flow through.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Ryan! Where do you fly out of?

[@barstadryan]

@@GrantBaker I fly out of KPHX, KSDL and KDVT. But I fly all over the country. Flown to KHXD many times.

[@marktaylor8263]

Grant, i love the 360° cam. Great video and thanks for continuing the stats.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Mark!

[@fishingmedic1]

What a beautiful flight good sir. The 360 camera is sick love it!! Thanks for taking us along.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Cory!

[@ericm333]

Always learning something new watching your content. Thank you for sharing

[@GrantBaker]

Thank you Eric!

[@MikeAlphaZulu]

Just calm and pure aviation content. Since my sister is living with a view on the Buochs Aiport, I feel like having a "connection" to the pilatus aircrafts. Looking forward to more content!

[@GrantBaker]

That’s really cool! I’d love to go over to there for a factory visit sometime!

[@MikeAlphaZulu]

@@GrantBaker yeah! Still on my bucketlist, as well as landing there ( with LSA/Ultralight). They offer guided Tours and the area itself is just beautiful :)

[@GrantBaker]

@NDesignation it is so beautiful over there! Way back in college I had the opportunity to visit Switzerland with the college choir. We went right past Stans on the way to Zurich from Wengen. I hadn’t even heard of Pilatus at that point though so I didn’t know what I was missing!

[@louisfisher9315]

@@GrantBaker I flew into Buochs this Tuesday for my very first time out of Antwerp, Belgium. Took the Cirrus, the dream is one day to touch a Pilatus down there. Magical Scenery…

[@GrantBaker]

@louisfisher9315 that would be awesome!!

[@RusscanFLY]

Great flight! Love, those cloud views myself!

[@GrantBaker]

They’re the best!

[@francoduplooy4407]

Yay !!! What another epic video Grant. Loved the 360 camera on the wing. Absolutely stunning views the entire flight and yet another greaser of a landing !!!

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Franco, glad you enjoyed it!

[@shanechester2560]

Love the OB shoutout. Great podcast!

[@GrantBaker]

Yes it is!

[@dalehorne9316]

That’s a excellent idea my grandson can operate the camera view and keep him occupied

[@GrantBaker]

Haha I love that idea!

[@LT-wt8jn]

I am enjoying the camera shots!

[@etarheel1]

Those antennas you mentioned just south of chapel hill are the unc tv towers. Believe it or not they have a two man “elevator” in the center with battery back up. If it fails though, you are correct it’s stair and ladder time. I’ve been up in the tallest one to work on some radio transmitters. It’s a heck of a view and for all you pilot types don’t ever forget to treat those things as a giant Christmas tree shape. The guy wires are going no where, your wing or blade is however. FYI Towers east of Raleigh city proper are called the Clayton towers. They are giants too. Really enjoy your videos, ty for my aviation fix for today!

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks for the info and reminder to watch out for guy wires!

[@Echo.Yankee]

Yet another great video! Love the addition of 360 view : )

[@GrantBaker]

Thank you sir!

[@PluckyUnderdog]

Great video dude, as usual. The Simworks PC-12 for MSFS is apparently very near to release, I'm happy I get to fly this Swiss masterpiece very soon haha!

[@GrantBaker]

That’s awesome! I’ll have to review it when they do release it!

[@PluckyUnderdog]

@GrantBaker that'd be great, seeing an actual PC-12 pilot give their perspective on it. By all accounts they've really tried to model it as close as possible to the real thing.

[@johnnysmith6764]

Great video, nice job on camera placement and editing.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Johnny!

[@steini6771]

Gorgeous! And, that landing. As my late father used to say when we nailed the landing, " That was a Brylcreem touchdown ". Greetings and many thanks from Norway.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks! This airplane makes those “Brylcreem” landings easy! 🙂

[@CaywoodChannel]

Amazing the view with that 360 camera. I love it

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Gabriel!

[@alvarogaitan2529]

great job pilot congratulations and have a nice trip god bless you

[@TGAV8]

Awesome content. Would love to fly the PC-12 soon.

[@joelwilkins8695]

great videos! I especially like the explanations of operating the PC12 and the reason why. Question about cruise altitude: what's the highest altitude you fly at given a good wind component?

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks! It’s certified to FL300 but I’ve only taken it above 280 a couple times. I generally fly in the low-mid twenties but it depends on the weather and winds that day.

[@borjaruiz1941]

27:15 the Insta batteries just died. Great video!

[@GrantBaker]

Good catch!

[@firepilot109]

Awesome video as always Grant. I've been getting some actual cloud time lately and it's been great when you bust out on top! The wife doesn't like it as much, she said it looks like we are barely moving, lol. And the new camera is very cool!

[@GrantBaker]

Breaking out on top is always awesome!

[@dalehorne9316]

That was excellent camera views

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Dale!

[@TheFlightLevel]

Hi Grant! Another fabulous video with the sun setting! Yes, amazing with the temp and wind chill the battery survives just under a hour. Just put a GoPro Max 360 camera on the wing tip of my RV. Just finishing up a vid with it circling the CN tower over Toronto. Pretty amazing stuff! Blue skies!

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks, and I’m sure that’s some really neat footage! Do you fly out of one of the Toronto airports?

[@TheFlightLevel]

@@GrantBaker I fly out of Brantford (CYFD). I live in Burlington, about half way between Brantford and Toronto. I do fly into Billy Bishop (CYTZ) Toronto City Center airport every year. A very scenic approach! Cheers!

[@TheFlightLevel]

Just posted the Toronto CN tower orbit video!

[@GrantBaker]

@TheFlightLevel that is an awesome approach! We’ve been up in that area a few times. Usually to YTZ, although we have been to YKF and we had our first post-Covid trip last month to YOO. Didn’t record it unfortunately. 😕

[@TheFlightLevel]

@@GrantBaker Very cool to know that you have visited my neck of the woods (Waterloo and Oshawa)! Yes, tough to beat the scenic approach into YTZ. Love your videos!

[@jimlittle8801]

Great video Grant. The PC12 is my dream airplane. I’d love to know what mount you used for your Insta360. I’ve got one too and always looking for the best way to mount it on my aircraft.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Jim! I use the NFlightCam Exterior Ball-Head mount. It requires a logbook entry since it’s semi-permanently attached but it’s very simple and secure. You replace an existing screw with a longer screw to attach the base. If you buy one, you can support me by getting it from Amazon through my affiliate link here: amzn.to/44da8JS or from www.NFlightCam.com if you’d rather buy direct from them.

[@TB-um1xz]

Crazy to see your cruise speed. Normally, the AC I fly we fly at .85. Boxes have places to be!

[@GrantBaker]

And my Mmo is .48!😂

[@TB-um1xz]

​@GrantBaker funny part is that you have more tech in that plane. I fly the 747 and it always amazes me that new airplanes are better equipped than we are.

[@GrantBaker]

@TB-um1xz yeah that is crazy! I suppose it’s easier and cheaper to certify and integrate new tech in smaller planes with simpler systems so it makes some sense why that is the case.

[@AlRozon]

visually stunning ... great video.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Al!

[@davidd6635]

Another beautiful flight video. Like the new perspective with the wing tip camera. Ouch, that tree root was in the way.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks David! Yeah it got me, haha!

[@bencompton799]

Brilliant Grant, thank you so much.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Brian!

[@dougmohn1182]

Great work, love the new view......

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Doug!

[@bogey361]

Great flying, great vid. If I could own one aircraft it would be a Pilatus.

[@GrantBaker]

It’s an amazing airplane!

[@ProducerStefanSchnabel]

Awesome!

[@tonyfdesign]

Great video! What a cool airplane.

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Tony, I love flying it!

[@Rubibi-saltwaterjim]

Inhibit the ACS on start, you will get a lower primary and secondary ITT spike.

[@GrantBaker]

That’s not true for the NG unless something isn’t working right. The ACS shutoff valve is not energized (opened) until 62% NG. Particularly when it’s hot out, I’ll see the prop RPM roll back some as the ACS robs air from it. On the legacies, the ECS should be off for engine start per the checklist.

[@Rubibi-saltwaterjim]

@GrantBaker I know, it shouldn't make any difference but it does, we operate regularly in 45 plus degrees with less than 10 minute turn arounds. I've got over 2500 hours in them.

[@GrantBaker]

Interesting! I‘ll have to test it and see if it helps in mine.

[@hughmarloweverest1684]

Hey you, thanks!

[@anthem819]

what external mount did you use for the 360 on the wing ? I cant imagine you used the Gecko suction cup mount for that. . Was there a concern with the speed of the pC12 perhaps deflecting the surface because of the high speed ? Thanks

[@GrantBaker]

No, definitely don’t use a suction mount outside an airplane! I use the NFlightCam Exterior Ball-Head mount. No concern about damaging the airplane due to how it attaches.

[@JavaT6437]

Thanks for another great video! Do you prefer Pilatus Pc-12 over TBM 960? TBM has autoland system, is cheaper and faster!

[@GrantBaker]

Depends on the mission. The emergency autoland is an awesome feature! The TBM can’t carry as much, so for missions where the TBM has to make a fuel stop and the PC12 doesn’t, the PC12 will get there quicker. And the PC12 cabin is much more spacious and comfortable. I’d choose PC12 most of the time, but I might be a bit biased!😜

[@ThePilotJosh]

Hey Grant why do the ailerons move with rudder input on the ground in the Pilatus? Are they linked for a specific reason?

[@GrantBaker]

They’re always linked. It helps with staying coordinated.

[@rosscomer]

I toasted my Insta360 flying through clouds. Apparently "waterproof" does not include doing 200 KTAS in IMC. I've since bought a "sport case" for it but am hesitant to use the GoPro mount on a plastic case. Did you have a case on yours? What mount did you use?

[@GrantBaker]

Ah that’s too bad! I’ve had mine in IMC and rain on the PC12. I don’t have a case, and I agree, I wouldn’t trust a plastic one. My concern before taking it into precip was the mic holes. I highly doubt those can handle the hard blowing rain. I put some tape around it but it all blew off during the flight so I’ll have to figure something else out before taking it into precip again. I use the NFlightCam Ball-Head Mount. If you buy one, you can support me by getting it from Amazon through my affiliate link here: amzn.to/44da8JS or from www.NFlightCam.com if you’d rather buy direct from them. What plane did you have it on and what mount were you using?

[@DavidSmith-jj5pr]

my hate for 360 cams knows no bounds

[@GrantBaker]

Why is that?

[@DavidSmith-jj5pr]

the fishbowl effect ☹

[@GrantBaker]

@DavidSmith-jj5pr ah yeah that’s something I have to live with.

[@DavidSmith-jj5pr]

indeed. I can tolerate it in extreme situations, and in moderated doses that I can skip past 😁@@GrantBaker

[@rebelyell22]

Whats that fluttering on the side of the fuselage just fore of the wing?

[@GrantBaker]

That’s the angle of attack vane. It’s actually attached to the wing, but the post it’s on blends in with the paint in the video.

[@gregbuchholz8670]

Grant, absolutely love the new 360 camera views!! Great videos

[@GrantBaker]

Thanks Greg!