Nose Mounts

Nose mounts allow filming of the straight ahead pilot POV. Although most are fixed position there are nose mounts that allow a certain degree of tilting. However, none provide panning capability. These mounts mandate reloading on the ground. For a helicopter nose mount this can be done relatively quickly. Fixed wing aircraft can take much longer as you have to take into account the time it takes to get back to the airport, get established in the traffic pattern, land, taxi, reload and possibly refuel the aircraft. For this reason most nose mounts utilize 1000' magazines although 400' can be used.