Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos

Re:Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos by t0mas88 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @08:59AM (#23153450)

There are a lot of companies that do this type of vehicle modification for you. It's common for a lot of professional-use vehicles also in construction / utility network maintenance etc.

As others said, the roof is fine. The suspension is quite easy to adjust a bit for the extra weight and that helps also in stability due to the weight being high-up. For vehicles commonly used in these kinds of things there are higher rated alternators and batteries that are drop-in replacements for the standard one.

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Re:Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:02AM (#23153488)

> that helps also in stability due to the weight being high-up

I don't understand that. Isn't weight high-up shifting the center of mass upwards, making the vehicle less stable?

EDIT: jstanley, olex: that makes sense, thanks!

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Re:Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos by olex on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:13AM (#23153580)

I think that OP wanted to express that stiffer suspension is needed for extra weight, and the same stiffness also helps keep the vehicle stable despite a higher center of mass.

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Re:Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos by t0mas88 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:06PM (#23183119)

Thanks, yes that's what I meant. You want less body roll if your center of gravity is higher, so that requires stiffer suspension and stiffer anti-roll bars to keep the vehicle more level (at the expense of some comfort).

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Re:Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos by jstanley on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:13AM (#23153577)

I think it means the suspension adjustments help in stability, which is helpful because the weight is high up.

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