In some embodiments, a camera skid is presented. The camera skid includes a body into which a camera can be inserted; and a front portion received into the body, the front portion including a lip that contacts a face of the camera.
1. A camera skid, comprising:
a body into which a camera can be inserted, wherein the body is constructed of a first material; and
a front portion received into the body, the front portion including a lip that contacts a face of the camera, wherein the front portion is constructed of a pliable material less rigid than the first material;
wherein the face of the camera is not completely covered by the front portion when the camera is in the skid.
2. The skid of claim 1 , wherein the front portion includes a groove and a lip that mates with a body lip and a body groove formed in the body.
3. The skid of claim 1 , wherein the body includes set screw holes that accommodate set screws to fix the camera in place.
4. The skid of claim 3 , wherein the set screw holes are positioned at equal angular distances around the body.
5. The skid of claim 1 , wherein the body includes ridges and includes grooves between the ridges, each groove and each ridge running in a direction from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, the first end being adjacent to the front portion, the second end being opposite from the front end, the grooves running through a widest portion of the camera skid for helping guide fluid in a pipe around the camera skid.
6. The skid of claim 5 , wherein the grooves are circularly shaped.
7. The skid of claim 5 , wherein the grooves are flat bottomed.
8. The skid of claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter at a rear of the body is less than an outer diameter at a center of the body.
9. The skid of claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter in a center of the body is a constant between two rounded edges.
10. The skid of claim 1 , wherein the body is tapered.
11. The skid of claim 1 , wherein the body includes protrusions and the front portion includes receivers for receiving the protrusions.
12. The skid of claim 1 , wherein the front portion includes protrusions and the body includes receivers for receiving the protrusions.
13. A camera skid, comprising:
a body into which a camera can be inserted; and
a front portion received into the body, the front portion including a lip that contacts a face of the camera;
wherein the body includes ridges and includes grooves between the ridges, each groove and each ridge running in a direction from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, the first end being adjacent to the front portion, the second end being opposite from the front end, the grooves running through a widest portion of the camera skid for helping guide fluid in a pipe around the camera skid.
14. The skid of claim 13 , wherein the body includes set screw holes that accommodate set screws to fix the camera in place.
15. A method for inspecting a pipe, the method comprising:
obtaining an assembly comprising an inspection camera and a camera skid, the camera having been inserted into a body of the skid;
imaging an interior of the pipe with the assembly, the imaging comprising:
inserting the assembly into the pipe; and
propelling the assembly down the pipe;
wherein the body includes ridges and includes grooves between the ridges, each groove and each ridge running in a direction from a face of the camera to a back of the camera through a widest portion of the camera skid;
wherein when the assembly has been inserted into the pipe, the camera skid keeps the camera off a floor of the pipe while at least one groove directs fluid in the pipe around the camera skid;
wherein the skid comprises a front portion received into the body, the front portion including a lip that contacts a face of the camera but does not cover the face of the camera, the front portion being constructed of a pliable material less rigid than the body;
wherein the face of the camera is not completely covered by the front portion when the camera is in the skid.