[Batfish]

I actually use my thumb on the wheel of my MX-3 for steering. Push up for right and down for left :)

It's a little more difficult to operate the camcorder at the same time and keep the vehicle in-frame. That's why I nearly hit the stump and did hit my gutter drain in the film. :)

Anyone interested in filming this way first needs to see if they can control their vehicle with one hand on the radio. If you can do that, you're halfway there. Once you can control the vehicle with one hand, hold the camcorder in the other hand and point it where you're looking (it helps if you have a small camcorder, of course). Since you should always be looking at your vehicle, if you can keep the camcorder pointed where you're looking you should be able to keep the vehicle in-frame most of the time. If I do this more often the real challenge will be learning to zoom in and out while driving.

There's absolutely no way I'd be racing like this, but it makes it possible to take video in my back yard while my wife's too upset at me to run the camcorder ;)