u/Quarter-Twenty

I just got the iFootage Cobra 3 Strike monopod, but I knew it's sturdy base was going to screw me over one day by giving me a false sense of safety. I needed to be able to set it down easily. I could not find an existing accessory online. I found the perfect and perhaps only thing that fit all the criteria for what I needed. The Osprey Global Bipod. The feet are quick release and has anti-twist mounting with a NATO compatible clamp (The Picatinny/Weaver clamp wasn't completely NATO compatible. I had to modify it to get it to work).

The only downsides are that I can't tilt down as much as before because the grip get in the frame and I have to lock the base in a way that 2 of the feet are evenly lined up to prevent wobbling when laid down or have at least 1 base foot folded up to get a simpler 3-point contact. I haven't decided which method is better.

The build isn't 100% complete. I will likely find better parts for the mounting because I had to pivot from an earlier build where the handle stuck out further. I will likely integrate a rotating rosette so I make the front grip more ergonomic during gimbal operation.

It's just like the pool towels on patio chairs, but I feel like I will be in the minority in this one. I live in Chicago where leaving chairs or cones on an empty parking spot was very common until it was banned several years ago. They still do it, but not as much as before. I never liked this practice. A lot of the times people reserve the spots that there car occupied before the snowfall. You didn't shovel shit. If I hired a snow plow to clear a whole block, who I then now own all those spots? I lived in a neighborhood where I was renting and didn't have a garage. I occasionally parked far because so many empty spots had chairs to call dibs that stayed unparked in for days. I had others put down chairs in spots I shoveled.

Made a horizontal rest for my monopod using a rifle bipod