It Works!!!!
Would have worked sooner had I realized that I had the AV-IN set as PAL instead of NTSC. Once I corrected that - the camera worked. As mentioned above - the camera I got from Adventure Pilot is in fact a rear view (Mirroring) camera. So when mounted looking forward - right is on the left and left is on the right. Not very useful. I think I do have a use for that CAM...maybe I can set it up to show me where I've been instead of where I am going.
I dug through my stash of camera ( I fly FPV RC planes and Helis). I chose the RMRC-420XV 420 Line 5-15V CCD Camera (NTSC) camera. It is small and it runs on 12vdc. Plugged it into the IFly R-CAM port. Nothing happened. Plugged it into the AV-IN port and it works like a charm. RIght is right and left is left - how nice. I will post pictures tomorrow of the installation on my Pietenpol.
If you are looking for a camera - any of the above suggestions are good as well as pretty much any 12vdc color camera. Amazon has a large selection of 12vdc cameras. The trick is getting the cabling right. I finally ended up using a cable I found in the junk box - it is a 1/8" 4-pole male connector with the correct polarities (See IFly Extra Features Manual). The trick here is NOT to get hung up on Yellow always being video. On my cable - it turned out to be the red rca jack that had the needed connectivity as stated in the manual. Use an Ohm meter to test your cables. The RCA end can be red, green, blue, black, yellow or any other color. Just make sure its pinned right.
I am curious as to why the R-CAM port would not work. I am even more curious about what difference does it make which port you use as long as get video.
Good Luck,
Jim