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Subject: cheap gimbal Wed May 17, 2017 3:16 pm
this is the second time i bought this gimbal, first one blew up lol...this one seems better and self levels straight out of the box without having to send any more power to the motors...bloody raining so cant try it out ..its cheap...36 pounds from china but seems to work a treat gotta figure out how to wire the pitch control to the gimbal wheel on controller now
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Wed May 17, 2017 7:09 pm
cujoway wrote:
this is the second time i bought this gimbal...
Ace, looks really good, I love those funky things, now the price is sooper cheap too, love to know how you get on with it, as I'm now sold on it based on the SFX you provided alone...
Plus wiring up the pitch details, and can you do the yaw too, using perhaps a thumbstick?
Have you got a link to it? If it turns out to be a good un, I want one.
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Wed May 17, 2017 7:26 pm
my drone has a power out for pitch so its just a matter of finding which pin on the gimbal board is pitch basicly these gimbals are super cheap but ofcourse it is only 2 axis but still a good cheap way to start getting some much better footage
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Wed May 17, 2017 9:55 pm
awesome m8 cheers
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Wed May 17, 2017 10:18 pm
all sorted
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Wed May 17, 2017 11:31 pm
cujoway wrote:
all sorted
Oooo, lovely indeed, you don't hang about lol...
N1...
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 11:11 am
That works great, nice job
Maybe you can also add a simple 5.8 fpv system to that gimbal, which will be great for orientation and seeing what you film.
For example this mini camera/transmitter combo. Camera is only 5v so maybe also need a 12-5v step down converter. : https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-TX02-Super-Mini-AIO-5_8G-40CH-200mW-VTX-600TVL-14-Cmos-FPV-Camera-p-1088368.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts
With this 5.8 receiver for smartphone: https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-ROTG01-UVC-OTG-5_8G-150CH-Full-Channel-FPV-Receiver-For-Android-Mobile-Phone-Smartphone-p-1147692.html?rmmds=search
Once installed it will be almost as good as a Dji Phantom.
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 11:19 am
Excellent m8...very impressive for the price I must agree.
Does it have to run on its own battery ?
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 12:39 pm
my drone has power out aswell as gimpal power out so u just hook it up and runs off the drone battery,, has notices a big drop in battery time with it installed though...
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 7:22 pm
some more boring footage....
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 8:50 pm
That works very good. If you don't fly too hard it stabilizes great. Looks very nice.
You can add a seperate 3s battery to power the gimbal, think the quad can carry those few extra grams easily. Do need to solder a XT60 plug to the gimbal in that case.
I really recommend doing that FPV thing I mentioned earlier.
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 9:33 pm
so i need,,,,an fpv camera plus a compatible fpv monitor right??
show me :0
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 9:40 pm
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Thu May 18, 2017 10:33 pm
cujoway wrote:
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I guess you already found it, but here it is again:
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Maybe you can also add a simple 5.8 fpv system to that gimbal, which will be great for orientation and seeing what you film.
For example this mini camera/transmitter combo. Camera is only 5v so maybe also need a 12-5v step down converter. : https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-TX02-Super-Mini-AIO-5_8G-40CH-200mW-VTX-600TVL-14-Cmos-FPV-Camera-p-1088368.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts
With this 5.8 receiver for smartphone: https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-ROTG01-UVC-OTG-5_8G-150CH-Full-Channel-FPV-Receiver-For-Android-Mobile-Phone-Smartphone-p-1147692.html?rmmds=search
Once installed it will be almost as good as a Dji Phantom.
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Fri May 19, 2017 11:48 am
cujoway wrote:
some more boring footage....
That's excellent for such a low price, very impressive stuff, it's very stable indeed. N1.
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Fri May 19, 2017 5:12 pm
ordering the fpv gear....
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Fri May 19, 2017 8:49 pm
Very nice, hope you can get it to work, should not be too difficult.
Did you also order a 12-5v stepdown converter, or are you going to power the fpvcamera from the 3.3v/gnd on the gimbal?
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Fri May 19, 2017 11:49 pm
i got some batteries that should power it up some how,,,u have me worried now saying u hope i can set it up !!!!
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Sat May 20, 2017 10:12 am
cujoway wrote:
u have me worried now saying u hope i can set it up !!!!
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Sat May 20, 2017 11:43 am
cujoway wrote:
i got some batteries that should power it up some how,,,u have me worried now saying u hope i can set it up !!!!
I'm sure it can work, just can't predict your actions, that's why I said hope. But since you also added that gimbal quite easily, I assume it won't be too difficult. You can probably power the camera of the 3.3v/ground point on the gimbal, as shown on the pic above. But to be sure there is power, it is best to measure it first with a multimeter. Otherwise use the 12-5v voltage converter I mentioned, to power it directly from a 12v point. If you can solder a xt60 plug to the gimbal, you can use the battery to power it seperately from the drone. What kind of batteries did you get?
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Sat May 20, 2017 11:59 am
i have some old 3 volt ish drone batteries in my junk box
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Sat May 20, 2017 12:19 pm
cujoway wrote:
i have some old 3 volt ish drone batteries in my junk box
3,7v 1s batteries then probably. They could work for powering the fpvcamera a short time. The camera doesn't require that much power, just not sure how long such a small battery holds up. Would suck to suddenly lose videoimage while flying if the battery goes empty. Think it would be better to try solder the camera directly to the 3,3v/gnd on the gimbal.
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Sat May 20, 2017 7:52 pm
heh it i lost video feed i could just click the hover/return button....in theory lol
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Subject: Re: cheap gimbal Sat May 20, 2017 8:58 pm
cujoway wrote:
heh it i lost video feed i could just click the hover/return button....in theory lol
It would still suck, though you might have less trouble with it, since you already used to flying LOS. I would have difficulty switching orientation. And personally I wouldn't want to rely on the autoreturn with a expensive gopro attached, but that may be lack of experience cause I never had a drone with autoreturn.
Once you have everything installed and working, you should get one of those cheapo vr goggles for smartphone.
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