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New ArduCopter Accessory - Tilt/Roll Cam Mount

Posted by Jeff Taylor on August 12, 2011 at 10:30am

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For those of you who use a camera on ArduCopter there's a new accessory being added to the store today. It's a til-roll camera mount that stabilizes small cameras (up to about 75 grams) and keeps the image straight up and down while ArduCopter is maneuvering to maintain position and orientation. The kit is $20 and can be found here. Please note that the kit does not include a camera or servos! We recommend you use HS-55 servos or any other sub-micro servo in the same size. The kit does work out of the box with ArduCopter code - plug the servos in to channels 5 and 6 for automatic stabilization. Happy flying!

 

 

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  • Jeff Taylor February 10, 2012 at 11:14am

    Sorry I was thinking of Arducopter, for Arduplane you do need to compile the code yourself with the camera tracking library included.

  • Alex February 10, 2012 at 9:43am

    Jeff is this available in Arduplane program?

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    Stabilization is the default mode that the code is in, you can just download the latest version of code from the mission planner and it will stabilize on channels 5 and 6 automatically without editing any code."

  • Jeff Taylor February 10, 2012 at 9:39am

    Stabilization is the default mode that the code is in, you can just download the latest version of code from the mission planner and it will stabilize on channels 5 and 6 automatically without editing any code.

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    Alan Sanchez February 7, 2012 at 11:59am

    Actually in the bixler and ez star chassis you can set it up both as a roll/tilt or pan/tilt. Assembly instructions for both configurations are on the product page (http://stuff.storediydrones.com/Easy%20Star%20-%20Bixler%20Chassis%...)

    http://stuff.storediydrones.com/Easy%20Star%20-%20Bixler%20Chassis%20Manual
  • Jeff Taylor February 7, 2012 at 10:49am

    Yes this still works with APM1 - when set up for Arduplane on a bixler or easystar chassis, the mount only stabilizes pan and tilt; while on Arducopter it stabilizes tilt and roll. The only difference is the orientation that you attach the mount on the chassis of either frame.

  • Jeff Taylor August 25, 2011 at 4:24pm
    The assembly guide is now available here: http://stuff.storediydrones.com/TiltRollMount.pdf
    http://stuff.storediydrones.com/TiltRollMount.pdf
  • John Grouse August 17, 2011 at 9:18pm
    I guess the tilt while in stabilise will be fairly minimal anyhow. The plan is to use the video downlink and xbee's with Michael's Mission Planner HUD so perhaps this will be easier to see where I am going?
  • Jeff Taylor August 17, 2011 at 8:03pm

    There are two possibilities here - first you can use the ground-side OSD from Michael Oborne's ground station and your xbee telem link to fly with an artificial horizon. The real benefit will be when you have ACM flying stabilization or waypoints while you direct the quad which way to point!

  • John Grouse August 17, 2011 at 7:56pm
    Just have to ask, if you are using that small camera for your FPV view wouldn't it be even harder to stabilise the quad when you do not see the attitude of the quad being matched to where the camera is pointing? I though the idea of this type of auto camera stability is to record your video on a secondary on board camera like a GoPro HD without seeing all the attitude changes of the quad on the final video?
  • Todd Hill August 12, 2011 at 6:42pm
    We attached the tilt servo directly to the roll servo. If you use bearing supported metal gear servos it works fine, but the servo resolution has to be good or you will get jitter in video feed. For FPV though it works great.
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