Hi Everyone,

I have installed my Tarot T-2D gimbal onto my 3DR quad frame.  However, I am struggling with wiring the power to the gimbal.  Is it connected directly to the power module, the APM, or does it need a dedicated source of power?  

Any advice or links to previous discussions/ instructions would be much appreciated. All the instructions I have found relate to the 3DR Iris and not the 3DR Quad.

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  • I've used a tap from the 3 Cell aircraft battery.  It works fine.  Recently I've found the small 3 cell 450mah batteries from readymaderc or e-flite.  These work well for a dedicated power supply.  Just connect the ground to aircraft ground as it says in the instructions http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-cameras-and-gimbals/wiki/co...

  • I second what Richard said, with some more detail - if you have the two-battery FPV kind of set up, where you have a 4800 or so main power battery, and a 900 battery for the FPV/OSD, I suggest you just make a small jst splitter and power the gimbal from the small battery.  That way, your flight-critical stuff - motors, APM, receiver - is powered separately from the payload items.  

    You also can hook up the tilt directly to the RC11 output and control from channel 6 on your transmitter. (Or a separate joystick, apparently, but I haven't tried that yet)

    If you have the gimbal go-pro hero 3 cable, it plugs right in to the minim OSD and works like a charm.

    What version quad do you have, the 2014 or the earlier?  I have the old version and had to do some red-neck engineering with scrap fiberboard to make a mount for the gimbal, and a battery mount extension to keep CG.

  • T3
    You can connect it directly to your battery as long as you are using 3S battery. The gimbal wants 12 volts and the 3 battery give you that.
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