I purchased a Gaui330x-s a couple of months ago. It has been a constant struggle. I've replaced the frame with an Xproheli.com frame and that made a big improvement but the gyro is inconsistent and just isn't reliable enough. My goal is to have a system for shooting aerial video with my GoPro2.
A week ago that setup took a dive into a pond. It looked like the ESC's fried but the rest seemed to be fine. I replaced the ESC's and then found that the gyro is now all over the place. Basically I have 4 scorpion motors, gaui ESC's, a bad gyro and a frame. Time for a change!
Down the road I may replace the gyro but here's what I'm looking for.
I want a new multi-rotor system geared towards shooting video with a GoPro and upgradeable or including autonomous flight. There are so many options here that I'm quickly getting lost. There are many other solutions out there but those here seem to be more affordable and much more advanced. I think that this community will enable me to take this as far as I'm willing to go.
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Stability and little vibration for the camera is my primary concern, but would like to be able to upgrade as far as I want to go.
Thank you in advance!
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i think arducopter is a great platform, its not free from its complications but with some work you can get a really stable and vibration free platform for a light camera like a go pro.
buying a kit is probably the quickest way to get something in the air, but be aware that the electronics can fly pretty much any airframe - you could re-use your motors and/or frame if theyre in good condition. the default software setup will probably work better on a "standard" 3DR frame but with a bit of tuning im sure you get pretty much anything flying smoothly.
i always land manually and dont really have any need for sonar - if you want to use auto-land or fly FPV it would be more useful. i dont have a wireless telemetry connection and really must get one, do look at the 3DR alternative to xbee: https://store.diydrones.com/3DR_RadioTelemetry_Kit_915_Mhz_p/kt-tel... i cant use the 900mhz band here but if youre in the states its a possible solution.
autonomous flight is great fun, i dont think theres anything else that can do as much as this for the money. ive had to dedicate a few weeks to damping vibrations at my camera mount, but its been pretty straightforward and ive got a really stable platform now.
james
This is what I was looking at, but don't know much about the telemetry or sonar options. Also would I need the more powerful motors for the GoPro payload and what are the camera attachment options? http://www.udrones.com/product_p/acrtf2.htm