3 Axis Gimbal

Posted by James A on August 22, 2014 at 7:02am

Just wanted to know if anyone is using a 3 axis gopro gimbal with their Y6 and if so which model is it and are they happy with the results.

I am currently trying to decide between the DYS Smart3, Zenmuse h3-3d (top end of the budget) or whether or not to forget the 3 axis and simply go for the Tarot T-2d.

If you have any other suggestions, and mounting tips if required, I'd be grateful for the advice.

Apologies if this has been asked elsewhere, if so feel free to politely point me in the right direction.

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    • James A August 23, 2014 at 6:32am

      Thanks for the info Heikko, looks good.

      Just a couple of questions:

      1. as you're using the shock absorbing mounts did you consider screwing these onto the top plate the other way up so they sit above it ie raising the tubes to give extra ground clearance?
      2. are you using wide angle video on the gopro when you get the props in view or just medium or narrow (whatever the other two settings are).

    • James A August 29, 2014 at 12:40pm

      Hi Heikko

      Well I took the plunge and bought the DYS. So far all looks good but I wanted to check how you connected it to the pixhawk and configured the gimbal settings under Mission Planner to adjust the pitch.

      I'm assuming once the gimbal is setup itself I simply follow the instructions for setting up a tarot gimbal in mission planner as per these instructions. The thing I was unsure of here is the Tilt channel where the image shows RC9 (next to stabilize tilt) but if you have any other pointers they'd be appreciated.

    • James A > James A August 30, 2014 at 12:29am

      Right, after a little more self learning RC9 is the aux1 port on the pixhawk so that is fine.

      Setting the servo limits and angle limits has no affect when flying on sticks but would impact when using the mission planner to control the camera although I'm not sure how this would work with the DYS as it appears to ignore secondary commands when still activating a primary command.

      ie tell it to point down 90 degrees and then change that to only 45 degrees before it has passed the 45 it appears to still go to 90 nd then come back to 45 as opposed to simply stopping at the 45.I guess this may be something in the setup.

      Once again any thoughts appreciated.

    • James A September 2, 2014 at 12:37am

      Thanks for the feedback, After some further play with mine I realised I'm wrong on the overshoot issue as this only happens if it can't slow down quick enough when you reduce the angle from the one it was aiming for, if that make sense.

      When connecting via the pixhawk / apm you should be able to adjust the camera position whilst flying missions automatically. I also believe you have to set the limits to be the same there as on the dys setup and ensure your servo signals, set in the mission planner, don't try to drive beyond the dys limits. this should mean that in your mission your camera angles are reflected correctly.

      Anyway so far the results are good although I do probably need to do some tuning, and I can still get just over 10 minutes of flight time. In tests so far this takes about 4850 mAh from my 6000 pack which is roughly where I have my mAh failsafe.

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