Group for discussion on Walkera copters using the modified version of the ArduCopter software.
Walkera Gimbals
Hi Guys anyone else playing with these gimbals. My first impression is that they are quite an advanced design, along the same lines as DJI in that they use a clutch drive with position encoded motors. Getting any response out of Walkera through their website is like talking to the wall. So I guess we will need to work though various agents if we want any info.
Read more…
Comments
@Dan, I haven't used that particular drone but I'm sure it will survive a boot up without an SD card. It might have failed to boot that one time the card was missing but I doubt it will hurt it permanently.
Re the mission planner, it shouldn't be possible to completely ruin a vehicle. Even if a parameter is set accidentally it should be possible to restore it to it's "factory" default settings by going to the Terminal window, connecting and then typing "param reset" (at least I think that's the command, the software version is a couple of versions old so I forget exactly).
@martin, It might be possible to wire up a screamy some how.
As for a software solutoin, I've fallen a little behind on what hardware and software is on the walkera vehicles but last time I checked it was an AVR based CPU running a modified Copter-3.1.5. The lost copter feature in ardupilot arrived with Copter-3.3 which won't run on the AVR cpu so that won't work.
I did a back to back with the I-Look/Gimbal on my Phantom 2+ and the conclusion was that it is just as good as the DJI but gains a few grams due to the Telem.
The DJI camera has a slight tendency to hunt during auto exposure causing a flicker. This can be edited out but it also carries a colour shift at the same time.
I do think the Gimbals big brother that supports the Sony RX 100 111 could be a great combination. Anyone tried that yet?
I was toying with the idea to get a H500 but decided not to do that due to the total lack of communication from the factory. The don't even reply to questions regarding sales.......
I did buy a I-Look camera with 3 axis gimbal and I would say that the gimbal works very well. The camera is not quite as good as the GoPro 3+ and I changed the lens for a Rage 5.4 and it was then very good but like the GoPro the user must limit the use of any pan movements due to the low screen/data refresh rate with these small cameras.Used correctly it is capable of some very sharp and steady footage with good colour saturation.
@armahdi,
It's a bit hard to understand what you're asking and no need for the all caps.