Some exciting news for Phantom pilots- New brushless gimbal and new copter coming in next 60 days.
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Some exciting news for Phantom pilots- New brushless gimbal and new copter coming in next 60 days.
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It is a bitch to mount, but it works absolutely amazing! :)
where are the peizo gimbals at for crying out loud!
Check out 4:19 in the video below on how the YUN-1 is balanced-
The YUN-I has some design problems as currently shown. the way they show the Go-Pro mounted, it will not have the CG of the tilt axis aligned properly. The camera CG is too high in Z direction. The X direction is OK. So it will balance well when looking straight forward. But as soon as you tilt it down, the problem will become apparent.
Furthermore, I think those dampers are too narrowly set... but that's just me. I guess the proof will be in the pudding.
They're also guilty of doing a non-Kickstarter kickstart. They took orders when they had no products. So people funded their 2-month startup, without having been told this, which is kind of uncool.
Because you want the roll axis (and tilt and yaw) to be as close to the camera lens as possible so that you don't get parallax effects as the lens moves. At the same time, the CG on these gimbals must be precisely balanced. Placing the motor on that side of the camera means that the CG of the roll axis has no hope of lining up with the lens. Conversely, putting the motor on the opposite side, uses the weight of the pitch motor as a natural counterbalance, which allows you to get the roll axis closer to the lens on the camera.
Yes, YUN-1 / DIY use a dedicated system with motor control and stabilization built in so that you can control pan&tilt using standard servo signals. So strictly speaking you don't even need an autopilot to use it.
Re: the Alexmon/SBGC - yes, it works with any autopilot because it uses it's own controller board, IIRC. Are you saying I can just run the motors off the APM ports 10/11? I thought the signals only worked with servo-based gimbals.
John C. this is DJI we are talking about. The $1000 is for the gimbal upgrade only. And requires the $400 Naza autopilot or $700 Phantom kit to work. That's why I said it will be a hard sell.
The most promising alternative at the moment is the YUN-1 at $449, and will work with any autopilot.
http://www.fpvmodel.com/SBGC.html
i think the right side for the motor is when the center of the camer-lens is as close to center as possible, and everything is in balance ;)
and i guess the motor is just on that side as he stated this is one of the prototypes that was still able to accomodate hero 2 and hero 3, could be through space requirements
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