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Heavy DSLR mount - Part I

Posted by ARHEXA on April 20, 2011 at 2:00pm

The tilt (pitch) servo mounted and working in the heavy DSLR mount system:

 

 

 

as followers know, my copter will carry a 1.5kg DSLR system.

 

I'll be testing the mount with DSLR attached really soon,

so i can figure out if this 13kg servo is enough.

some 'intuitive' tests showed it has great torque, but might be a bit at the edge at certain positions.

I'm ordering 17kg servos anyways...

 

any other idea for this application ?

actually i think of a worm gear as a perfect solution,

it can have a HUGE torque, and plus it is locking in position (without the motor having to push) which is what i need.

but i'm not going to assemble my own worm gear.

do you know of any ready to buy assembly ? servo-like ?

Tags: camera, copter, dslr, hexa, mount, reflex
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  • ARHEXA April 21, 2011 at 12:01am

    wow, i like the medium size tilt assembly of servocity,

    but it costs more than a 5-servos order i intended to make for the 17kg servos

     

    i think of modifying a servo to do more than 90 degrees, by that increasing the traveling distance and allowing higher ratio between the servo and the tilt mount.
    i need 90 degrees on the camera tilt, so now it's a 1:1 ratio...

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    Chris Anderson April 20, 2011 at 3:01pm
    The video isn't showing for me.
  • DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner April 20, 2011 at 2:28pm
    Would this work?

    http://www.robotshop.com/eu/tamiya-4-speed-worm-gearbox-h-e.html

    Regards
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