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New ArduCopter Accessory - Tilt/Roll Cam Mount

Posted by Jeff Taylor on August 12, 2011 at 10:30am

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For those of you who use a camera on ArduCopter there's a new accessory being added to the store today. It's a til-roll camera mount that stabilizes small cameras (up to about 75 grams) and keeps the image straight up and down while ArduCopter is maneuvering to maintain position and orientation. The kit is $20 and can be found here. Please note that the kit does not include a camera or servos! We recommend you use HS-55 servos or any other sub-micro servo in the same size. The kit does work out of the box with ArduCopter code - plug the servos in to channels 5 and 6 for automatic stabilization. Happy flying!

 

 

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  • 3D Robotics
    Alan Sanchez August 12, 2011 at 6:28pm
    @Alex. Very soon at least for the easy star
  • Jim Phoenix August 12, 2011 at 5:36pm

    I meant APM 2.2.1.

  • Jim Phoenix August 12, 2011 at 5:35pm

    Is camera stabilization enabled in APM 2.1.1 - for airplanes?

     

    Jim

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson August 12, 2011 at 5:28pm

    Bjorn: I'm guessing it's to take the force off the servo drive. In my experience small servos get wobbly when you apply much lateral force directly to their shaft.

  • Björn Geir Leifsson August 12, 2011 at 5:14pm
    Why the gear train on the roll? Why not fasten the pan servo straight to the roll servo horn? The gears seem to be 1:1 and a good servo with ball bearings will certainly carry this meager weight on its axle I would think.
  • Todd Hill August 12, 2011 at 4:36pm

    We have been using mounts like this for some time now.  Here is a video we made some time ago.  We have about 250 gigs of video, but most of the video using this type of mount is the same as this; maybe except for camera resolution.  Maybe the store mount will be a little smoother.  

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NatKLMjY0YA

  • Jeff Taylor August 12, 2011 at 3:38pm

    ArduCopter Tilt-Roll Camera Stabilizer from Jeff Taylor on Vimeo.

    The code automatically adjusts the roll and tilt angles as the quadcopter moves. You just have to make sure your servos are centered in the angle you want the camera to point as you assemble it.

  • Geoffrey L. Barrows August 12, 2011 at 3:32pm

    This is very cool. Will there be code that stabilizes the roll angle using gyro input, or will it be manual adjust? I've always wondered how much any inherent jerkiness or slop in the servos (they all have it no matter how good) affects image quality.

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson August 12, 2011 at 1:07pm
    Agreed: Video please!
  • Jeff Taylor August 12, 2011 at 12:34pm

    The gears are 1:1 ratio so a 90* servo like we are using gives you 90* of travel - so up to 45* each direction.

     

    Metal gears are definitely something to consider but the way the tilting arm attaches to the servo will allow it to twist down free of the servo gears if you land hard. Even with a little CA glue attaching the arm to the servo I think that part will come free before the gears strip. I'm doing fine on Nylon gears so far.

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