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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http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Tracking
When will be available camera stabilization for airplanes?
I meant APM 2.2.1.
Is camera stabilization enabled in APM 2.1.1 - for airplanes?
Jim
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.
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
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.
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.
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