Custom made Brushless Gopro gimbal

[RS]

It seems like alexmoss  brushles gimbals   are the  way  to go :)
So I  asked   my  mate   to make  one  for  me.
I  wanted  something very minimalistic so that I could mount  it to my HT-FPV quad.
HT-FPV  is  similar to TBS Discovery  and  I  did not  want to  use  any landing gear, I just  wanted the  gimbal  to be at the
very front of  the  quad.

104g with 2 motors;

Here  how  it looks  now:









http://youtu.be/PnWFz-lhD7A


Now the  only thing I need  is  the  controller...

[Gaza07]

Very nice look forward to seeing it in use 

[RS]

Very soon :)
I jus  ordered  a controller , but  I guess I  wont receive  it  before  Easter...

[Gav]

Nice one RS.  Looks ace

[mickyt]

Looks very good RS  look forward to seeing it in action

[bunnygirl80]

Looking good RS. Really interested to see the result. Thx.

[shaktar]

Very nice looking and simple.

you should get a few made up

[SimonS]

I can see how you will adjust left to right and up and down but how are you going to adjust back and forward to get the camera c of g correct?

[RS]

I can see how you will adjust left to right and up and down but how are you going to adjust back and forward to get the camera c of g correct?

Well  I guess I should not have  a  problems here . Ive  seen not very well balanced gimbals on those main axis  and  they  worked just  fine.
Time will show:)

[RS]

Very nice looking and simple.

you should get a few made up

First  need   to test  this  one..., but  im pretty sure it  will work:)

[RScottyK]

RS, Your gimbal looks simple and elegant.  Nice job.  If you ever share the plans to replicate your gimbal, I';d love to get one too.

-Scott

[RS]

OK, I just mounted  it  to my HT-FPV :)
Looks  GOOD! :)








http://youtu.be/sde9CDWtr0w

[Gav]

Top job mate.  Look forward to the video results.

This is more inspiration for me to get my next build underway.   
Gav

[RS]

I ve  got good news and  bad  news...
Good is  that  I power up and tested my gimbal.
Bad news  - I managed  to shorten some  pins on my  FC,  so  I will not  be  able to  test  it  in flight until I receive  new one  ;/

Here  is test video

http://youtu.be/TIxH2XTF2Ak

[Gaza07]

Very nice it looks very smooth  sorry to hear about the f/c though 

[RS]

Yesterday I got Naze 32 FC, so  here is  first brushless gimbal test

http://youtu.be/KUjyNI5_JNg

[Gaza07]

Thats very good 

[RS]

Testing out  Medium FOV  on my Gopro 3BE  ( new firmware)
The  gimbal still needs some  tweaking 

http://youtu.be/eq4kzX2VGS0

[steve fh]

Other than the foam under the gopro do you have vibration damping built in else where? or have you just put a lot of time into balancing the props and motors ?

[rickp]

Very nice performance indeed!

[Gav]

Looking good.

[rcjarvis]

Hi Nice and simple, the way I like them... from my experience, you will need a lot of power from the roll motor. Since this brushless system is not a powerful setup, the wash of the props is usually enough to make the roll axis drop on the motor';s side ( propwash has mor grip o the larger motor surface.

I make my own quads and tris and this is what I had to do, a larger spread between the front motors. So my diy quads have almost the same geometry as the tbs Discovery but frot motors have 2 extra inches apart... will be testig tomorrow if the rain can stop... it';s been raining so much lately, I';ve been thinking on makig an amphibian tricopter !!!

Dan

[RS]

Other than the foam under the gopro do you have vibration damping built in else where? or have you just put a lot of time into balancing the props and motors ?

No, no more damping.
And I did not spend  a lot  of  time  balancing the  props. It took  me  ~ 20-30min
The   frame  itself  is  quite   good and Graupner  props really  help  to achieve the  result .
I  did not  have   any  vibration  problems before installing the  gimbal, even though  the  gopro  was  sitting  on a  frame  on a  piece  of   velcro

[ddczwood]

and i';m still waiting for a tested-to-be-good gimbal

[RS]

No more testings   for  some  time  now as  I have  fried  my  controller..( mixed polarity)
Alex said  it  has a protection  but it does not work while USB is  connected..

Luckily I know a guy who just  started making similar  controllers, but 3axis  instead  2
(Im sure you have  already hear  about  it.)
I hope  to  get  it  in a  few weeks  time

[ddczwood]

I see this 2 axis brushless gimbal for gopro hero 3 looks good

http://www.oomodel.com/gopro-brushless-gimbal-with-gyro-tl68a00-tarot-2-axis-camera-mou-p-65534.html

not made up my mind yet, if anybody could give me some suggestions

[RS]

Looks  good, but I didn';t see  its  weight..
Might  be  on a  heavy side, but  if your copter  is  capable of  lifting  extra ~200gr its should  be ok

[Smeagol]

I was very impressed with the testing vid, considering it only appeared to be supported at one end (unless I am mistaken) it was pretty stable.

[QuadBod]

Looks  good, but I didn';t see  its  weight..

273g With the Go Pro installed (with battery & micro SD), and with the default Tarot mounts attached.