Cheap gimbal

[Vidal]

Looking for a cheap gimbal for my gopro 3 on a dji f450. Im not looking for amazing smooth video, just want to get the best out of my fun flying without spending a fortune on a gimbal.
Anyone know of any reliable ones?

[Balders]

If you have a naza fc you can build one out of two cheap servos.  I did that on my homebrew hexacopter and got reasonable results.  Will link to video I did with yhat setup later.

If you need a gimbal controller then there';s quite a few to choose from.  Rctimer are popular. Expect to pay around £115

[Balders]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEkvh-fCAW8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Here you go.  Not very exciting but you get the idea.

[nub]

is there a way to make those servo signals work with brushless gimbal motors?

[Balders]

Nope ;-)

[nub]

would that be the same case for a multiwii board?

i was thinking of buying a cheap and nasty 2 axis gimbal for messing about with (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Axis-Aluminum-Brushless-Camera-Mount-Gimbal-w-2-Motors-for-Gopro3-2-1-DJI-UK-/360818168130?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&var=&hash=item5402705142)

the plan was to try hook it up to my nanowii if possible to save buying another separate controller.

ach well.

[Matt101]

I';ve just added one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CNC-DJI-Phantom-Brushless-Gimbal-Camera-Mount-w-Motor-Controller-for-Gopro-3-2-/200998053980?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item2ecc6ae85c

Bit of tuning needed but I';m very impressed. I even have manual control from the Tx

[Dek]

See the note about not updating the firmware at the bottom of the page?

Says you will brick it if you try

[nub]

and the v2.2 controller is more better than the v3

i did have a look at those but never had the pennies at the time to buy one.

[Friskle]

Take a look at the Feyetech g3 2 axis, cheapish, and works great, slight mod to the gopro mounting if not using a gh3, but overall it funtions great.

[nub]

that looks not to bad Friskle cheers, thing is i only really need from the roll motor onwards, the top 1/2 of the gimbal is of no use to me.