Zenmuse h3-2d

[Richlizard]

I have searched, honest!

Can anyone tell me how to adjust the control of the tilt?

By that I mean I have a Futaba T8J and I am using the little spinning knob in the middle for tilt control. On my aeroxcraft, I could configure it so that it used the whole range and where that range should start from and end.

This appears to be set up so that pointing forwards is around 3 mins past the hour and pointing down is around 15 mins past the hour. That gives me about 12 minutes of the 50 minutes available and of course means the tiniest movement makes the tilt way too fast for smooth filming.

Surely there must be a way to adjust this?

Thanks

[Jumpy07]

I have same issues Richard.. the Zenmuse gimbals arent great at smooth tilt..   on Alexmos you can configure different ways.. and its much smoother..


Best thing I can advise is use a curve on TX with flats around the middle..

[flybywire]

Surely you can set up end points, or servo range?  I have it set up on the dial on my DX8, it all seems smooth enough (default settings), it (the Tx) beeps when it';s 0 degrees (straight ahead) turn the dial anti clock wise 90 deg';s the gimbal tilts down 90 degs.  and vice versa.  Admittedly it doesn';t have the speed configurable as in the Amos type stuff, but seems fine to me!

Andy

[Opto-Mystic]

That is easy to set up on your Futaba T8J

Menu --> AUX-CHAN
Assign CH5 to VR.
Hit END a couple of times & you should be able to control the gimbal up/down

EDIT:
Hang on a bit - I misread the post - I have my VR control semi calibrated - I';ll be back with the info in a moment

[Opto-Mystic]

I have my VR controll set so that when the knob is at 12 o';c, the camera points straight forward.
Turning the knob anti clock wise to:
11 o';c gives a tilt down of 70 degrees
10:30 = 60 degrees
10:00 = 45 degrees
Fully anti-clockwise - camera pointing vertically down = Zero degrees

I achieved this by entering the Menu --> END POINT
Select Ch5
turn VR fully clockwise and enter a value of Zero
turn VR to fully anti-closkwise and enter the value 50

the reading should then be displayed: L:50 H:0
Hit End a couple of times and test the gimblal response...

I get very smooth response out of my H3-2D
I have stuck a small label marking the angles by the knob so it is easy to select the down angle needed...

[Opto-Mystic]

My rather crude but effective ';calibration'; markings
(I used  a toolmaker';s engineering protractor to set the actual angles on the gimbal, then I market the VR positions)

Anything further clockwise from the 12 o';c position does not alter the gimbal from its ';H'; (horizonta) position.

[Richlizard]

That';s exactly my point Donald. Of the 50 minutes available, you only seem to be using about 15 max of the turn. So it goes very fast and inaccurate.

With my Aeroxcraft, it has its own software and my knob is more like this one... I borrowed your image! 

I know I still only have 30 mins, but this gives so much more control. I would actually be more than happy having the 25 mins from my 45 mark to the ';limit 2'; mark as my range.

[Opto-Mystic]

OK, now I see.  In reality there is a lot more control than the my picture conveys. There is more travel and the camera does not point downwards until VR is fully ant-clockwise.

I have found that I only use within the band I have calibrated other than fully down.

Yes, it would be nice to be able to use the full range of the VR control just to rotate the camera through 90 degrees.

No problems about borrowing my image - help yourself, I will send my invoice later 

[Richlizard]

Ok, I will look at your instructions later.

Currently washing and repairing carrying out essential maintenance on my F550.

[Richlizard]

Perfect Donald. I use mine the other way round where clockwise goes downwards, but my range from forward pointing to down now takes 25 minutes instead of 10. Much slower movement.

If anyone was reading this and prefers my way, the L and H figures were 13 and 60 with channel 5 reversed.

Thanks again Donald.

I have my VR controll set so that when the knob is at 12 o';c, the camera points straight forward.
Turning the knob anti clock wise to:
11 o';c gives a tilt down of 70 degrees
10:30 = 60 degrees
10:00 = 45 degrees
Fully anti-clockwise - camera pointing vertically down = Zero degrees

I achieved this by entering the Menu --> END POINT
Select Ch5
turn VR fully clockwise and enter a value of Zero
turn VR to fully anti-closkwise and enter the value 50

the reading should then be displayed: L:50 H:0
Hit End a couple of times and test the gimblal response...

I get very smooth response out of my H3-2D
I have stuck a small label marking the angles by the knob so it is easy to select the down angle needed...

[Opto-Mystic]

Brilliant Richard - Glad it gave you the arena in which to create your own settings.

I might be in your neck of the woods over Christmas (Enham Alamein). Maybe meet up for a pint somewhere?

[Richlizard]

Sounds a plan Donald. 

Got plans all over the place, so nudge me nearer the time. (at least the missus has)

[Opto-Mystic]

Sounds a plan Donald. 

Got plans all over the place, so nudge me nearer the time. (at least the missus has)

Mine too...