Hi, i'm quite new to this hobby and i have almost the same setup as yours.
I have some questions.
1) There are only 5 points on that frame PDB, 4 for esc and 1 for the battery. How do you connect the power source for your telemetry module and gimbal?
2) How can you mount the APM on that spot in the picture and have a stable flight? How did you dampen the vibration to the APM?
3) What is your flight time with that 3S 5200mAh?
1) I believe telemetry can only operate at 5V, so you'll need to power that from your FC. Is it an APM system? If the gimbal can operate on 12v then you can just solder wires on top of the 12v battery leads so the same pad essentially powers both the flight system and your gimbal.
2) I used something called zeal which dampens vibrations to the flight controller. There may be cheaper alternatives if you search around.
3) With the gimbal and the 5200mah battery I was looking at around 8-9 minute easy going flights. I've since removed the gimbal and converted it into a LOS basher. The flight times are much better and much less stressful without the gimbal and camera.
Thanks for this input my quad is almost successful!
However, i am stuck and envy of how your footage is huge difference of mine. T_T
I tried to balance everything to reduce vibration as much as i could but i have a little bit of shuttering here and there in my footage.
Gimbal works good when not in flight.
My vibration level is within acceptable range according to APM log.
That's really the challenge in designing your own gimbal'd rig. I never could completely eliminate vibrations or wiggles from the video. I think the key is to use a good gimbal like the Tiny2. I never graduated from budget gimbals, so I can't say this from experience. What gimbal are you using? It might be a good idea to post your rig.
I use HAKRC storm32 gimbal bought from gearbest. Just found out that 2nd imu on the storm32 is not enabled by default. I enable it and i can now have the gimbal rotate to extreme angle. but still the vibration still exist. I really need to focus on eliminating vibration more!
and oh, i see that in the picture, you camera is balanced on the gimbal, mind sharing how you do it?
Yeah, i will post my rig here. I'll do it once i have the free time this week!
Hi, i'm quite new to this hobby and i have almost the same setup as yours.
I have some questions.
1) There are only 5 points on that frame PDB, 4 for esc and 1 for the battery. How do you connect the power source for your telemetry module and gimbal?
2) How can you mount the APM on that spot in the picture and have a stable flight? How did you dampen the vibration to the APM?
3) What is your flight time with that 3S 5200mAh?
1) I believe telemetry can only operate at 5V, so you'll need to power that from your FC. Is it an APM system? If the gimbal can operate on 12v then you can just solder wires on top of the 12v battery leads so the same pad essentially powers both the flight system and your gimbal.
2) I used something called zeal which dampens vibrations to the flight controller. There may be cheaper alternatives if you search around.
3) With the gimbal and the 5200mah battery I was looking at around 8-9 minute easy going flights. I've since removed the gimbal and converted it into a LOS basher. The flight times are much better and much less stressful without the gimbal and camera.
Thanks for this input my quad is almost successful!
However, i am stuck and envy of how your footage is huge difference of mine. T_T
I tried to balance everything to reduce vibration as much as i could but i have a little bit of shuttering here and there in my footage.
Gimbal works good when not in flight.
My vibration level is within acceptable range according to APM log.
Can you tell me what am i missing ?
That's really the challenge in designing your own gimbal'd rig. I never could completely eliminate vibrations or wiggles from the video. I think the key is to use a good gimbal like the Tiny2. I never graduated from budget gimbals, so I can't say this from experience. What gimbal are you using? It might be a good idea to post your rig.
I use HAKRC storm32 gimbal bought from gearbest. Just found out that 2nd imu on the storm32 is not enabled by default. I enable it and i can now have the gimbal rotate to extreme angle. but still the vibration still exist. I really need to focus on eliminating vibration more!
and oh, i see that in the picture, you camera is balanced on the gimbal, mind sharing how you do it?
Yeah, i will post my rig here. I'll do it once i have the free time this week!
The best way to balance is to position the camera so it stays level with the power off.