Building a gimbal

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:11 pm

Yeah a popular choice but not easy to tune by all accounts, but best of luck Stambo

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:08 pm

Well I got to do a bit of work on the gimbal, while I'm still waiting for my controller

I got to redo the frame, so I would like it, I did not like the camera mount screw I got, it was to big and heavy, so I decided to make a plate that would support the full Mobius holder,

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Then I remade the side arm as I wanted to give myself some adjustability to balance,

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And here is where I got to in the end, pretty well balanced all be it a little nose heavy on the camera, will final balance it when I final assemble it

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It's getting there folkes, starting to look like I want it,

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:40 pm

Hells yeah!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:40 am

Looking good Kev.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:08 am

Looks great mate

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:31 am

Really good Kev

cant wait to see the video results:)

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:33 am

Well I have my controller so it's gonna be play time when I can

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KevG · Post by **KevG** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:57 am

Well hit my first snag, tried to connect to the GUI and all I got was firmware mis match, DOH

a good bit of looking and found that I needed to flash the firmware, which some say cant be done as they are locked but tried anyway, and success.

Board now connects to the GUI suite,

tonight I will try and get the gimbal set up on a Jig so I can see how it works,

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:15 pm

Nice one Kev:)

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:03 pm

Well not a great start to my gimbal path, well it moves in the right directions but I have a very annoying high pitch noise, tried a few settings but to no prevail, many have said set to high PWM rate but it does nothing for me,

https://youtu.be/4fbTuyuziko

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:14 pm

Score! Little tweak'n she'll be spot on!

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:52 am

Well it seems like my board is fooked, hey ho, email string with ebayer now to get a replacement,

But ordered a 32 bit Storm32 board from Banggood anyway, should be much better, all be it a bit bigger,

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:28 am

Man that sucks... So the board wasn't working properly? Any idea of why?

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:29 am

as the led is staying solid red apparently it means its not receiving commands.

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:33 am

Sorry to hear ur in the holding pattern bud... I'm not geek enough to help with that kinda stuff... What little I know about RC electronics u guys on the forums taught me... But I do know how to put stuff in a box and slap a stamp on it! Send it back! Lol

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:34 am

I'm taking it this is to go on the QAV400?

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 4:34 pm

Yes mate for the QAV400,

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:34 pm

I got mine yesterday and had a play with it.
I had the issue with firmware mismatch but I went the other way and found the GUI to suit the firmware I had.
I read somewhere that upgrading the firmware could brick the board as it was a copy not genuine.
I also had the high pitch sound and cured that by setting high PWM rate.
Mine is really smooth, can't wait to get it on a quad.
I don't know whether to put it on my alien or build a larger wooden one.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:12 pm

That's not good Kev, hope you sort it out

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 5:11 pm

Unlucky Kev:) looked good though:)

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