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Converting my CS gimbal to a brushless gimbal

Discussion in 'Camera Mount Misc' started by Bill Collydas, Apr 14, 2013.

  1. Reno Rieger

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    I forgot to write that I want to use it with a red or c300 and using the carvec g- lock system!
    Has anyone got experience with that setup?
     
  4. Steve Maller

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    I’ve only seen one guy using the Carvec so far, and it definitely wasn’t with that gimbal or that camera.
     
  5. RICHARD DEFARIAS

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    hey men? i like the support that you made for your roll and till, how did you do it? please
     
  6. Dave King

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    Has anyone used the Tiger GB-85 motors? Anyone know the specs for it? Number of poles? I can't find any specs on it on Tigers site. I'm switching out a belt drive combo that does not work well enough with a red camera and I'm switching over to the Tiger motors.
     
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    I believe the 36N refers to the number of stators, and the 24P, as you point out is the number of poles.

    Andy.
     
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    Hey guy? The I Power Pro 5108 120 black and white are the same motors?
    thanks
     
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    Andy, Gary, and Michael: Thanks very much!!! I saw the 36N42P but wasn't sure.
     
  13. Dave King

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    Does anyone know how to change the default tilt angle for the alexmos board? Right now my camera defaults to a straight 90 degrees on power up the alexmos electronics but I would like it to about 20 degrees down for default.
     
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    If you are running it in Follow Mode there is an offset you can adjust for pitch, yaw or roll. If you are going to control it from a 2nd transmitter you might set it up in the travel or sub trims of the transmitter. Finally, you can always do it the easy way - after you have everything set up and calibrated you could just rotate the sensor on your roll tube I would guess. I'm not sure if it would change anything else, but since it defaults to a level sensor, that might work.
     
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    That works .... I found out the hard way ;)
     
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    Thanks Mike

    Under follow mode it says disabled but with follow yaw checked. I tried giving pitch offset and it doesn't work. You suggest rotating the sensor? I thought the sensor had to be square in regards to the x and y axis?
     
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    Are you planning to use it as a single operator gimbal (equivalent of movi majestic mode) or will you have a second person running the gimbal while you fly?
     
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    mostly two people with 2 seperate radios.
     
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    I cant take good shoots with my cs8. The picture always shake , at first i thought that the problem was the o-rings. I've tried all the combinations but the same result.

    After several months of tests,checks and re-checks, balancing...etc, etc, etc.... I have seen my i2c errors are a lot and constants and the green led onboard flashes always. If i conect only the board unplugin motors and outside the okto ,the same result. If i unplug the sensor , the same. If i conect only with usb power or with batery... The same. If i flash the board with any version....the same. If i change the imu sensor cable the same......My board is the v1 version, and the sensor only works if i enable the i2c pullups resistors. Is my board broken?... Is very frustrating, please help. Thank you.
     
  20. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    Hi Jordi:
    Can you provide some additional information, please?

    1. Are you flying a two or three axis Freefly gimbal?
    2. Have you balanced all the propellers (and possibly even the motors?)
    3. Can you post some video on Vimeo or YouTube so we can see the shakey pictures?
    4. How many I2C errors do you see on startup -- and do the errors increase as your copter flies?
    5. Which green LED are you referring to? Which board is it on?
    6. Which board are you referring to when you say "Is my board broken?"
    7. When you connect up via MK Tool and the MK USB adapter, do you see any error messages?

    Thanks
    Andy.
     

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