We recently built a brushless gimbal specifically for RED Epic / Scarlet. 2 axis brushless, with the pan using servo with belt reduction and radian. Results were pretty good, but at times one can see a small amount of unwanted movement on pan. The pan only starts to look "bad" because the tilt and roll are so very very good with brushless. We used 8017-120t iPower motors for tilt and roll on Alex Mos. FreeFly servo + radian on pan. https://vimeo.com/dronecrew/international-commercial-red-scarlet Small clip from the RED at the end, coming home to land (cant share the actual shots as this was on a paid commercial). Busy adding brushless pan over the next few days. Just sharing here to show that radian + servo on pan option is a good one, if you already have radians.
An update to the start of this thread which I posted a real hillbilly mod of the Freefly gimbal which worked surprisingly well for handheld and some aerial shots with Epic or Scarlet and a light lens. Anyways... I just shot a car commercial which I am directing and by chance had a aerial shot in it While out there I ran a couple of outtake passes for my own personal use. This is with a much more refined version of the gimbal mod I originally did but now with cage type motors holders and all carbon fiber construction as well as a few printed parts. Epic 5K with CP 2 35 and Bart FF. Alexmos 3 axis with 8017's Freefly 360 gimbal Cinestar X8
Ozkan, 4s here on this. The pan still at times has a few minor issues but really only in fast movements. Otherwise in slow orientation changes it runs very nicely.
Brad very nice indeed. That's what Im talking about, convert your cinestar to a brushless and you got your self a nice gimbal. @Brad Are you using direct drive for the pan or belt reduction? Bill
Anyone having issues with cogging on a 3rd axis with gear reduction? I added a 32t pulley to the motor and using the original belt and pan pulley on the frame. I can't seem to fix the issue. The notchy rotation is really an issue.
have you modified your pole count for the motors in the bgc GUI? match gear ratio X poles = GUI motor pole setting. Just something to try
It is notchy with and without power and trying to stabilize. Yes, I have tried adjusted the poles to match the gear ratio with no change.
I'm running belt on all the gimbals I build. Three have the 5208's and one the 5108. Using 32t pulleys and standard CS wheel. No notching at all and I don't change the pole count I leave it at 14 poles and works fine. Bill
Hi Brad Really lovely and makes me wish I owned Red. Have the brushless gimbal so heading in the same direction I have followed your posts about converting to a coax and wanted to ask you if you are happy with it or would you go back to a flat 8....pondering the coax route myself and looking for an honest opinion on it. Thanks and look forward to more footage Kat
Yes... that is a difficult question for sure. Probably answered more by what you are shooting then anything else. I now don't own a single flat but I have been thinking about one again since brushless works as we would expect. I guess I would say that if you need to fly longer, furthur and you fly in a calmer wind area then a flat is pretty much what you want. If you want to be as stable as possible and require faster climbs and descents like a jib can do then a coax is the probably the best. Probably one of each is ideal. Either has its pros and cons but in general the only real con for flat is turbulence whether it be wind or disturbed air via the props. Coax cons are more power needed, and less flight time. I have never needed super long flights and prefer the handling of the coax and am willing to throw more power and batteries at the setup to get ok flight times. Still they end up 20-30% less with some big loads and if you can live with that its a great system. So to sum it up... I am happy but its just different and a different tool almost.
Hi to all has anyone try on the pan on a MR DSLR setup the 5108 120T 24 pole motor instead of the 5208 150T motor 14 poles motor the 5108 suppose to be a stronger motor thanks