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How crash worthy are gimbals. Obviously you don't want to crash but it's gonna happen. Are the Carbon fiber or aluminum the best?
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sundance2013 said:Glad to hear, I'm getting better but I sure am not crash proof yet.
On the popping out of the rubber shocks, I almost lost my GP3 because of those things. Maybe the 2nd flt. with them I crashed and picked up the craft, walked off ready to fly again ...not noticing the GP was gone, I freaked out. I headed back to the crash site a few yards away and luck me it was still there. I'm going to put a long screw and nut with 2 big washers in two of the grommets so if they do pop out the camera mount or gimbal doesn't totally depart the craft.
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Driffill said:Not that I've done this myself, but I thought about using small gauge cable ties and feeding one thru the top of a grommet then going across to another grommet and coming back up thru the other grommet then zipping it with some slack, and repeat for the remaining grommets. This should tether the two halvs of the gimbal together should the grommets pop open. And it should only add a few grams of extra weight, depending on just what size cable ties you use.
Was the motor short in the Phantom or gimbal? Do you know what caused it?justsomeguy said:sundance2013 said:Mine crashed really hard due to a motor short. Bent the landing skid, scarred the gimbal arm, took a chunk out of the top of my GoPro. I put in a new battery and kept flying.
https://vimeo.com/72165505