Gimbal on the Vision?

Pull_Up · Dec 3, 2013

Very nice! Interesting mounting it to an additional bottom plate between the skids - that might cause a bit of instability landing on long grass, etc. One to launch from your case and land via mid-air catch, I think.

http://www.dronexpert.nl/news/ has some video clips of function, including smartphone app controlling tilt.

Adam · Dec 3, 2013

Pull_Up said:
Very nice! Interesting mounting it to an additional bottom plate between the skids - that might cause a bit of instability landing on long grass, etc. One to launch from your case and land via mid-air catch, I think.

http://www.dronexpert.nl/news/ has some video clips of function, including smartphone app controlling tilt.

Cool vids, thanks for sharing. I was wondering if someone was going to do this.

Drone7 · Dec 3, 2013

Tomorrow i will call those people. They come from The Netherlands, so am i.
But i have to work of course, if there is something new, i will report it here after work, if not, i will write something anyway

I think it is very interesting because you can still control the tilt via the app.

hulihee · Dec 3, 2013

Yes! I'm very excited someone is making a Vision Gimbal.

After trying to figure out how a gimbal would be small enough to still keep the camera from taking up space below the skids, this design makes a lot of sense! I'm really interested to know how much it reduces the normal 25 minute battery life...

Looking forward to hearing what you find out from the company!

Firestat · Dec 3, 2013

I didn't think that they would be able to use the Vision camera. That would be great. Hope to see how it all works out.

Pull_Up · Dec 3, 2013

Drone7 said:
Tomorrow i will call those people. They come from The Netherlands, so am i.
But i have to work of course, if there is something new, i will report it here after work, if not, i will write something anyway

I think it is very interesting because you can still control the tilt via the app.

Any in-flight video they have from it would be very interesting...

Drone7 · Dec 3, 2013

Pull_Up said:
Drone7 said:

Tomorrow i will call those people. They come from The Netherlands, so am i.
But i have to work of course, if there is something new, i will report it here after work, if not, i will write something anyway

I think it is very interesting because you can still control the tilt via the app.

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Any in-flight video they have from it would be very interesting...

I think it is the same but then with a Gopro

http://www.dronexpert.nl/gopro-gimbal-fpv-lcd/

arinvideo · Dec 3, 2013

tmsound said:
http://www.dronexpert.nl/dji-vision-gimbal/
Here is the first attempt, I have seen, on a 2 axis gimbal for the PV

NICE!

IAP · Dec 3, 2013

Looks amazing, definitely interested.

How does it handle the vibration? I cannot see any grommets ?

dyarza · Dec 4, 2013

The Dutch gimbal does look great.

In the meantime. Tonight I upgraded my P2V with a Zenmuse H3-2D.

Taking the P2V camera off was straight forward. The cable coming from the bottom of the P2V is for the tilt servo, and it comes off easily.

The Zenmuse uses a different mounting plate so you can't use the same rubber isolators, but the mooting plate screws in directly into built in threaded inserts in the bottom of the P2V body.

Then plug the 8 pin cable from the gimbal to the port labeled "Zenmuse" on the main board and you are done. I did not even have to use most of the parts in the Zenmuse box.

Power up and it's rock steady.

Now for the bad. Of course, you lose FPV and have to fly blind. Also, right now I have no tilt control. There is a spare channel built into the remote controller that is supposed to handle tilt in the Zenmuse, but it's addressing X1 and the Vision software is not showing X1 at all, even in NazaM mode. I tried the Naza assistant software, but it can't seem to talk to the D2V. Anybody have any ideas? It would be less "out of the box" and have more manual settings but it would be able to assign X1 for the tilt.

Until there is a way to use the GoPro for FPV, I'm going take the P2V camera apart and mount the internals as a fixed FPV that I can fly at the same time as the GoPro. Sounds complicated, but once you have seen the steady video from the Zenmuse, it's hard to watch the P2V's shaky footage.

I loved the P2V out of the box simplicity though.

D

LeoS · Dec 4, 2013

dyarza said:
Until there is a way to use the GoPro for FPV, I'm going take the P2V camera apart and mount the internals as a fixed FPV that I can fly at the same time as the GoPro.

You, sir, are my hero.

What do you think is the probability of modifying the zenmuse to take up the FC200 (Phantom Vision's default camera)?
I also like the fpv, telemetry and the ability to control photo-taking and swap between photo and video during flight.

Drone7 · Dec 4, 2013

I was sure i posted something but i can not find it back!

Anyway,
Here is some info about the dutch gimbal:
End of next week some video´s will show up on you tube
In 2 weeks it will arrive and it looks like it is very easy to install without opening the PV.

Later on i will hear more from them.

To be continued

hulihee · Dec 4, 2013

I'm pretty much convinced. Gimbal + FPV smart phone functionality, easy to install. Sounds perfect!

Now I just need to see some on board camera footage!

Adam · Dec 4, 2013

dyarza said:
Until there is a way to use the GoPro for FPV, I'm going take the P2V camera apart and mount the internals as a fixed FPV that I can fly at the same time as the GoPro. Sounds complicated, but once you have seen the steady video from the Zenmuse, it's hard to watch the P2V's shaky footage.

I loved the P2V out of the box simplicity though.

D

Great idea, please post photos if you manage to get this operating.

For me, an integrated fixed camera in the body of a Phantom pushing FPV video back to my iDevice, with a 3 Axis gimbal with GoPro hanging underneath all in a Phantom sized travel package would be my goal. Oh, add in Ground Station capability, too.

Pull_Up · Dec 4, 2013

Adam said:
Oh, add in Ground Station capability, too.

Well they've granted that wish today at least...

Studiowise · Dec 4, 2013

Pull_Up said:
Adam said:

Oh, add in Ground Station capability, too.

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Well they've granted that wish today at least...

well they've indicated its coming soon but then again so was the RAW convertor

Pull_Up · Dec 4, 2013

True, but they've put a month to it this time, at least, rather than "soon"!

IAP · Dec 4, 2013

IAP said:
Looks amazing, definitely interested.

How does it handle the vibration? I cannot see any grommets ?

Got word back from the company. No vibration issues.

So I placed an order immediately! Quoted 2weeks to Australia. Excited!

gunslinger · Dec 4, 2013

IAP said:
IAP said:

Looks amazing, definitely interested.

How does it handle the vibration? I cannot see any grommets ?

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Got word back from the company. No vibration issues.

So I placed an order immediately! Quoted 2weeks to Australia. Excited!

Awesome!!! Keep us up to date because this looks like a very worthwhile investment. How much was it?

Tanx....

-slinger

arinvideo · Dec 4, 2013

A couple questions I would have... it mounts directly where it says do not block wifi antenna. Is that going to be a issue? And I'm assuming we need to cut into the camera housing to mount it?