I've been doing some looking around at gimbal options lately. And I was interested in breaking down what it means to have a gimbal that is "Plug and Play". Typically I think, mount and plug in a cord to a port, thats it. It seems that with some gimbals you can do this, and others you may need to sodder, and some gimbals you don't even neeed to plug in, just mount it!
I spoke with the guys at XProHeli about their XPG series gimbals because I was interested in how they have handheld mounts for gopro as well. I was surprised to hear that their gimbals require no plugging or soddering, just mount it to your phantom and go. Which means, it carries its own 450 battery for power (optional, you may wire it to aux power from heli), and its own sensor/controller, which requires no communication with naza or any of the heli's navigation systems.
Is this a common feature on gimbals? Seems pretty convenient if you're going to go handheld from time to time, and particularly convenient when you consider software/compatability issues between heli and gimbal...
Are there other gimbals like this? Anyone have any thoughts? Pros and cons to this kind of setup?
http://xproheli.com/collections/gimbals
I spoke with the guys at XProHeli about their XPG series gimbals because I was interested in how they have handheld mounts for gopro as well. I was surprised to hear that their gimbals require no plugging or soddering, just mount it to your phantom and go. Which means, it carries its own 450 battery for power (optional, you may wire it to aux power from heli), and its own sensor/controller, which requires no communication with naza or any of the heli's navigation systems.
Is this a common feature on gimbals? Seems pretty convenient if you're going to go handheld from time to time, and particularly convenient when you consider software/compatability issues between heli and gimbal...
Are there other gimbals like this? Anyone have any thoughts? Pros and cons to this kind of setup?
http://xproheli.com/collections/gimbals