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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    My GoPro (75gr) FeiyuTech G3 (220gr) and 3D printed bracket added enough weight that I also limited myself to slow and steady 5 minute flights. Fast climbouts and fpv sightseeing reduced that even more. I believe the poor performance is also due to the altitude here in Johannesburg. 4800ft ASL...
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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    He he he - my props guards have saved my Phantom a few times but they kill battery life for me so I risk it - but in more open spaces now :-) This is the mount I 3D printed to get the FC40 onto the Feiyu-Tech gimbal http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:552600 I made mine out of PLA and its purpose...
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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    I do use the DJI P2 props, also haven't balanced them since I haven't got the specially threaded rod... I understand if you didn't make any gain adjustment but with stock gains the 8" props make the craft look and sound much more stable than when switched to 9.4" - This observation also is...
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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    Hi there. I would love to chime in here... I live close to Jhb South Africa and also have significantly reduced flight time due to altitude - 4800ft ASL. I love my FC40 and think its great value. One thing I struggled with was getting the P2 props to work as well as the 8 inch stock FC40 ones...
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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    This sounds reasonably promising, please tell more later on how the handling and stability is affected and if you needed to tweak the gain settings. Would be interesting to note.
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    Aerial Freaks Cyclops FC40 Brushless Gimbal

    I first just tested with the compass hot glue gunned to the top and when that worked I made a hole through the lid with a soldering iron next to the GPS module. Then I just ran the cable through the hole, remounted the compass and have since fitted a spray can lid with a hotglue gun to just keep...
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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    Any flight time reports yet?
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    Aerial Freaks Cyclops FC40 Brushless Gimbal

    Yeah. Had to move the compass up since the gimbal has massive magnets not only in the brushless motors but also for position feedback and they weren't getting along... the craft would start the well-known toilet bowl effect... just ten times bigger and faster... The rubberbands on camera is...
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    Moving FC40 Electronics to New Body

    :-) I have tried using P2 props but they are way less accurate i.m.o. - the craft woblles when descending and is much more noisy and while the noise itself doesn't bother me I think those blades flex in flight. Maybe it's my imagination but with the 8" stock FC40 props that craft is solid. On...
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    Moving FC40 Electronics to New Body

    Do you possibly have any links to such conversions? :-) I'm really thinking of moving that way adding two stock motors and ESCs to increase lifting ability... the FC40 came up wanting after mounting a Feiyu-Tech 3 axis gimbal...
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    fc40 mod

    And the motors/ESCs would probably live for less than half their design life
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    Aerial Freaks Cyclops FC40 Brushless Gimbal

    I mounted my legs om 25mm hex pillars. Male M3 thread on one side to screw into the Phantom and female M3 on the other side so that the normal screws can screw the legs onto the pillars.
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    Aerial Freaks Cyclops FC40 Brushless Gimbal

    I'm actually very happy with my FC40 camera - I find it quite nice and useful, and much less risk than my GoPro...
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    Aerial Freaks Cyclops FC40 Brushless Gimbal

    This doesn't work very well - I get a lot of jitter on my gimbal like this. I think the camera and mount needs to be rather tight together for the sensor to pick up the actual camera movements.