$250~3DPOWER Brushless Gimbal Mount DJI Phantom 2 Vision

tizzl10 said:
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Just received an email this am:
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Enjoy your Gimbals!
 
no instructions included at all..and the website instructions aren't that great. I don't know what to do with this thing lol.
 

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ok, so according to these crappy pictures they remove the cable from the f2 port (which is the port that controls the tilt on the stock camera right?) and then inserted a servo cable from f2 port to the gimbal. This is where I'm confused -it says do not connect v+ wire but in the pictures it has the v+ wires connected?

http://www.taco-rc.com/3DPBGP2V.html
 
tizzl10 said:
no instructions included at all..and the website instructions aren't that great. I don't know what to do with this thing lol.

this picture shows that

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they removed the middle v+ wire
 
ocatcr said:
tizzl10 said:
no instructions included at all..and the website instructions aren't that great. I don't know what to do with this thing lol.

this picture shows that

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they removed the middle v+ wire

maybe im blind then. I clearly see the red positive wire in that picture.
 
cavaleiro01 said:
So much guessing is so much bad...

Yeah.... This has backed me way off from this gimbal. It's not that difficult to produce concise instructions for something like this. This is starting to look a bit half baked... :shock:

-slinger
 
Well that was a good post, i nearly brought one today. But the advert forgot to mention the power supply issue also not one single member has posted a video from it or even had successful flights with it. Shame a 2 axis would be great but not this one sounds like more work needs to be done yet.
Dangermouse
 
My gimbal is on its way, and I'm confident that I will get it working like all the other versions, if not better, and no.... I have nothing to do with the developer of this gimbal.

will keep you guys updated.
 
ok I have it installed but it is jittery...something isn't right because it wont hold center..i gotta play around with it some more.
 
I just read through this entire thread... on one hand I am kind of chuckling, but on the other, I am feeling a little pain for you fellas.

Ok, so toss out all pretension, and I am going to gamble there is humility out here.

I will speculate what I think, and post what I know:

First off- this gimbal is basically just another version of all the other Chinese 2 axis gimbals out there albeit with some variations in order to fit your birds. (P2?) (Vision?)

I see that the board is Arduino, and it is standard BGC software driven... most likely one of the later versions.

The power is definitely as you have finally discovered- 3s, and you can solder a lead and route through from the main terminal as has been suggested to power the board- a small red female JST connector and it is removable for servicing.

Now- these gimbals are usually "tuned" to the camera they are to hold: placing a piece of garlic or lemon will not get the balance right as they are set up per weight- so whatever camera is supposed to go on there (DJI I imagine) is the weight to work with- otherwise some adjustments on the gimbal software will need to be performed.

The pitch wire is a 2 wire- and on the Naza it should be connected to F1- the top wire on F1 is signal (moves the gimbal) the middle wire is voltage (5V) and the bottom wire is ground. On my radio (stock with a Phantom v1.1.1 and NAza V2 like yours) I have smooth movement per the slider on the back of the radio with the signal and ground connected. I cut the middle wire out.

Now for the bad news (if that above wasn't scaring you, then this ain't so tough maybe?)

There is a port on the board to connect to a computer- basically, and this is my best guess, you need to first contact the vendor and find out which version of SimpleBGC firmware that thing is running. Then you need to download the gui and learn all you can about adjusting this booger here: http://www.basecamelectronics.com/downloads/

All firmware is on that page- there are a ton of youtube vids on pitch control for the, and here is where pride had better be pushed down deep, something called a "goodluckbuy" gimbal- they retail for about $80 and are balanced for gopro hero 2 or 3... but the platform can be tweaked to any weight once you understand the gui and software.

If you fellas are autodiacts like me- then you will wade through this and mod up something cool no doubt- if you are not, then you had better just shoot for a return.

There is one other option and possibility- I am totally wrong about everything I posted. I am not holding my breath though... I have spent a minute on this.

Best of luck.
 
Hiway said:
If you fellas are autodiacts like me- then you will wade through this and mod up something cool no doubt- if you are not, then you had better just shoot for a return.
Best of luck.

That's autodidact... I know. 'Cause I are one... :lol:

-slinger
 

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