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Got my CM2000 today and got everything installed. Took my time and it took about 2 hours to get everything connected, adjusted, and the pitch adjusted and calibrated so that the switch on the back of the stock Phantom 1.1.1 controls camera pitch.
I'm actually a bit surprised at how well the installation went. No real bumps in the road. I referred to these videos for both installation and adjustment since the unit came with no instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPpxj_R1ZGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EUWl_sa1c
Took a 5 minute test flight and the video is very smooth and it's quite windy today as we have a storm front passing through. Nice quality piece and the pitch lever works really nicely once you go into the gimbal software and change it out of speed mode so that the lever adjusts the angle directly.
I had to leave the roll control unplugged since with it plugged in, the gimbal tried to do some odd rolling in one direction. Even though it's not compatible with the stock transmitter, apparently there is some signal coming out of the F2 slot so leaving it unplugged fixed that. The only reason I plugged it in to begin with was to get the wire secured.
Flight time is down from about 8 minutes to about 6 minutes but that is to be expected with the props having to turn a lot faster to counter the added weight. I'll get a Mad Dog 2700 and that should bring me right back up to 8 minutes so no problem there.
The gimbal also makes no noise whatsoever. I've heard a high pitched scream on some videos of the CM2000 but mine makes no noise whatsoever. Only thing I need to do is add a little height to the landing gear. It clears... but just barely.
Oh, forgot to add, the gimbal software worked fine for me on Win7 x64. Only thing I had to do is click on the link that Windows gave me for the driver (after it failed initially) and install the x64 version drivers. Worked fine after that.
I also forgot to mention that my one negative is that as delivered, when you mount the GoPro and slide it against the stop on the CM2000 mount, the little metal cross bar on the CM2000 mount presses the WiFi button every time! We all know what a bad thing that could be, so I had to glue on a small rubber grommet around the WiFi button on the GoPro to prevent the button from being pressed.
Mike
I'm actually a bit surprised at how well the installation went. No real bumps in the road. I referred to these videos for both installation and adjustment since the unit came with no instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPpxj_R1ZGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EUWl_sa1c
Took a 5 minute test flight and the video is very smooth and it's quite windy today as we have a storm front passing through. Nice quality piece and the pitch lever works really nicely once you go into the gimbal software and change it out of speed mode so that the lever adjusts the angle directly.
I had to leave the roll control unplugged since with it plugged in, the gimbal tried to do some odd rolling in one direction. Even though it's not compatible with the stock transmitter, apparently there is some signal coming out of the F2 slot so leaving it unplugged fixed that. The only reason I plugged it in to begin with was to get the wire secured.
Flight time is down from about 8 minutes to about 6 minutes but that is to be expected with the props having to turn a lot faster to counter the added weight. I'll get a Mad Dog 2700 and that should bring me right back up to 8 minutes so no problem there.
The gimbal also makes no noise whatsoever. I've heard a high pitched scream on some videos of the CM2000 but mine makes no noise whatsoever. Only thing I need to do is add a little height to the landing gear. It clears... but just barely.
Oh, forgot to add, the gimbal software worked fine for me on Win7 x64. Only thing I had to do is click on the link that Windows gave me for the driver (after it failed initially) and install the x64 version drivers. Worked fine after that.
I also forgot to mention that my one negative is that as delivered, when you mount the GoPro and slide it against the stop on the CM2000 mount, the little metal cross bar on the CM2000 mount presses the WiFi button every time! We all know what a bad thing that could be, so I had to glue on a small rubber grommet around the WiFi button on the GoPro to prevent the button from being pressed.
Mike