H3-3D as hand held gimbal?

Gore · Mar 1, 2015

Hello Phantom Pilots,
First post here so I hope this has not yet been addressed ( a search did not yield any results). I have a Phantom 2 V1 with the Zenmuse H3-3D and I would like to use just the gimbal without the drone for hand operated shooting. Are there any kits/adapters that are made to support this? In not, what kind of power pack can I use to supply power to a homemade handle/frame.

Thanks in advance.

loganboyd · Mar 1, 2015

I belive the gimbal does NOT have its own IMU and uses the Naza M. It would not know how to compensate for motion without this.
If you bought this as a standalone gimbal and it came with an IMU than maybe you could make it work.

Gore · Mar 1, 2015

thank you for the reply, I actually have an entire phantom worth of spare parts to play with but what is an IMU? sorry for my ignorance but i dont understand this

nvm i can look thi sup

Gore · Mar 2, 2015

Oh, oh im reading it has a built in IMU module

http://www.dji.com/product/zenmuse-h3-3d/spec

Txfirecop · Mar 2, 2015

http://dronexpert.nl/product/pre-order-dronin-for-dji-phantom-2-vision/

Try this

pucka.costello · Mar 2, 2015

I know it's a tad cumbersome but the easiest thing to do would be to hold the drone and film with it switched on,?

Gore · Mar 4, 2015

Thanks for the replys guys. I'm thinking that holding the drone and all may be the way to go.

loganboyd · Mar 4, 2015

I think i saw somewhere that a company was making a handle that would snap onto the Phantom so that you could do exactly this and use it is a stabilized gimbal for your GoPro.

CityZen · Mar 4, 2015

Here's what you do:
1. Buy a crashed P2 with a broken arm.
2. Unsolder and remove all the ESCs + motors.
3. Cut off all the arms.
4. Add the gimbal, camera, etc.
5. Add a handle.
6. Go have fun.

Seriously, though, I think getting a cheap Chinese gimbal would be a better route to go.
In fact, you can get them in hand-held versions already, like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hifly-Funny...926?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ece62fa6

You can go even cheaper if you start with a copter-mounted gimbal and modify it yourself. Start with something like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RTF-CNC-ALU...461?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4db06a45
Then add a joystick input:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-3-Axis-Br...527?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5418a41d97
Then all you need is a battery and a handle to hold it all together.