jdawson said:Has anyone thought of trying to install some sort of vibration dampening on the Phantom at the point the motors connect to the body? Logically would appear to be a better place to do it then on the camera. Any thoughts?
Trial and error by sticking a piece of electrical tape to a spot, then run the motor and see if it gets better. Keep moving the tape around the side of the motor can until you find the least vibration. Remove the tape after you marked the spot and clean the surface then use a fresh piece of tape. I use the stick hatch tape for the RC boat but you can use any. Double check the vibration and occasionally check to assure that the tape is not peeling off, especially when you replace the props because you have to hold onto the motor. It may sound complicated but after you finished with the first motor, you'll find it's much easier. Also you may find one motor is almost well balanced already. Change the size of the tape if needed but about 10x20 mm. Is a good start.pwright said:So how do you balance the motor? Add weight to the lite side?
May have to try that. I was looking down onto my Phantom this weekend as I revved up the motors and I could see that a couple of the arms were moving quite a bit.tanasit said:Trial and error by sticking a piece of electrical tape to a spot, then run the motor and see if it gets better...pwright said:So how do you balance the motor? Add weight to the lite side?
Hmm. Could be a little tricky balancing my phone on top of the phantom arms but that is interesting.MX45OR said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T96CFVokqZc
I found this video a little interesting.
Gizmo3000 said:While flying recently I couldn't help notice how much louder it sounded.
turns out one of my motors is making some serious noise and vibrations due to the bearings being bad.
So i'm doing to swap it out for a new motor, and figured while the shell is off I'll attempt to balance the motors as well.
So tape is really the only way to go to balance a motor?
Gizmo3000 said:While flying recently I couldn't help notice how much louder it sounded.
turns out one of my motors is making some serious noise and vibrations due to the bearings being bad.
So i'm doing to swap it out for a new motor, and figured while the shell is off I'll attempt to balance the motors as well.
So tape is really the only way to go to balance a motor?
pwright said:[
Hmm. Could be a little tricky balancing my phone on top of the phantom arms but that is interesting.
I guess you really ought to do that anyway as you want to unplug the other motors so they don't vibrate as well.Gizmo3000 said:no doubt easier on the DJI Flamewheel models, but on the Phantom you'd have to remove the top shell and then it provides a flat surface to place your phone.
pwright said:I guess you really ought to do that anyway as you want to unplug the other motors so they don't vibrate as well.
auck said:jdawson said:Has anyone thought of trying to install some sort of vibration dampening on the Phantom at the point the motors connect to the body? Logically would appear to be a better place to do it then on the camera. Any thoughts?
the motors themselves do not vibrate - you can test this by plugging in the battery and starting up the phantom with no prop on. however as soon as you add the prop to the motors, you will get vibrations from unbalanced props.
even if you were successful in dampening the motors, the unbalanced props would still create undue wear on your motors.
best solutions is to balance your props.
pligo said:auck said:jdawson said:Has anyone thought of trying to install some sort of vibration dampening on the Phantom at the point the motors connect to the body? Logically would appear to be a better place to do it then on the camera. Any thoughts?
the motors themselves do not vibrate - you can test this by plugging in the battery and starting up the phantom with no prop on. however as soon as you add the prop to the motors, you will get vibrations from unbalanced props.
even if you were successful in dampening the motors, the unbalanced props would still create undue wear on your motors.
best solutions is to balance your props.
I'd have to disagree with you on this. My Phantom just arrived a week ago, latest batch into the UK, and all motors vibrate loudly, even before installing props. Motors are silver coloured, and have no labels stuck on