Walkera G-3D Gimbal on Phantom - Sample

[dragonash]

Ok guys, here it is!

The Walkera Gimbal on the Phantom!

Today was extremely windy, but I had to try it out anyway. For the money, this 3-axis gimbal is awesome! My Phantom was getting knocked around like a red headed step child and the image didnt suffer too much.

Also, the gimbal hangs lower than the 2D version, so I had to extend my legs the "ghetto way"

I added more zip tie heads to my legs lol

BTW, I did 2 tests. One with the stock phantom props and one with the 9inch vision props

Maybe it was the wind, but the phantom definitely shook a lot when climbing.

Oh, one more thing. Seems like the wiring for the tilt control as changed. So I dont know how to hook it up from the phantom to the gimbal.
Looks like it might just need 1 wire, but I dont want to chance shorting anything out

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkhDBUg-NEY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLA2PVBMi_8[/youtube]

 

[martoon]

have you figured out how to wire up the gimbal to achieve pitch control?

 

[martoon]

have you figured out how to wire up the gimbal to achieve pitch control?

I received a response from another forum located here:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=29202655&postcount=254

 

[wsalopek]

Dragon,

Seems to be the same amount of left/right yaw "jiggling" as a 2-axis gimbal? Are you sure the third axis was active?

Thanks...

 

[dragonash]

Dragon,

Seems to be the same amount of left/right yaw "jiggling" as a 2-axis gimbal? Are you sure the third axis was active?

Thanks...

it was.
that particular day was very windy and I was between 2 trees that were creating a whirlwind effect.
Regardless, the gimbal died 2 days later and I have since upgraded to a P2+ h3-3d

not looking back!

 

[locoworks]

Dragon,

Seems to be the same amount of left/right yaw "jiggling" as a 2-axis gimbal? Are you sure the third axis was active?

Thanks...

it was.
that particular day was very windy and I was between 2 trees that were creating a whirlwind effect.
Regardless, the gimbal died 2 days later and I have since upgraded to a P2+ h3-3d

not looking back!

been a few stories of walkera gimbals dying, are they poor quality??

 

[dragonash]

Dragon,

Seems to be the same amount of left/right yaw "jiggling" as a 2-axis gimbal? Are you sure the third axis was active?

Thanks...

it was.
that particular day was very windy and I was between 2 trees that were creating a whirlwind effect.
Regardless, the gimbal died 2 days later and I have since upgraded to a P2+ h3-3d

not looking back!

been a few stories of walkera gimbals dying, are they poor quality??

i can only assume that the answer is yes. Im over dealing with cheap china stuff

 

[Fplvert]

How was the vid/pic quality compared to P2V+ Dragonash? :?: