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Hello all. New to the forum.
I took delivery of my first Phantom in February, and over the past few months, I have been buying balanced props, and GoPro 3 black, and ISO mounts, and Finally a gimbal.
Last Tuesday, suddenly, something happened, and my Phantom and all my toys, on a final test flight (I was recording in 720- 120p), the Phantom suddenly turned right, shot 50 feet to the right, and then 30 feet into a lake. Gone.
So, this week I have started to re order the things I lost. I have a Phantom and battery coming, a new gopro and the ISO mount and balanced props coming. I have not ordered a gimbal yet.
The reason is, I couldn't really figure out what the gimbal did for me before. I understand it was supose to keep my camera level, but I didn't find it really improved the quality of my video that much.
Before I drop $300 on the made in China brushless talked about below, I thought I would try and make jello free video with an improved ISO mount - the VGA one people talk about on ebay.
Can someone give me some meaningful information on why I need the gimbal?
Oh, I hired a diver to try and find the old one. I hoped to be able to atleast dry out the memory card, and maybe use the props (Graupners) and maybe the gimbal with new servos. He couldn't find it.
Here is the last video I shot with my previous rig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54sN0FuSR8
Thanks
Darren
I took delivery of my first Phantom in February, and over the past few months, I have been buying balanced props, and GoPro 3 black, and ISO mounts, and Finally a gimbal.
Last Tuesday, suddenly, something happened, and my Phantom and all my toys, on a final test flight (I was recording in 720- 120p), the Phantom suddenly turned right, shot 50 feet to the right, and then 30 feet into a lake. Gone.
So, this week I have started to re order the things I lost. I have a Phantom and battery coming, a new gopro and the ISO mount and balanced props coming. I have not ordered a gimbal yet.
The reason is, I couldn't really figure out what the gimbal did for me before. I understand it was supose to keep my camera level, but I didn't find it really improved the quality of my video that much.
Before I drop $300 on the made in China brushless talked about below, I thought I would try and make jello free video with an improved ISO mount - the VGA one people talk about on ebay.
Can someone give me some meaningful information on why I need the gimbal?
Oh, I hired a diver to try and find the old one. I hoped to be able to atleast dry out the memory card, and maybe use the props (Graupners) and maybe the gimbal with new servos. He couldn't find it.
Here is the last video I shot with my previous rig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54sN0FuSR8
Thanks
Darren