Aeroxcraft Brushless Gopro Gimbal

[Bengit]

Here is my sample video URL. I try to 90 degree tilt and it's fine. Vary stable. Nice gimbal.

http://youtu.be/Zs-J5CSbciQ

What firmware? Have updated but appears not to improve pitch angle.....

 

[takashisite]

Smooth flight.
Are those the settings Rob sent to you? If not what settings are you using in the setup so when/if I get into it I can have a play too.

Settings is same as typical settings at "Updating and Adjusting the Martinez Brushless Board" PDF.

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[takashisite]

What firmware? Have updated but appears not to improve pitch angle.....

Firmware Version is 049 Beta r61.

I uploaded pitch test video to youtube for reference.

 

[Bengit]

Thanks for that, have now downloaded new firmware, entered Robs setting and altered pitch settings for 90deg. all works ok.....Finally.

 

[Bengit]

Aeroxcraft Brushless Gimbal settings, DX8, Pitch on Aux3

Gives me 0deg to 90deg pitch control, half way on the knob is 45deg....angles are spot on

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[CrashMaster]

Excellent... My Xaircraft mounts arrived today so may try to set it up in the next few days.

 

[rdalemercer]

Firmware Version is 049 Beta r61.

I uploaded pitch test video to youtube for reference.

Nice video Takashi san.
Is your setup using S-Bus or traditional Rx?

How did you connect the pitch control if you used S-Bus?

Thank you.
Dale.

 

[rubyx]

Will a HERO 2 version need to be purchased complete or will you have a smaller kit to buy to change it out from the HERO 3 if u already have it?

Does that make sense?:livid:

 

[takashisite]

Nice video Takashi san.
Is your setup using S-Bus or traditional Rx?

How did you connect the pitch control if you used S-Bus?

Thank you.
Dale.

Hi Dale san,

I'm using traditional RX.

My wiring photo attached below.White cable is signal, Black cable is GND. (FUTABA R2008SB RX)

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[meeksdigital]

I'm having an issue getting the gimbal to connect up with the ActiveTCL program for adjustments.

I'm using a machine with Windows XP, got the COM port drivers installed and the USB com port shows up in the device manager as COM5.

I can see COM5 in the ActiveTCL program, but when I connect the connection box stays yellow and all of the parameters stay greyed out.

Any suggestions? I'm at my wits end... Updated the gimbal firmware tonight in hopes of getting the 90 degree down tilt, and it seems that all of the settings have been screwed up now. I used to get smooth up-down tilt, but now it gets to about 20º down and "bounces" back, tilting up toward level as I continue to turn the adjustment knob. Really frustrating!

Thanks guys.

 

[meeksdigital]

Okay... just spent the last 2 hours screwing with that and FINALLY got things right. I downloaded the new version, 049b_r77, and it includes a .exe GUI for the gimbal settings. Connected perfectly, adjusted settings (note the PID I has been divided by 10 in this version!!) and saved to flash... gimbal is working normally again but haven't input Bengit's settings yet. That's next... then hopefully I'll have 90º tilt.

 

[Bengit]

Okay... just spent the last 2 hours screwing with that and FINALLY got things right. I downloaded the new version, 049b_r77, and it includes a .exe GUI for the gimbal settings. Connected perfectly, adjusted settings (note the PID I has been divided by 10 in this version!!) and saved to flash... gimbal is working normally again but haven't input Bengit's settings yet. That's next... then hopefully I'll have 90º tilt.

Good luck, please be aware I am using -r61, the setting MIGHT be different....

 

[Bengit]

I was looking at the voltage issue and the answer is staring me in the face.... Rather than trying to re-callibrate using 11.1v or 14.8 from the flight batteries the simplest solution is a BEC. Someone did mention this earlier in the thread and I dismissed it in my head because I was looking for the simplest solution through the software but others may well baulk at playing with settings.....
I found this BEC on HobbyKing http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/..._5A_UBEC_2_5S_Lipoly_6_23v_UK_warehouse_.html And it only weighs 7.1g with the wires. I suspect that it would be within the voltage range permissible because a 7.4v lipo will vary from 8.5v fully charged down to 6.6v discharged.
And best of all it is under a fiver although with their postage will be double that.
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Mine should arrive tomorrow, thanks for the "heads up", Rob reckons these will work just fine....he also mentioned tapping into the balance lead on the lipos (just 2 cells for whatever lipo you are using). I will use the ubec, at the weight they are can't be arsed messing about and wont need to route a lead from lipos to the gimbal, will just tap into the f550 board...things are looking good.....

Just need it to stop pissing it down and the wind to drop....some hope....

 

[CrashMaster]

I spent most of today fitting my iOSD and 2.4ghz downlink to my X650 Pro. I also mounted the gimbal and installed the UBEC. I powered up and it works perfectly.
I felt the UBEC after 10ins and it was not even warm.
Hopefully i get my new serial for 5 waypoints in the next couple of days and will give it a spin and report back. I will also update the board to the new software.

 

[Phil550]

Here's my first flight with the gimbal - looks reasonably smooth despite my very limited flying skills.....
Standard settings with the firmware it as shipped with 2 weeks ago - anyone know which version this is likely to be?

 

[hoggdoc]

In Rob's defense!

I have Rob's landing gear and vibration isolator system. His engineering and mfg. are very good I think. He is not the only one to leave the end-user hanging without proper documentation, its endemic in this hobby. The only way to change this is to refuse to buy products that are not properly documented and supported. I agree the Chinese are the worst in this area. If they provide anything, its usually written in some sort of Chinglish than has to be interpreted by the reader.

You might say this is the price we pay for "cheap" stuff, but it does get frustrating. It is the nature of our hobby IMHO to leave it to the end-user to figure things out. Thank God for YouTube and the many that take pity on the rest of us and post some very good videos to help us put all these many parts together and create a system that actually flies. I found the same thing when trying to configure my RCT800 Hexa. What motors, esc, batteries, FC to use. I made mistakes along the way, but am on the road to making it fly reliably and for a reasonable amount of time. One could say it parts of the fun to figure it all out, right?

BTW I have started a tread on RCGroups for RCT800 builder/owners to discuss their issues and finds related to the monster RCT 800 Hexa.

HD :nevreness:

Here are some pics of the nearly complete RCT-800 Hexa. New motors on the way, SunnySky -
X4108S-17 KV380 Multicopter Brushless Motors


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I have recieved a little more info from Rob about Tx connection which I'll post if you wish. My (poor) joke about the chinese was based on experience with rctimer (also building a rct800). I agree about the quality of AeroXcraft.
As a matter of interest I can velcro that 2S vertically onto the inside leg of the landing gear with it's base sitting on the landing tube - with a mini bugee making extra sure it goes nowhere, I use 4S 6500mah and get just 8 mins flight time. How do you get on?
If you don't mind me asking have you signed up to BNUC-S training course?

 

[hoggdoc]

Wow

Beautiful country side. I wish we had some in SOCAL that looked like that.

HD :shame:

 

[hoggdoc]

Hmmm, looks nice and smooth to me. However, do you think a three position switch might make more sense? With the variable knob when you are out flying how do you really know where the camera is pointing?

HD

 

[CrashMaster]

Well uploaded the firmwere BruGi_049B_r61 and set everything as Rob suggests but limited the pitch to -10 and 90 because the last thing I want to see in shots are my props and mounting.
It appears to work well but will not fly today as the wind here is varying from 15-27mph.
I also left it on in my shed for an hour and the UBEC was only just warm to touch so am happy that 2.4A is more than enough for it. A lot cooler than the iOSD, LK24 and the PMU. I am also waiting for my 5 way-point serial number to enable the ground station.
The first thing that ran out of power was the GoPro.... are they ever going to do anything about that or are we all stuck with a wonderful camera capable of hours of high quality filming but with only 30 mins of battery?

A note about the firmware: I did try the latest one too(BruGi_049B_r69 and BruGi_049B_r77) but had problems with the pitch twitching constantly so went with the one Rob and others here have tested and used.

As for the drivers for Windoze I am a little disappointing with the project if they have released drivers which do not work. Has anyone reported this to the project so someone can fix it. The only problem you may get is that rob's work round does disable automatic driver installation for everything. I may install a VirtualBox image on my Ubuntu system to get round this and just use it for the WKM, Gimbal etc... WKM GS and Assistance software won't run in WINE.

I am also disappointed with the project for not creating a seamless install for the drivers for Linux too. After all the software is native to Linux and I would have thought someone would have realised there was a problem. This is no criticism of Rob just the project.

 

[Bengit]

Hmmm, looks nice and smooth to me. However, do you think a three position switch might make more sense? With the variable knob when you are out flying how do you really know where the camera is pointing?

HD

By using a monitor and a Gopro/fpvcam and vtx-rx ?