Hoverfly HoverflyGIMBAL and Cinestar gimbal - anyone got this combo working?

[Benjamin Rowland]

I received my new HoverflyGIMBAL yesterday. I'm trying to get it working on a Cinestar gimbal. No luck so far. Anyone have this combo working together?

thanks,
Benjamin Rowland

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

The folks at Hoverfly are working on a fix right now. They are quick with the customer support.

 

[seattle_helo]

What problem were you having?

 

[RotorFilms]

Hi Benjamin,

Please keep us updated as I am about to purchase exactly the same setup....

Good luck..

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

The board doesn't work with my servos. They said it should be fixable with a future firmware update - should be very soon as they are working on it over the weekend.

 

[RotorFilms]

Are you using the supplied SAVOX servo's? Currently I have a gimbal running what I think is the same savox servo's as the cinestar gimbal and the standard HFP board is controlling them just fine.

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

The servos are FreeFly.

 

[RotorFilms]

Was your cinestar gimbal supplied with these servo's or did you fit them yourself?

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

These are the servos that the gimbal came with.

 

[RotorFilms]

Hi Benjamin,

Any luck with getting the Cinestar and Hoverfly combo to work yet? Just ordered my cinestar now wondering if I should get the hoverfly gimbal controller..

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

Hi Benjamin,

Any luck with getting the Cinestar and Hoverfly combo to work yet? Just ordered my cinestar now wondering if I should get the hoverfly gimbal controller..

You can read their latest statement on the issue here:
https://hoverflytech.zendesk.com/entries/21474617-hoverflygimbal-and-cinestar-camera-mounts

 

[RotorFilms]

Thank you for the info Benjamin... lets hope they get the issue resolved soon..

 

[Photronix]

Can someone using a cinestar mount with our HoverflyGIMBAL and having trouble can you please PM me. I believe I have a solution and would like you to try something.

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

Hoverfly is working with me to get this issue solved. It should be solved soon. I'm confident that they'll get it working.

 

[wbrown]

Can you use a photohigher skyline gyro with a cinestar mount?

 

[RotorFilms]

Hi Benjamin and Photronix,

Any luck yet on getting the Hoverfly Gimbal controller to work with the freefly servo's?

 

[Photronix]

We are sending Ben a set of signal conditioners for him to try. He will get them Thursday.

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

Major progress made today! I received the signal conditioners and they work. I've gotten started on tuning the settings and have already made great progress. With a bit more testing, we hope to use this board on a shoot this Saturday. Hoverfly definitely came through for me here.

 

[seattle_helo]

What are the conditioners? Some kind of inline module between the servo cable to the HFG?

 

[Photronix]

The signal conditioners are a simple little circuit I made. We will make them available and I may also just post the instructions on how to make one. We are still testing it but I should have more info soon.

If you need some to get your Gimbal board working please let us know on our support site.

Al