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workshop
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I just finished a new "No Gimbal" show reel to make way for all the Brushless/NEX5 video I have coming up. The shots were made with HoverFly equipped Quad and Y6 frames and a GoPro II camera on a fixed mount. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/4V2IxgKVisg
Jeff
http://youtu.be/4V2IxgKVisg
Jeff
Earl E Adobtr
Paul
Looking good Jeff, and looking forward to your next reel with that "crystal clear smooth" setup. I have a BLG slowly making it's way from Spain. Can't wait to slap it on and revisit some old haunts. Which one did you finally go with?
workshop
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Thanks Earl... I went for the AlexMos board from Viacopter. It was included with the VX5N gimbal from GotHeli which is a very well made gimbal IMO.
I looked up the driver chips; L6234. They are three phase, making it relatively easy to talk to the motors. I thought it was extremely clever to rewind standard motors to match the current limits of the driver. There are going to be a ton of these someday soon. It is a "slap on the forehead" idea that makes one ask "why didn't I think of that?".
It works really well as far as I can tell (haven't flow yet - just days away). I am connecting the Roll/Tilt output from the HFP to the AlexMos board and finishing up the HDMI converter for NTSC video transmission.
Jeff
I looked up the driver chips; L6234. They are three phase, making it relatively easy to talk to the motors. I thought it was extremely clever to rewind standard motors to match the current limits of the driver. There are going to be a ton of these someday soon. It is a "slap on the forehead" idea that makes one ask "why didn't I think of that?".
It works really well as far as I can tell (haven't flow yet - just days away). I am connecting the Roll/Tilt output from the HFP to the AlexMos board and finishing up the HDMI converter for NTSC video transmission.
Jeff
Earl E Adobtr
Paul
That was some fine footage. Great closer. I'm half expecting you to continue on to the mountain ha ha. Probably next month 
Webheadfred
Air Traffic Controller
Simply excellent. I received my gimbal yesterday. It's a little more involved than I anticipated but I'm all over it. Would you possibly be willing to share your Martinez settings should I need a good starting point?
Aerovideo
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Thanks for the feedback Jeff, I really appreciate it. I'm still learning what makes a good shot, but I think I finally have my equipment working well.
Thanks, if you look back a couple of years in my youtube history you will see some mega failures! haha...
Pick up a brushless gimbal, works wonders!
Thanks, glad you liked. Unfortunately I couldn't catch a fish in a bathtub, but I could see them in the clear water
That was some fine footage. Great closer. I'm half expecting you to continue on to the mountain ha ha. Probably next month
Kicking around the idea of a brushless gimbal on an RC airplane so I can go further, would have LOVED to have flown closer to the mountains. 6 minutes doesn't give me much time to go too far
Can't wait to see your gimbal on one of your custom foldable frames, now that would ROCK!Thanks!
The gimbal I have came all preset, I've never even used the UI or plugged it into the computer. Sorry I'm not much help there.
Earl E Adobtr
Paul
Kicking around the idea of a brushless gimbal on an RC airplane so I can go further, would have LOVED to have flown closer to the mountains. 6 minutes doesn't give me much time to go too far
Ha! In the middle of that right now.
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Oh man, that looks great!
Aerovideo
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Thanks Ross, glad you liked! Took me a while to get to this point, actually I commend both the HF Flight Controller as well as the Brushless gimbal