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Eric Cheng

The previous post contains pictures of my DJI Phantom quadcopter with the quadframe.com 2-axis gimbal for GoPro attached. The footage is straight from my GoPro HERO 3 camera, with no stabilization in post, and you can see that the orientation correction from the servos is a bit jittery. I’m flying around pretty aggressively, here. Tomorrow, I’ll take the quad for ...

I was flying my Witespy Flip today, and the circlip broke off mid-flight, which means that the top half of a motor, which includes the shaft, bearings, and propeller, flew off. Unfortunately, my quad was a couple hundred feet the air at the time, and it came tumbling down to the ground (over dirt and grass). The ...

Oops. Sorry, Dave! (he took it well, and said it was an honor)​. I’m glad no one was hurt. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Quadframe 2-axis gimbal on DJI Phantom

I finally assembled my quadframe.com 2-axis gimbal for GoPro (€46.00, not including servos) and mounted it to my DJI Phantom quadcopter. My friend, Keri Wilk, warns me that I will not like a servo-controlled gimbal because the new brushless gimbals are so good, but all of this is a learning experience for me, and it’s worth trying out ...