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A prototype Rotorpixel Gimbal Lite holding a GoPro HERO 3, mounted on a DJI Phantom Quadcopter. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Rotorpixel Gimbal Lite prototype on a DJI Phantom quadcopter. Verdict: it works very well. It is incredible to have such stable video platform from such a small platform. On a Turnigy Nano-Tech 2200MAh 45-90C LiPo battery, I got just over 6 minutes of flight time (no crazy stunts). This isn’t great, for flight time, but the ...

Ray of No Mo Jello wire isolation mounts sent me a new (larger-than-usual) isolation mount to use on my DJI Phantom quadcopter in conjunction with a quadframe.com 2-axis gimbal. I ended up getting them to work together, but not using the standard GoPro mounting holes on the DJI Phantom frame. The problem with mounting gimbals using the two default screw ...

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 ...

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 ...