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[vimeo 64937816 w=250 h=141] With 9" x 4.7" Gemfan carbon-fiber props, the Phantom has plenty of lift and easily accelerates upward while hauling a GoPro HERO 3 camera, 2-axis gimbal, FPV transmitter and antenna,  and chopstick landing gear extensions. I flew around for 8.5 minutes, which is about 1 minute longer than I get when flying ...

I’ve been reading for a long time that the DJI Phantom is “less stable” with 9" props than it is with 8" props. Today, I finally managed to get a set of 9" x 4.7" Gemfan carbon-fiber props onto my Phantom, which I attached securely by using a M6 lock nut and a M8 washer. I used a metric ...

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 ...