We are going to use thousands of dove balloons to fly a Gopro into the sky about 300 meters, pull it back down, and do it for a second take.

We need a gimbal that will stabilize, and allow remote control up / down movement such as is possible on the H2-3D.

Any suggestions? We can make / use any kind of rigging to which we can attach a thousand balloons :)

It's a fun kind of dilemma to have, isn't it?


julian

I've been using the DYS 3-axis GoPro gimbal recently and am very happy with it. You can attach a simple 4-channel receiver to it in order to control pan, tilt and roll. It's about $200 or so and doesn't require additional hardware like the Zenmuse to operate. It's a standalone unit that runs off a 3s 11.1v battery.

I've been using the DYS 3-axis GoPro gimbal recently and am very happy with it. You can attach a simple 4-channel receiver to it in order to control pan, tilt and roll. It's about $200 or so and doesn't require additional hardware like the Zenmuse to operate. It's a standalone unit that runs off a 3s 11.1v battery.

Did need much tuning as I was thinking of adding one of these to my Phantom 1?

bill

It was actually pretty darn good right out of the box. I did the 6-axis calibration and changed the settings to some recommended values I found on a 10-minute youtube video. Works great on my F450 even with a heavy blur-fix filter. Also quite convenient you can tune it with a mac computer and not just windows.

I recently traveled to Puerto Rico with it and there were consistent 25mph winds on the coast. The footage really turned out great. Much better experience than my 2-axis Tarrot. Can't beat it for the price. I did add some new Tarot brand damper balls but otherwise it's ready to go.

Thanks for the info Nate.
Over here in the UK where prices are always higher than the States I have seen the DYS 3 axis for about £199, but noticed it had dropped to £179 on Monday. But today with a one day sale it is £134 so well worth buying- and have!
Is the blur-fix filter you mention an ND filter?

cheers

bill

Good deal. Yes, I was talking about a small nd filter.