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Post by Dave Halton on Jan 30, 2014 21:38:45 GMT
Well its been a long road. I have been using a Radian on a AV130 to control roll only for over a year now. I then found G-LOCK and upgraded a Radian to 3 axis G-Lock on a AV200. What a differnce over the previous controversial and inadequate Skyline. NOW I have a AV200 indirect drive gimbal. It has a G-LOCK and 2 BLD modules. Its bloody bliss. the beuty of indirect drive is that its much more forgiving and once tuned adding a lens hood or a different filter does not make it throw a wobbler.
Thanks to Carvec I think this is going to be a true work horse for me.
I am away from home right now but really excited about geting this thing in the air. The latest BLD and G-LOCK FW makes it a breeze to set up with revert and memory buttons it makes it easy to swap back and forth during tuning to see the difference between settings.
AS soon as I fly this and confirm the settings I will post them up for anyone else gong down the AV200 IDD route.
Thanks to JC I really think there is a new era about to begin.
Dave Halton
AKA Droider
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 1, 2014 17:38:43 GMT
I have put this video together coz here in the UK right now the weather is just bloody awful.
This set up has so much potential over the direct drive systems out there. The G-Lock and BLD units make this one of the most versatile and lightest solutions for this class of gimbal.
Love it and cant wait to get out and fly it with the new firmware.
Dave
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Post by JohnC on Feb 1, 2014 18:50:18 GMT
Hey Dave,
It looks great - but we are going to have to do something about all those heat-pipes it needs for cooling  |
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 4, 2014 21:20:41 GMT
Hey Dave,
It looks great - but we are going to have to do something about all those heat-pipes it needs for cooling The way this thing flies its the postman that will need cooling! Half way through the clip you will see the phone mast jumping - this is caused by the maximum tilt restriction on the gimbal NOT the controller. I was pitched over at 35º. The pins are set at 30º Dave |
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Post by JohnC on Feb 5, 2014 12:43:00 GMT
That's just crazy : I thought I was the only one who flew in wind like that. You can see how much the copter is leaning in the hover at 3:40. The 30 degree limit pins Dave is talking about (which caused the roll axis 'jumps') are on the roll-axis to prevent it going too far and pulling cables out - though I never expected it would exceed those limits in a hover !.
Note to self: stop posting personal comments as 'admin'.
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 5, 2014 22:24:41 GMT
In Lancashire we are always leaning over at 30degrees plus! Either in the wind or on the way back from the pub;-)
It is a pleasure to fly something so well thought out and British..... Well if u can call Yorkshire British. ;-))
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 11, 2014 14:28:30 GMT
Some pics of the production AV200IDD 360. Fully loaded and ready to fly.. now I just need a weather window! |
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 11, 2014 14:29:25 GMT
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 22, 2014 16:51:30 GMT
Been away for a coupe of weeks but just spent the day in the workshop fettling stuff and thought I would post this short test of the completed production AV200IDD with the Carvec G-LOCK and BLD controllers
Dave
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 23, 2014 21:58:27 GMT
So here us a real boring server wind test
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Post by labtopia on Feb 24, 2014 18:16:28 GMT
hi dave, that looks real windy and really good to me. skyline has been definitely disappointing but this looks like i dont have to start over with a gimbal. i'm going ahead and doing the IDD to my av200 and basically an identical setup as this.
am i to understand that this is 1 converted radian and 2 BLD for a 3 axis av200?
thanks!
dave
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 25, 2014 18:55:52 GMT
Correct. I also have a wiring diagram I have drawn. I just need to modify it slightly as JC uses a resistor for voltage control, I did not have one so used a BEC which is more wiring than required
Dave
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Post by jchiogna on Feb 26, 2014 0:43:11 GMT
There's a slight wobble on the roll. Do you think it's due to further tuning needed or is it a limitation of the roll 11:1 ratio? Where did you get those black plastic covers for the BLDs?
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Post by Dave Halton on Feb 26, 2014 19:06:46 GMT
R u talking about the hand held or the flying footage?
Yes it is probably a tuning thing but I am new to brushless tuning, I need to fly it in better conditions filming a subject to really se if its working ok.
Black boxes from marlins. perfect size for the BLD's and Immersion video TX
Dave
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Post by huisman on Mar 3, 2014 9:46:22 GMT
Dave has there been any progress in tuning? Just trying to make my mind if I´m going to modify my AV200 to brushless and G-lock it or just going to buy new brushless gimbal.
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