Another tool for the shed. Its on the list due to clients wanting horizon leveling 50% of the time. No matter how much I try to control the yaw I still dislike how much crop there is in RSGO/Gyroflow when locking that horizon. Added bonus: dual op! Great video!
I used to do this camera assistant job before I even started flying FPV but there was a drone team that got hired for certain shots and we put an alexa mini on a big 8 prop drone with a dual operator setup using a freefly movi gimbal. I was amazed by how much money was just flying around in the air lol
@@NURKFPV back in the day when I started in the hobby. I built my own drones before FPV was a thing. We put gimbals on our cameras and someone would fly the drone while someone else flew the gimbal. We got the gimbal feed straight from the camera instead of the added weight of some separate “aiming camera”.
This is next-level when you can divide the workload into pilot and camera operator. ❤ I’m sure you could think ahead and add a third camera for the film directo😎 …maybe even add a systems engineer for monitoring telemetry 😁
Would love to have you film Mountain Havoc with something like this! June 9-11, 2023 in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. It's our international monster truck racing championship (Mostly USA and Canada). At least a dozen monster trucks/mega-buggies will be racing for the championship title. It has been a challenge for our film/drone crew to capture the downhill section of our Mountain Man off-road course. This setup would really fill a gap in our media coverage of the event. Plus, our media director is a huge fan of yours
I am currently planning to go for a 3 axis gopro buid myself haha. So cool to see yours and watch how it flies. I was thinking about going underslung for the pan axis, what is your opinion about that ?
Great video. I got excited when you said central Indiana. I am a professional drone service provider out of Fort Wayne but I do work in Indianapolis on a semi regular basis. Keep up the good work.
Built a dual operator 3-axis (arris cm-3000) setup with a dji f550 about a decade ago, best we had was gopro 4 black. This reminds me of back in those days. Analog screens on the ground mounted to 2x controllers - very much like a primitive inspire 1
This is amazing.. reached out to see if they will provide STLs for those of us that can print our own parts for it. The cost for additional parts is quite high from their site and I suspect like what happened in your video a lot of people will be breaking things. Hopefully they would provide STLs for the parts that break easily. Or.. someone else will design and share STLs for this. I also imagine they'll offer a 3 axis version one day.
Dude I think you've found your niche, gimbaled FPV drones. It's so counterintuitive, but you not only have proven use-case necessity but also are doing it in a really thoughtful way with the intuitive fit and finish that only a true neurotic RC-head know and love. 💯
When we first started pulling gyros out of wiimotes, most of our quads had gimbals steadying silver gopros or Mobius cams. Another PID loop to tune, too, lol
@@GhostRyderFPV yeah that's crazy, I was using gimbaled silver gopros but not on a fpv rig but a f550 hex with a naza 1 fc I didn't even know Fpv existed!
It opens the door to some epic 3pv footage, at least. I wonder how well the Namaste would handle a long lens, like the RunCam Scope? With dual-op, I can imagine a rocket launch from here in central FL, (but from *above the clouds)*
Super stoked to see you drop a RU-vid video. I can't believe all of the items you had on that drone. I worry about 1 hero 9 on my moongoat being to heavy. Nurk and Winston......Hold my beer 😅 Battery runs low super fast with all that weight. If you aren't used to how little battery time you have its way harder to figure out when you need to come back. If it's in the middle of a shot of course your gonna finish the shot rather than turn to come home. With sturdier parts and streamlined by a company that is capable of fine tuning what you have here it could be a great fringe tool for duos out there filming. Super glad to see you and Winston. I know RU-vid videos are taking a back seat for a while when you have a baby and also really important high paying shoots. Not to mention the DRL stuff. Way to keep busy and integrate you hobby into a lucrative career brother. God Bless you and Winston and your family, Happy flying brother.
The little bit you got of the Bike Ride. That was amazing and I can already see the potential.. Having a drone that can face forward and see what is coming while the drone is flying and going around the subject .. All the while Someone can see where its going even looking behind the drone.. GAME CHANGER.. (if that gimbal can do it)
Well.. so this gimbal doesn't really do that. Winston was just flying sideways in that case, but you're absolutely right on the concept for what the goal would be.
I think using 2 axis is a step forward for sure, but what I see here is that you as a pilot still have to manage two things: piloting and recording (by that I mean keeping the object in the frame), which is pretty much the same we do with fixed mounted camera. 2 axis just helps a little to improve this. I'd personally prefer to use 3 axis gimbal so I can focus fully only on flying, so I dont need to fly sideways, my operator can turn the camera to the side and do that for me etc.. I think you know what I mean since you flew with gimballed cinelifter as I remember so you know what the results are.
Actually this takes me back to the very beginning of GoPro gimbals, before we had big gimbals for bigger cameras like 8-9 years ago. All of this has been here before.
I've tried all the ones from 8-9 years ago, but they don't have the torque and speed to keep up with the wind shear and the g-loading that I want them to do.
it would be really cool to fil speed flying. One of the things that is lost with all the rolls and pitch of a normal drone is just how fast and how much motion there is for the pilot. this gives you the chance to fly next to them and film them sideways, or if you reverse mounted the camera gimbal, ahead of them. Either way, it would make for mad content
back in the day when I started in the hobby. I built my own drones before FPV was a thing. We put gimbals on our cameras and someone would fly the drone while someone else flew the gimbal. We got the gimbal feed straight from the camera instead of the added weight of some separate “aiming camera”.
Not trying to be a smartass but this has been a thing for quite some time. Well, let me rephrase that. It used to be a thing then fell out of favor as smaller, smoother freestyle quads overtook the larger 10" proped 450mm sized quads that pioneered the whole quad/FPV world. I tried this once many years ago on a 220mm sized quad but mounted the gimbal below. Had to catch everytime, big PIA but took great footage. BTW, ever got your beard wrapped up in a prop? Lol!
I had a TAROT T2D gimbal back in the Hobbyking days that I did this with. I have been looking for a modern day gimbal to put on my 7" to do exactly what you did with an Air unit or vista. Id really like a 3axis style though to be able to pan. Especially if it was hanging under the drone with some retractable landing gear.
This is why I love your channel, you do fun and interesting shit that I also do…we do the same shit you just make RU-vid videos about it and it’s so fun to watch back. Thanks man keep it coming and would love to see Setup on rc link as I has namaste on the way but can’t find info on how to setup rx etc. you the man!
@@NURKFPV Was the battery dropping on you a result of the extra weight? You loaded it up! Haha. It be really cool to make one of this was more compact and light using just an 03 unit. Transmission for second op built in and 4k 10bit onboard… Imagine indoors on a 3”…
I’d say the cold probably didn’t do it any favors by making it more brittle but yeah it’s gonna need a durability upgrade, because hey people fly in the cold (not me so much) 🥶. Cool product though, and definitely bookmarked to keep an eye on.
Cold definitely didn't help, no. But that first break really was just a 6" drop. The same that I'd normally do with my 5" drones (cause who lands nicely)
I love this gadget - I am longing for a carbon fiber made one tho - AND I think it doesn't need to be a two man job. Flying FPV/ACRO its quite hard to take the fingers of and use a dial like on the Mavic remote to control the gimbal. especially when u r pinching. But I think something like foot pedals or buttons could work for UP and DOWN tilt of the gimbal. And there needs to be another CROSSHAIR in the HUD indicating where the gimbal looks at so u can judge the angle of the GIMBAL CAM.
this doesn't NEED to be a dual op thing - but it supports the option. We never really said it, but basically if the other controller is off, it just keeps it centered for you no matter what you're doing
Desert wind surfing would be good action and a safer test than over water. Lift offs, dunes, all kinds of possibilities there. Maybe head west young man.
Hey nurk! Real interesting stuff here. Have you considered using a stabilizer like the gravgrip rather than a gimbal to save weight and battery? Should work the same if you are pairing it with electronic stabilization
I think this would really help (would probably need to be way more durable) if you were to try and film a wing-suit, since the main problem is maintaining camera on the subject, when you are chasing at those crazy high speeds.
Dude can we get a video on how to setup rx control on this little bad boy gimbal? My brain can’t figure it out, newb problems..I would look hookup an elrs rx and have dual op..just for fun.. lol
I'm assuming that the gimbal PIDs aren't user-tunable? That would be a pretty cool feature, but I guess it would require being able to flash the firmware. It seemed pretty smooth, though.
This looks damn good compared to cropping horizon lock for sure! But what is that gimbal made out of? PLA? PETG? Rice crackers? Candied sugar? I mean that can't be just a design issue, for a 5" I consider those landings, not even crashes.. How about they make some out of carbon fibre reinforced nylon instead? :)
Dual-Op is a really good cinematic option! It's a better option then the inspire, sorry DJI pilots.... That is freedom in 3D Space! Like it! Keep up the great work NURK!
Ideally you want the gimbal on top so you can look behind. Then you can replicate the typical gimbal cinelifter look with a gopro. Bottom mounted battery maybe
@@NURKFPV Lots of potential anyhow, can't wait to see what you do with it. Maybe a 7" for some longer flight times and no crash lands? 😁(I suppose you had the 11 Mini on the back, and you could even ditch the gopro and use an 03 in place of the (gimbal) vista)
I'm not sure how willing they'd be. I think that those designs are a big part of the product, so I think it's hard to justify releasing those files. But I don't know that for a fact. Definitely hit them up!
maybe a normal 5" has not enough oomph to carry a big gimbal witch gopro and another gopro in the back and that's why the battery is empty so fast. maybe up it a bit and go 6"?
I wanna put this in my 1/5 scale rc car. Anyone know what vtx and antenna would work with this? I’d probably just have it powered directly from a 6S and bypass my Futaba transmitter
Respect for people who experiment and create new things. Please adjust pilot glasses for 3D image - with two cameras, one camera for one eye. It should give a new fantastic feel to the pilot himself, as well as a much better sense of space and objects in flight. ;)
@@NURKFPVYes reminds me of your other video with the bigger quad 6+months ago! Guess the new M3P can almost do the same!? anyway, looking great! thanks for showing! ¶ : - )
