A possible use case would be the larger STOL craft that some of us use for FPV touch-and-go practice, where ground manoeuvring is part of the game and drag is not a major worry. But Timber-type planes do stumble and flip over, so a protective cage would probably be required.
Slaving the yaw to move with the turn is actually a great idea to get around the lag when not in FPV mode, but I'd guess it doesn't get rid of the bad jitters completely at higher speeds. How they can potentially address that is definitely a concern people should know about before thinking this is a good solution for any RC car. It would seem to be fine on any crawler though. I've had to just physically lock the yaw and use a separate servo for panning.
FPV RC cars are a blast, looks like great fun. If you keep that gimbal i would mount it to the floor of the car so you drop it further down, then you could make a small roll cage for the top of it.😎
Fantastic video Lee! I'm super excited to try that setup. I do have a vista setup on my traxxas slash, but being able to see going into the turn would be a game changer. Thanks again for the video.
@@Painless360same here. Although it's expensive if it can be an easy to slot in FPV solution for fixed wing that would great. I'd certainly love to see you review it in that mode too.
ive been engaged in conversation with them about needing a new mode for flying on an fpv wing and they are very stubborn about taking feedback (from me at least) I suggested a new follow mode thats similar to locking the gimbal but still stabilises vibration and jerky movements but follows the plane in pitch roll and yaw (but smoothly) whilst still allowing stick imputs to pan and tilt so head tracking or stick control could move it off centre - (i love being able to look into turns when im flying fpv wing) anyway ive ended up designing a servo based pan and tilt for my ar wing pro as these guys just didnt want to listen.... maybe they will listen more intently to feedback from a big youtuber like yourself. :)
I tried this 3 years ago in the video "Gimbal stabilised FPV RC car driving", the difference between stabilised and non-stabilised FPV RC car driving is night and day, so much more fun to drive when the FPV camera is stabilised.
Brilliant, Lee! Really well done! 😃 If you have another carbon fiber board and some long enough spacers, you can easily protect it! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
i've put a gimbal on a rc car and it was not good....i kept thinking it has to move with or before steering.....and thats what you did..and it works awesome.
Generally seems that's pretty good 👍How does that gimbal do in a roll? Can you invert it or does it glitch out? Seems to be almost plug and play but maybe ditch those vibration dampening things. Anyone looking at this should also look at the storm32 gimbals. Many more configuration options, but also 100% diy so be ready to build stuff
I think you can use M4 flathead screws with locknuts to stop the vibration isolators from popping off. That's what GEPRC did on their CT and CL frames.
@@Painless360 Yes, you are right, it is true for use on a car. Years ago I used a dial like this for an FX79 flying wing, honestly I don't remember there being much difference with my parrot disco wing or my latest atomRC planes equipped with DJI O3 or Caddx view.
I love fpv... and just started with rc cars... im actually surprised that rhere arent off the shelf fpv set ups for cars yet. Im interetsed in a walksnail set up, but like u say... off road buggies are useless without some sort of gimbal or you cant see anything with the image is so shakey
Hi Lee, Great video and information about your rc car, I told you driving a rc car is a blast to play with. But im not wanting to change the looks of the car i do like how its was a slave to the steering, that is what im wanting to do. I still love the shaking of the hard mount, i go wheeling and thats how it feels going down a trail. Thanks again for the update and video.