Project Review - Value for money brushless gimbal

Synopsis: We have been looking for a quality gimbal for aerial filming, to allow us to survey an area with camera stabilization. There are probably over 20 selections of gimbals out in the market, notably the expensive Dji Zenmus and Tarot gimbals. We wanted a gimbal that has a motion processing unit to stabilize our camera while in flight.  Working with Hobbywow.com, we have decided to test this unbranded but quality gimbal to see how it fair.   We selected the FPV 2-Axis Brushless Camera Gimbal w/ Motor & Controller for DJI Phantom Gopro 3.  This selection is based on the budget price, it's stand-alone built ready to use controller that can be installed on any aircraft with any light weight pocket camera, the GUI software SimpleBGC and performance. As usual, we like working with Hobbywow, as their customer service has been excellent to help answer any questions we may have. More videos and test to follow.

Specification:
•Simple structure and light weight CNC aluminum alloy structure
•Brushless motor direct drive
•With anti-vibration rubber balls
•With 2 x 2208 motors and gimbal controller sensor installed
•With motor protector which can help heat dissipation
•Weight is about 212G, total weight with GOPRO3 is about 285G.

Features:
1) Quick assembly
2) 2-Axis roll & pitch
3) Anti-vibration
4) SimpleBGC GUI
5) Compact

DIYdrone Lab ... behind the scenes Friday November 28, 2014

Where to: www.hobbywow.com

Video Logs:
Demo Flight

Speed Overview

Notes: the PCB has five pins but the cable only has four. Use the program SimpleBGC GUI v2.2 b2. SimpleBGC_GUI_2_2b2 http://www.simplebgc.com/files/v10/SimpleBGC_GUI_2_2b2.zip  If the Pitch gimbal should become disconnected, remember there only 4 wires, red power supply goes all the way to the extreme left marked with a white dot.

Pros: TBD
Cons: TBD

Episode 41:  Speed Overview [VIEW]

Episode 46:  GoPro 3+ black demo on gimbal [VIEW]

RCGroups Discussions: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2084885