Author Archives: Josh Medlin

Foot Pedal Tilt Control

This is a test for controlling the tilt gimbal with a foot pedal, I simply attached the head tracker to a guitar volume pedal to test the idea. Unfortunately, I found it was not comparable to head tracking for both precision of control and how natural/intuitive the control felt, even after significant practice. For aContinue reading “Foot Pedal Tilt Control”

Install a Mini (Sub-250) FPV Gimbal to a Multirotor

This tutorial is for installing a Medlin Drone Mini (Sub-250) FPV Gimbal. Setup and Configuration: First you will need to do the Configuration and Setup for Adding a FPV Gimbal to a Multirotor and be ready to plug in the servo. Note that the servo wires are Orange (Singal), Red (5V) and Brown (Ground). You may or mayContinue reading “Install a Mini (Sub-250) FPV Gimbal to a Multirotor”

Sub-250 FPV Tilt Gimbal

Prebuilt Sub-250 Tilt Gimbals available here! This is a tilt gimbal intended for small sub-250-gram drones, it has major limitations but works well enough to use for scenarios where smoothness isn’t critical, and weight is. The FPV camera is completely exposed and the gimbal itself isn’t durable, so this is not intended to withstand crashes.Continue reading “Sub-250 FPV Tilt Gimbal”

Freestyle with the FPV Tilt Gimbal

Freestyle FPV is one of my favorite art forms, recently I’ve been using the head tracking gimbal for freestyle and trying new moves. There are a few new tricks I’ve come up with and many more just waiting to be discovered. If you’re a freestyle pilot reading this, please consider starting to explore this yourself,Continue reading “Freestyle with the FPV Tilt Gimbal”