The primary application for the system and project is cinematography (including freestyle). However, the power of having five degrees of freedom (as opposed to fixed-angle FPV’s four degrees of freedom) is applicable to many use cases and industries, increasing the capabilities of FPV for navigation and situational awareness. Here are a few examples of Medlin DroneContinue reading “FPV Tilt Gimbal – Genral Utility”
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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”
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”
Alta X – Pro FPV Piloting Gimbal (Servo Tilt)
Medlin Drone single-axis “Timing Belt” FPV gimbal designed to mount to a Freefly Alta X. Pre-built Alta X Piloting Gimbal and ‘AIO’ available here! This gimbal improves your ability to navigate complex environments and track subjects, allowing full view above and bellow the craft. It can be controlled via a dial/slider, head tracking, and various other methods. This is theContinue reading “Alta X – Pro FPV Piloting Gimbal (Servo Tilt)”
Whoop FPV Gimbal
This is a FPV Gimbal designed for whoops/micros that mounts to a standard whoop board (26mm x 26mm). Kits and Pre-Builts available at the Medlin Drone Store! Files on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5733796 Long overdue, I have finally made a tiny whoop gimbal to practice and enjoy flying with a FPV gimbal, via head tracking or other means ofContinue reading “Whoop FPV Gimbal”
Timing Belt Linkage – The Ultimate Solution?
This is a rough account of the design progression of the Timing-Belt FPV Gimbal. It doesn’t cover every hurdle or design revision, just some of the major points of progression. First thoughts (Approx 6/15/22): I have recently had my kits and designs get in front of more people at higher levels. This has provided meContinue reading “Timing Belt Linkage – The Ultimate Solution?”
TBS Tango 2 and Mambo – Head Tracker Compatibility – The Saga
Unfortunately, the TBS Tango 2 and Mambo aren’t currently compatible with the head tracker. I have talked to TBS about this, they said they could make it compatible with a firmware update (to allow a ‘wired trainer’ function) but didn’t say if/when they would. The more people that reach out to them the more likelyContinue reading “TBS Tango 2 and Mambo – Head Tracker Compatibility – The Saga”
FPV Gimbal + “Cheater Quad”
Flying with a head tracking FPV gimbal allows backwards flight while maintaining framing on a subject. However, it can be risky to fly backwards for a long distance or through obstacles, a visual observer can help confirm safe trajectory, but I wanted to see if a ‘Cheater Quad’ setup could help solve this problem. ForContinue reading “FPV Gimbal + “Cheater Quad””
Replacing Vertical Servo Mount with Push-Through Servo Mount
The servo is large 40x40x20mm and a lot of frames do not have the space required for horizontally mounting the servo to the top plate between the front four standoffs the same way the Terraplane does. I had solved this by mounting the servo vertically, this worked well at first but once I switched overContinue reading “Replacing Vertical Servo Mount with Push-Through Servo Mount”
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