Diagnosis Needed

[adanac]

I have a new P2 and my footage is very shaky. I have posted a brief clip that shows the kind of shake/vibration typical of what I've been seeing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPInZr5vfo&feature=youtu.be

 

[MrTommy]

I have a new P2 and my footage is very shaky.

I don't know that I'd classify your video as "very shakey". There's a bit of 'correction' movement when (it appears) you adjust the view angle, but hardly "very shakey".

 

[Benjamin Kenobi]

Maybe list if you're using a gimbal or not. For a Phantom it ain't bad. If you're using a gimbal, is the camera balanced perfectly?

 

[Bartman]

try flying it with a lot less finger pressure on the controls and while allowing more freedom to the heli to drift a little before making slow deliberate corrections

are the props balanced? does the Phantom 2 controller have expo?

 

[adanac]

Sorry, yes, I have the H2-3D. Apart from my yaw adjustments, this looks very shaky to me not close to other footage I've seen from this platform.

I have not balanced the props. Is that possible with these little plastic props? If so, I'll get a balancer and do so.

I don't know if the camera is balanced or not. How is that done?

And, with regard to those yaw adjustments, I find it too sensitive. I'd like to be able to make it mushier, less responsive.

Maybe list if you're using a gimbal or not. For a Phantom it ain't bad. If you're using a gimbal, is the camera balanced perfectly?

 

[sledge57]

It has the new style props doesn't it, no nuts, just spin them on? If so I don't know how you could put those on a balancer.

Are these the props you have?

 

[Tahoe Ed]

Here is a video that I did today with the P2V. No gimbal. Minor stabilization in post with iMovie. I was pleased. You need to play with your post processing and as Bart stated, just let the craft slide a little while filming. Get it started and let it drift. Do it in ATTI and not GPS. I am no pro at this but I have a lot of fun doing it. I just want to make the next video better than the last.

 

[MrTommy]

I just want to make the next video better than the last.

This is exactly the way I feel. Each video should be better than the last - no matter what. Cool!

 

[adanac]

Yes, those are the ones I have. Can they not be balanced?

It has the new style props doesn't it, no nuts, just spin them on? If so I don't know how you could put those on a balancer.

Are these the props you have?

 

[Bartman]

not on any of the balancers i've seen, there needs to be a hole for the shaft of the balancer to pass through.

 

[Tahoe Ed]

Guys are having CW and CCW threads machined on a rod and are using that to balance them.

 

[adanac]

I wonder if it's just easier to put replacement props on. What props would be a good candidate?

Guys are having CW and CCW threads machined on a rod and are using that to balance them.