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Hi Jim Where did you sent this to? I've not received anything yet. Julian

I know I did originally get the firmware update wrong and uploaded the YS-X6 firmware, but I have subsequently installed the Stedi470 firmware, several times actually. Do you know of a way to completely erase the firmware before installing new firmware (I know it's supposed to perform an erase...

I'm quite certain that the firmware is correct - at least it is the version supplied to me by Peter and is the same one that Rob has on his web page for the Stedi470. Assuming I get this sorted out I will be sure to put up a post on what's the problem was and how to solve it. For now though I...

Hi Jim I recall you mentioned this before and I agree a complete restart of the AP and GCS is required when things behave oddly like this. I have been doing that but with no sucess. Every time I press the 'Stedicam Alignment' button in the GCS I get the same result. It's made me very weiry of...

Hello John Rob was referring to me, so here are the details of what I am experiencing: 1. I am using a Futaba 8FG Rx and S-BUS communication to the Rx 2. I am have assigned CH7 to the Pitch control using one of the Tx dials (CH8 is assigned to Roll control using another Tx dial) 3. I am using...

This is a very good point. I intend using my Stedi470 for aerial photography in remote places and would also like the backup of a full flight frame (excl. electronics) in case of crashes. Hopefully Zero UAV will come to the party on this pretty soon.

On the parameters side, if I go past about +20 on the Roll sensitivity, then the gimbal goes out of vertical and hangs to the right. Much more than that sees the gimbal all the way to the right, hard up against the frame. Strangely if I tilt the whole frame by 90 degrees (i.e. leg arms...

Sorry to hear about your crash; that's really bad news. As for the gimbal alignment, yes I have been setting the 'mode' to 6 before starting the alignment process, but it does not seem to make any difference to my problem.

Hi Jim, John and others I've uplaoded the 'latest' 191kb firmware for the Steadi470 but it does not seem to make much difference. I get the motors running and all works fine if I do not try to go through the Steadicam alignment exercise (but it's difficult to fly with the gimbal moving about...

That's precisely the case. The gimbal seems to slap against the back (and sometime seems to "do the rounds" of the whole frame as well). The firmware I loaded is "YS-X6-20121020-steadi-Enc.arm" whch is 191KB in size). Which firmware are you running and does it have to correspond to the...

Steadicam alignment / calibration Hi Everyone I seem to be having some serious problems with my setup and hope you can advise me. I have been trying to calibrate the Steadicam component of the Stedi470 and this seems to be causing problems with everything else. Here is the scenario: I run...

Hi John I'm planning to use a Ricoh Digital GR IV (although I still have to sort out some mount issues). Another option is the 'standard' Sony NEX-5 which will fit the gimbal camera mount, but I do not like the lenses that coem with the Sony (too much irregular distortion for my purposes). So...

Hi Rob Please excuse my ignorance here, but how would this work? What is a UBEC and how would I connect it to power the servos if they also need to be plugged into the AP (ports EXT1 and EXT2) for control? Regards Julian

Hi Mark Another few questions about the AP connections and S-BUS (I am workign with a Futaba R6208SB Rx and a Futaba T8FG Super Tx): Assuming that I just connect the Rx S-BUS to the AP (CH7) then is this sufficient to handle CH5 and CH6 switching requirements as well? In other words, are those...

Thanks Mark That makes sense (no wonder they were not working as they are not getting power). It is odd though as theer is power supplied to the AP on the other side of the box at the P connector next to the LED one. Now I was advised to cut the power wire on all ESC connectors; how annoying...