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This chart http://www.droidworx.com.au/specifications.html is useful: find a combination on there that corresponds to your requirements, then work backwards by studying the specs of the suggested motors and locating cheaper alternatives with similar specifications. You might be better off...

Looking good :) I hadn't considered your mounting to the frame before. Looking back now at the images of the finished unit, I see that your mounting plate is rectangular, i.e. it is deeper front to back than it is side to side. This could have something to do with the observed behaviour. The...

You also don't have the right motors there. You've calculated maximum available thrust at 70% of the AUW of the craft - that figure should be 50%, i.e. you are hovering (thrust = mass) at 50% throttle - then you'll have the ability to climb/descend and still retain the margin necessary for the...

This is the new one: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-alpha-nex-5r/

Snap! :)

http://www.dpreview.com/ - everything you always wanted to know about cameras (and some stuff you didn't ;))

Three times the price of the camera it's carrying - easy maths :)

I agree it can't be that difficult, but they spent all the budget on engineers (good ones) and skimped on the "well thought out" aspect of the product ;) - it will certainly be a bummer if the GH2 becomes "obsolete" and a GH3 won't fit!

I've seen references to "conversion kits" on some of the online shops that carry the Zenmuse.

That Dragonplate stuff is pricey - and too big, I reckon. I had in mind something like this: http://www.carbon-shop.eu/xtcommerce/product_info.php?info=p137_Rectangular-Carbon-Fibre-Rod-1-0x4-0-x-1000-mm.html - shouldn't need any more than that as long as its applied along all four faces (and...

Is there any evidence that the Zenmuse performs equally well on any other frame? It occurs to me that these bendy "cream cheese" arms might actually be deliberate. The vibration on them looks to be relatively low frequency - perhaps they are deliberately wobbly to absorb the high frequency...

For sure the requirements for a gimbal controller exceed those required for MR stabilisation. Gyros are accurate but they drift - so you have to add at least 3-axis accelerometer and some clever maths to keep the gyro drift down. But then you introduce the dreaded horizon drift because the...

Excellent idea :)

"remote control" caught my attention - so that would bring it up alongside (above?) the Canon EOS-M in my list.

Or one of these... for up to 30ft :) - http://aeroloop.co.uk/

I hear you - but it's the interface between the applied CF piece and the arm that would supplement the rigidity. Unidirectional CF doesn't want to stretch, so as long as the bond was good (and continuous) it would prevent/reduce deflection of the arm (is it plastic?) in any direction that would...

If you were to run the motors with the S800 strapped down to the ground and put your finger on the gimbal itself, would you feel any vibrations? That's the question :) I'd agree it would be possible for the motors to be fast enough to cancel vibes - what I can't understand is how DJI would be...

Gluing pultruded CF profile to the top, bottom and sides would seem the easiest way. Rectangular or half-round profile - cheap and easy. Clean surfaces with isopropyl alcohol, use slow-setting epoxy, apply pressure moderate for first few hours at least. Boris - I'm intrigued by the Zenmuse's...

Axial damping won't eliminate the delay or the thump when reversing direction, but it could stop the camera rotating freely between the limits. Various DennyR designs had RC Car dampers on them - but he removed the spring and used (I believe) a VERY light oil. The alternative mechanism is...

This bit kinda put me off -