Folding Hexacopter and 2 axis stabilized gimbal

[xnaron]

I've been working hard over the summer on a folding hexacopter with an active stabilized gimbal. I've been flying the hexacopter for a couple of months and have recently added the gimbal. The gimbal currently is suited to carry cameras up to Sony NEX-5N size.

Specs:

Hexacopter:
600mm motor to motor
turnigy 2836/9 950kv motors
APC 9x4.7 props (just added Graupner 9x5 at time of this post but not flown yet)
DJI Naza with GPS
HK 30amp f-30 escs flashed with simonk
4s 5800mah zippy lipo

more details here: http://xnaron.com/2012/08/31/folding-600mm-hexacopter-maiden/

Gimbal:
ABS, G10 FR4, and Aluminum parts
MKS BLS950 servos on pitch and roll (external pot on roll)
Pitch and Roll geared to 2.8:1
Controlled by DJI Naza (Hoverfly Controller on order)

more details here: http://xnaron.com/2012/09/26/active-stabilized-camera-gimbal-for-the-folding-hexacopter/

I'd appreciate any feedback on the design and the videos.

Here are some videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTPG-rm3w7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjRm6JW4vpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FgT5oYbTJw

thanks,
Brendin

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[edlatour]

It looks great and the design seems to work like a charm, very stable
the video looks very stable specially when doing the close ups
There were some vibrations on the way down, I have notice that on my F550 with NAZA
I wonder if it has to do with NAZA itself?
Are you planning to make it available commercially?
Also are you satisfy with the motors?

 

[BIGTACO]

Looks good my man. I like the simple yet effective design. You won't be able to really tell how well your gimbal performs until you get the Hoverfly controller. That NAZA is absolute crap for controlling a gimbal.