Anyone know any cheap (ish) gimbals including control board for gopro?

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Chester (newbie)

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Hello,
I have finally decided on the parts I am going to buy to make my Quadcopter. The frame I will be using is the Q450 off of Hobbyking.com. After all the money spent on the actual Quadcopter, I am struggling to find a decent gimbal to hold my gopro below the frame! Does anyone know any cheap, reliable gimbals?
 
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alm865

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This is probably way too cheap for what you are after but I have bought and built one of these. It just uses normal servos for the two axes, I superglued mine together (it falls apart otherwise). All up it would be about $15 including servos.

What sort of budget do you have in mind?
 
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Chester (newbie)

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Thanks Alm865, my budget for this is around £30, which is a lot, but not in the world of gimbals! So would you reccomend the $15 overall one?
Thanks
 
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alm865

Active Member
Well depends... if you're like me and love a bargain, it's the cheapest you can buy. Go pros are good with vibration so that shouldn't be a problem. You will have to modify it slightly to fit a go pro. It's a cheap plastic design and will probably break if you put it in a venerable position. I'd get it to give it a go. Mine has been sitting in a box since i bought it six months ago...

Will you get much better for £30? Yeah, there are a few on ebay for $60. Are they any good? Dunno, they look better but could be just as flimsy as the cheap one.

I've delt with the other spectrum of gimbals too like the ones from aeronavics.com but they'll be well out of your price range.
 
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IndianMessi

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CW props rotate on your quad ClockWise while CCW props rotate Counter ClockWise. For a quadcopter you will need two CW props and two CCW props.
 
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IndianMessi

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