Rotation like helicopter - it is possible?

Agnostic

Agnostic

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Hi, I'm newby and thinking why 3 degrees camera rotation is so needed + retractable landing gear for 360 panarama.

Can't quadcopter just rotate all body to take 360 degrees photo?

Not possible by 4 propellers design (hardware) or maybe no algorithms made to allow it as there were no demand for that?

Thank you.
 
RENOV8R said:
I have retractable landing gear and my quad will rotate 360 degrees on it's axis. But I'm special
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Mean yours is custom made? I saw vid of tricopter rotating but it had two props on each of three arms - I guess it can rotate because props rotate in opposite directions. Your have same principle? if not what is different from standard?
 
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Yes, the camera is suspended on a gimbal below the line of sight of the quad. It is also adjustable on it's 3 axis. Sorry, best photo I have ATM
 

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Agnostic said:
Yes, rotate like that, there is no view of copter in the video. Is it possible with ordinary 4 props?
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Any mutirotor I've seen will yaw like that (some slower, some faster) right out of the box, nothing special about the props. It's just the way they work.
 
Jackson said:
Any mutirotor I've seen will yaw like that (some slower, some faster) right out of the box, nothing special about the props. It's just the way they work.
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If any then why retractable landing gear is needed to take 360 photo when quadro can just yaw to take it? Camera can be flexible by only 1 axis then to be able to point anywhere (down and to the sizes, not up :-).
 
RENOV8R said:
Because they're cool
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Is there some standard software for copters? maybe camera on copters? I would like to have such soft that when on transmitter I rotate camera, copter rotates as whole if camera is only 1 degree freedom, rotates when keeping flying in set direction. Is there such?
 
Agnostic said:
Is there some standard software for copters? maybe camera on copters? I would like to have such soft that when on transmitter I rotate camera, copter rotates as whole if camera is only 1 degree freedom, rotates when keeping flying in set direction. Is there such?
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Yes there is. Many different software depending on what flight control board you are using. Actually, there are many components of a hobb-grade multirotor that requires software. Also yes for camera. I have a Tarot T-3D and can control tilt and pan from my transmitter.
 
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