dreslism
07-19-2006, 09:25 PM
Ah, got it all together finally, but no sun left to try it out. :(
I love the smooth tilt. I was running direct drive tilt before, so needless to say, it was not smooth.
I made some mods to the build. I did not rip down the hdpe thickness between the carbon plates, just left it at 1 inch. Saved lots of time, but will be slightly heavier.
I also just ran bolts all the way through instead of drilling and tapping from each side. I bought a bag of 30mm bolts, to bolt all the way through as that is what the plans called for on the servo mount.
Bad thing is since I did not rip down the 1" thickness between the plates, the 30mm is not really long enough. I can get a nut on it, but can't get it to take enough in to hit the nylon part of the locknut. I'll have to get some 35mm bolts, but the 30's will work for now.
Couple of operator errors slowed me down alot.
I am listing them here to save others time.
Based on where I drilled the holes in the hdpe for the axles, I could not get enough tention in my belt. Even sliding the tilt servo all the way up in the slots was not tight enough.
At first I though I was going to have to recut and drill 2 new squares of hdpe to hold the axles.
Then I thought about flipping the blocks over, based on the hdpe mounting holes, it lowered the axle hole enough to tighten the belt, only now it was TOO tight and I could not get the belt on the pulleys. :arggg: :arggg: :arggg: :arggg: :arggg:
I made the slots in the carbon for the pulley servo tention a little bigger, and then I was able to make it all fit, but probably wasted an hour overall.
I may have to do the pulley lightening holes.
My gimbal used to be self leveling in roll, but it isn't no more with that pulley and servo on the same side!!
I'll have to play some tricks like a nylon bolt on the pulley side, and a real bolt on the other, and also velcro my downlink to the back of the gimbal on the non pully side.
Hopefully that will even things out. I guess I could also slide my camera mounting plate on the rails away from the pulley.
Thanks DJ, can't wait to get it in the air.
I love the smooth tilt. I was running direct drive tilt before, so needless to say, it was not smooth.
I made some mods to the build. I did not rip down the hdpe thickness between the carbon plates, just left it at 1 inch. Saved lots of time, but will be slightly heavier.
I also just ran bolts all the way through instead of drilling and tapping from each side. I bought a bag of 30mm bolts, to bolt all the way through as that is what the plans called for on the servo mount.
Bad thing is since I did not rip down the 1" thickness between the plates, the 30mm is not really long enough. I can get a nut on it, but can't get it to take enough in to hit the nylon part of the locknut. I'll have to get some 35mm bolts, but the 30's will work for now.
Couple of operator errors slowed me down alot.
I am listing them here to save others time.
Based on where I drilled the holes in the hdpe for the axles, I could not get enough tention in my belt. Even sliding the tilt servo all the way up in the slots was not tight enough.
At first I though I was going to have to recut and drill 2 new squares of hdpe to hold the axles.
Then I thought about flipping the blocks over, based on the hdpe mounting holes, it lowered the axle hole enough to tighten the belt, only now it was TOO tight and I could not get the belt on the pulleys. :arggg: :arggg: :arggg: :arggg: :arggg:
I made the slots in the carbon for the pulley servo tention a little bigger, and then I was able to make it all fit, but probably wasted an hour overall.
I may have to do the pulley lightening holes.
My gimbal used to be self leveling in roll, but it isn't no more with that pulley and servo on the same side!!
I'll have to play some tricks like a nylon bolt on the pulley side, and a real bolt on the other, and also velcro my downlink to the back of the gimbal on the non pully side.
Hopefully that will even things out. I guess I could also slide my camera mounting plate on the rails away from the pulley.
Thanks DJ, can't wait to get it in the air.