markfry
lvl.2
Flight distance : 260837 ft
United Kingdom
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I have a theory:
The horizon drift is only a problem when you have an RC ROLL input plugged in to the gimbal controller. With nothing plugged in to the ROLL input, I had four flights so far with a perfectly stable horizon!
In DUAL OPERATOR mode, we've been having a terrible time trying to keep the horizon level on my S900 GH4 setup. In the Follow and Free gimbal modes, the horizon will drift away from being level by 5-10 degrees during flight.
My Camera Operator's Taranis TX is controlling six things: Roll, Pan, Tilt, Mode, Shutter, and Locked Camera Facing Direction. It never occurred to me to unplug the ROLL input in this setup, since there is no need to be choosey about which channels to control. Without all the extra flight control stuff, the Cam Op's TX has plenty of room to control ALL the gimbal functions.
So... today I was flying at my test field in SINGLE OPERATOR mode. My Futaba TX channels are totally full and so the feature I've decided to omit was, you guessed it, the ROLL input. Here, my thinking is that if the horizon drifts in flight, I'll just use the FPV/Locked mode to reset the gimbal and then crack on. I have no dynamic in-shot roll control, but in single operator mode I have plenty to concentrate on without getting too fancy.
Given that the only difference in my SINGLE vs DUAL operator setup is the Futaba vs Taranis RX that gets plugged in to the gimbal controller, I'm optimistic that our next dual operator mission will have a nice level horizon (by NOT plugging anything into the gimbal's ROLL input).
Can anyone else confirm this horizon behaviour? |
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