![]() ![]() Overall it is a great camera for the price. It's not as good as a GoPro Hero 4 Black, but it is 1/5th of the price and I wasn't very nervous sending it flying through the air attached to my Phantom. I did like the Xiaomi Yi camera though, but it doesn't fit in the Zenmuse gimbals designed for GoPros (GoPro is mini USB out, Yi is micro plus the Yi is a different size physically). I'm not sure if that was because I was not powering the camera and running on its own battery or if the DJI iOSD mini was stripping that information out of the transmission. The only issue I had was that the camera stats (microSD card, battery level, recording status, etc.) were not displayed on the FPV view. ![]() I was using this cable: įPV worked well (when wifi was off and after I turned it on in the app) and transmitted okay. ![]() Prior to sending it back, I connected a whole FPV setup as well. Overall, I think these are junk and sent them back. This means that you will run into the stop and the gimbal gets very jumpy if you move the dial too far in either direction, which is very easy to do and then the gimbal gets confused and takes a few minutes to recover (sometimes it doesn't recover). Finally, I had it connected to my Naza controller so I was able to tilt with the controller dial, but it does not hold position when you let go of the dial-you have to hold the dial and it allows too much travel. The gimbal also went crazy when my transmitter was off, in addition, it had a hard time holding a steady position. Stabilized using Deshaker v3.1 plugin for Vi. Despite my efforts, I was not able to upgrade the firmware. Xiaomi Yi: FW 1.2.13, 10 4.35mm lens, 1296p, all defaults but bitrate set by autoexec.ash script to match Git2. The one that did, had some firmware version on it that wouldn't allow me to adjust the settings and kept complaining about something (that I can't recall). They were incredibly unreliable, only one would connect to the Basecam SimpleBCG GUI software. I went through two cheap Chinese gimbals before giving up. Open up the Phantom 2 to attach the pitch control cable from the Naza to the 2D gimbal. I plan to post a brief video later this month.įiddle with the 2D gimbal settings via SimpleBGC GUI v2.2. Overall, as a survey/surveillance video platform, it works well. I have not yet changed any gimbal values via the SimpleBGC program. (I start flying with a full battery charge, or 4 Green bars, and land when the second bar starts flashing, or one-and-one-half Green bars.) There is occasional gimbal "wobble" in the 1080p video. The flight time is reduced from 20+ minutes in the clean configuration to just under 15 minutes. The sluggish response is more noticeable under windy conditions. The extra bulk of the gimbal/battery/camera results in a bit of sluggish response compared to the clean Phantom 2 configuration. I used rubber bands to attach the Xiaomi Yi Action Camera to the 2D gimbal. I used velcro to attach the gimbal battery to the underside of the Phantom 2 as depicted below. I am slightly overweight, as DJI rates the Phantom 2 max takeoff weight at <1300g. Turnigy 1000 mAh, 20C 30C, 3S, 11.1v LiPO battery (used to power 2D gimbal) ![]()
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