using a mirrorless/compact system camera on the Solo - anyone tried it?

[jbh1126]

I've got my gimbal finally and have been massively enjoying shooting anything and everything, but of course my mind goes to "what's next?".

Given the power and flight-time of the gopro equipped Solo, I'm pretty sure this platform could pretty easily support a larger camera. Has anyone tested this at all? Is it possible to mount a larger, non-3DR gimbal?

thanks

 

[Darksoulz]

no and yes , i did try to install 3 gopros on my solo -no gimbal- just because i can and it did fly but it had a noticeable flight time decrease - probably not more than 10 mins , the added wait of a compact-mirrorless camera + gimbal will make a difference and the quality of video -fps- won't be the same (depending on your camera of course

 

[regularguyto]

I could be wrong, but before purchasing 3DR Solo, one of the thing I read in their marketing was it is supposed to be an open source, meaning 3DR alllows third party companies to develop accessories for it. By this understanding, I hope that someone would develop more powerful motors, props and/or battery to carry heavier loads such as DSLR camera and gimbal. I have Panasonic GH4, I only hope this will happen in the future.

 

[Earldgrayjr]

I could be wrong, but before purchasing 3DR Solo, one of the thing I read in their marketing was it is supposed to be an open source, meaning 3DR alllows third party companies to develop accessories for it. By this understanding, I hope that someone would develop more powerful motors, props and/or battery to carry heavier loads such as DSLR camera and gimbal. I have Panasonic GH4, I only hope this will happen in the future.

It is based on the PixHawk2 and a lot of other open source. Bigger motors would actually (programming wise) be excedeny simple As would larger/more batteries. The harder part would be coming up with the physical designs, though I personally know if at least one person that is working now on extended batteries.

 

[R3AP37]

Our team is working on a stamina kit for the solo, underslung secondary battery and bigger motors, could work well with a bigger gimbal

 

[jbh1126]

Our team is working on a stamina kit for the solo, underslung secondary battery and bigger motors, could work well with a bigger gimbal

Very interesting. Where can I follow along with your progress?

 

[R3AP37]

Very interesting. Where can I follow along with your progress?

At the minute we are playing catch up with the paperwork, as we have 5 engineers, 5 solos and a boat load of ideas being randomly tested on each.

When we finally get everything amalgamated it will be held on my site over at www.noble-view.co.uk

 

[dougsymington]

I've played around with a canon vixia mini x which I've duct taped to the underside of my solo. Admittedly crude, and subject to magnetic interference errors--the metal of the camera back has to be away from the solo, but it was a good test of the payload capacity of solo and I'll likely play with other configurations over time.