mini dv remote heads custom made

[gatocrane]

Yes, I use the stanton joystick to do the move, and the encoders record it, then I switch to the maxon amps, and play the move back.



abad

[constantine]

After all its all clear to me now.

And you use the jog box for other moves like dolly ,boom,zoom, focus directly through the maxon amps.

I suppose you could put encoder to the focus motor gear and have focus motion control recording when at stantons, and playing back through maxons.

And also use the iris control same way with a little conversion for zooming.

With 4 encoders you can have pan tilt zoom focus.

Yes man I know I m too much some times.

Iam currently designing this device for steadicam.

Its bacicly a 360 degrees cradle that works with a stanton motor but its controled with a gyro and keeps horizon what ever you do.I had to design it fully balancable in 3 axis so can finf easily center of gravity with precision. Also the rest of the sled should be balanced for horizon and tilt center.

Then adding this device with camera load you balance the sled not bottom weight but in the center of gravity,so you can go from hihg to low mode with out changing the balance. The gyro will take care of the rest.I have managed to bring this device down to 4 kgr.

You can also travel above tables or other obstacles that it was inpossible before.

What do you think?

Have a nice weekend and thanks for your help.

Constantine

[gatocrane]

Wow! tell me more about this gyro. Is it like an RC gyro module?

Do you have a website?



Abad



P.S. This is the most i've talked to anyone about Motion control! Most people dont get it, LOL.....

[constantine]

I have a web site but Iam just about to change it at the moment and its only for aerial works, with zeppelin

advertising and aerial photo-videography.

My email is flexy65@germanosnet.gr

            info@flexy.co.gr

            www.flexy.co.gr.

The gyro I use yes its an r/c avcs gyro futaba and it works really well .It is a 2 component gyro , one sensor digital and little computer like module that you can adjust all kind of settings.

I have placed the sensor on the center of axis so that

its working either with wind interfierence or angle

error by hand, but it can be placed anywhere really.

I have made this little gyro head for my airship and made a gimbal for tilt and roll errors with 2 gyros

and this works very well keeping the complete head

alwaysin horizon evn in wind resistance or angle errors.

I made this for my airship but I used it by hand only to discover that its an exellent hand stabilizer.

And then I got the idea of making the gyro module for my steadicam, since I have found that the gyros do work well with motors.

The trick is where to put the gyro sensors.

But the signals they give to the motors are very good.

My only concern is if the stantons motor gear box will be fast enough to obbey the gyros signals when the roll errors are fast.I might have to look for a better

and faster solution for the gear motor .

But the prototype will be with this and I ll take it from there.

The roll cradle must also be no more than 4 kgr, and support cams around 10-14kgr.

This must be an add on any steadicam or other make , like pro, baer bel, but my only concern is that ,

the system must have a sled that must be able to

be balance at the lower section in horison.

You van do that with ultra moving the bats in out and pulling a few trick, and sachltler, but the system should really have a lower x,y stage as the ultimate.

However  I think it will work with most systems its just will take a liitle more time to balance.

You can view my gyro head  on the GADGETS  OF THIS SITE ON YOUR LEFT.

If you like sent me your email address so we can talk

directly better use flexy65@germanosnet.gr.

Take care

Constantine

[gatocrane]

I put the stanton motors on a worral......

[Pascal Jolink]

Hi Constatine,



You are aware that such a device for stabilizer systems is allready being developed? It's called The Alien. Invertor/esse is Lynn Nicholson, and the concept is allready patented aswell...

[constantine]

Of what I heard the allien is a complete system on its own and not made to fit as an add on any sled.

It also works differently.

As for the patent, well, the gyrostabilizers have been around for many years as well as the roll axis graddle.

Dont worry I only develope things for my selve anyway.

I have build a roll gradle for steadicam 5 years ago,but it wasnt fully balancable so the sled was coming out of balance everytime the camera rolled.

Dont rush to make conclussions you can achieeve the same goal in 100 different ways.

Thats why I never copied an arm design, as charles knows, I always design my own devices, thats all the charm about it.

Take care

Constantine