Universal camera/gimbal

cabinfourus · Oct 26, 2023

For a few years now, I have been fussing about drone companies not giving us room to upgrade the camera/gimbal systems. It always feels as if my words are received by deaf ears when talking with some of the engineers working for DJI or Holy Stone.
I wanted to share this link to see if anyone has tried this setup. I am thinking of getting one of these and wanted some input. I plan on using it with my Typhoon H and H Plus drones.

SIYI A8 Mini 8MP 4K 6X Zoom Gimbal Camera for Drone Car Identification &Tracking | eBay

Effective pixels: 8MP. - Lens: 6X digital zoom. - Photo mode: Single shot. Usually it costs about 30USD-50USD. - Photo file format: JPG. - Supported file system: FAT32 (currently only FAT32 is supported. ).

www.ebay.com

IronSky1 · Oct 27, 2023

If users are interested in using this gimbal I can design and make adaptors for H series and other drones.

cabinfourus · Oct 28, 2023

IronSky1 said:
If users are interested in using this gimbal I can design and make adaptors for H series and other drones.

Yuneecs cooling fan for the wifi module in the CGO3+ is junk. Does anyone know if there is an upgraded fan for these? This is why I am thinking of trying the other camera mentioned here.

IronSky1 · Oct 28, 2023

Get the id of fan dia power rev specs and you should be able to easily find one on line. I have done many times. Take a pic of the label and post

h-elsner · Oct 28, 2023

I have never seen a problem with the fan but many, many other problems with CGO3(+). How did you made this?

cabinfourus · Nov 1, 2023

h-elsner said:
I have never seen a problem with the fan but many, many other problems with CGO3(+). How did you made this?

The wifi card stopped working and when I changed it out, I found the fan was in pieces. I have a lot of these gimbal/cameras that I need to repair but haven't had much time to do it. I agree the cgo3+ has a lot of issues and is the reason I want to move away from it. I think I have 9 or 10 of these things.