GoPro FPV Pan Tilt fits Hero 3 or 4 and seperate FPV camera by keithluneau

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

This is my pan/tilt designed around the GoPro Hero 4 Black, should also fit the 4 Silver or the Hero 3 cameras. It has a mounting pad on top for a stand alone FPV camera, with holes matching the mounting pattern for full size cameras like the Swift/HS1177 style, and also micro cameras like the one I have pictured. The GoPro slides into the back of the mount and is held in by a velcro strap that fits around the lens. You can find these straps online for about a dollar. It was designed to fit a Emax ES08MA or MD servo for tilt, and uses a GWS S125-1T servo for 360º pan. It simply bolts onto a servo wheel which is then attached to the pan servo. The tilt axis screws are M3 size with a tapered head, so they can be adjusted where they just start making contact with the base to center things up and take out all slop, yet remain smooth with minimal friction. There are shallow recesses where the buttons slide in so they are not pressed or scraped up when sliding the camera into and out of the mount.
Here's some links to the velcro strap and Dubro pushrod that I used:
Strap - http://www.valuehobby.com/gopro-strap.html
Kwik Link - https://www.dubro.com/products/kwik-link-with-rod?variant=27880505607
I suggest making the z-bend using z-bend pliers to keep it tight and square, as there's not a lot of extra room around the pushrod when it drops down into the cutout, when tilting the camera up. Make the rod so it can be adjusted where the holes at either end are about 35mm apart center to center.
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