RCExplorer Tricopter V3 Tarot T-2D Gimbal Mount by carrera0to60

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This is a simple and effective way to mount a Tarot gimbal on your RCExplorer Tricopter. There is no cutting or drilling of either the tricopter or the gimbal. Everything can be put back the way it was. Since the gimbal is mounted to the isolated "clean plate" the rubber bobbins from the gimbal are no longer needed. To reduce the possibility of gimbal induced vibration due to the clean plate almost being too flexible, I used a single earplug wedged between the gimbal mount and the front spacer on the tricopter. This acts as a shock absorber and keeps everything stable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3V3m_GlXY
UPDATE Version 1.2 (probably final) I moved the gimbal control board to the front of the mount to alleviate the problem of the wires not being quite long enough. With the roll motor pushed into the mount to where the back of the motor is flush with the back of the mount; the roll arm just clears the gimbal control board.
Version 1.1 is now up which includes an integrated gimbal control module mount and a thicker bottom strap. The "mount controller" is no longer need but I left the files in case someone can use it. I also upload the reverse side of the mount controller. The only issue I see with this version is the wire that runs from the IMU to the controller board is a touch too short. It will work for everything except pointing the camera straight down. I am probably going to tweak the design further to try and gain a little more slack.