DJI O3 & Avatar HD Camera Gimbal - HEQ G-Port

Heq G-Port DJI O3 and Avatar HD Gimbal for FPV and Drone, DJI Digital FPV, CaddX Vista and HDZero.
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[@erictidmore8047]

About time someone developed a gimbal

[@JohnCuppi]

This would have been amazing to have 8 years ago or so when DJI naza-M builds and eBay gimbals rigged to GoPro hero 4 & 3 cameras were a thing.

[@MadRC]

100%. Those of us who have been around long enough would have died for this in those days.

[@dr0n3droid]

12yrs? Time flies(pun intended)

[@JohnCuppi]

@@dr0n3droid It's been that long since the first naza-m components... wow. I had my first hexacopter with that dji kit on it back in 2016, still got a video of it up too under 'Spirodash F560.'

[@JohnCuppi]

@@MadRC Yes, this is literally a dream come true (O3 + and this gimbal) for every cheap RCGroup 'build your own camera drone' thread from that era. Stellar video link + camera + gimbal all in one...

[@moriwaky]

all of you remember that the first decent gimbals where made with servos? then came off Alexmoss with the brushless gimbals... we were happy and we don´t know it. golden age.

[@TomeiFPV]

Omg can’t believe you got it first I talked to them as soon as I saw the ad and they sent me a few to review but it’s still with their forwarding shipping company lol

[@HEQUAV]

Thank you for your love for G-port gimbal ! Beautiful view! Our weight does not include the weight of the cable, which is 67g. We will continue to make progress😏

[@gprov590]

Maybe they could make the neck of the camera mount hinged, that can be angled. This way the camera can be mounted forward, upward or downward. Although it'll be a bit heavier because of the nut and bolt addition.

[@TheCatFather01]

Fantastic product, a bit expensive tough. Amazing review, thank you!🙏🏽

[@GiovanniEsposito5]

Interesting find Ian! A test flight in fpv mode and all axis locked would have been nice, to see how good the motors are to keep the camera locked in fast dynamic flight...

[@MadRC]

The FPV mode landed Sunday and it was raining. I did not want to wait on the video but added in the mode option. I will cover it in a future video separately.

[@DigitalCruzer]

finally, been waiting for years for something smaller and lighter, i think they should have put the board behind the camera to mount in a 7inch frame with the camera out the front, more like what is on top a handheld gimbal, but now i want to build a 10 inch with this, lol, like i will ever use it.... my 7 inch never gets used as it is

[@le_tranq]

Good call, I thought the same, forward mount makes sense.

[@zero1zero184]

What a nice little gimbal. Shame they didn't use a slip-ring for unlimited yaw. For us old school guys, the apparent complete lack of horizon drift is fantastic ( the bugbear of gimbal tuning ). Wonder how an ND filter would upset the balance, if the motors could handle it or if the manufacturers would offer some sort of counterweight to enable their use? During hard yawing , the picture quality seemed much better without rock steady. Great review.

[@mlentsch]

This is perfect for my fixed wing (skyhunter) kit that I've had laying around for years... I wonder if it's possible to flip the pitch axis, somehow...

[@jumaiproduction]

Excited to try this out on my fpv rc cars but I haven't seen someone yet able to trigger arm in FC in fpv rc car. Im currently using arduino to trigger arm to attain full signal power.

[@Constancegrace001]

Got mine ordered. Great video as always. It’s going in a crawler with head tracking should be a great way to drive around in the cockpit.

[@gadgestlab]

I am also wanting to do this for my Arrma Kraton. Do I need anything else besides an O3 air unit and DJI Googles? Will head tracking work or do I also need to hook up a flight controller?

[@TheCatFather01]

​@@gadgestlaba flight controller is a must with o3, unfortunatelly

[@sUASNews]

That was what I was wondering about as a use case but I wonder if it would be upto it strength wize

[@bilbs87]

​@@gadgestlab check out Chadd Rains FPV. he's selling a board with the specific use of arming the o3 unit for use in fpv cars

[@jumaiproduction]

Another challenge is how to trigger full signal power in O3 using an FC. I have setup o3 unit in my arrma fireteam but using arduino to trigger arm.

[@lagezon5270]

a ghetto dual operator setup on something like the Straw Hat frames could be fun. Smoothing on the manual input would be nice then.

[@dave.h]

Beautiful! Would work well on RC rovers 😂

[@DriftaholiC]

I think this would be super fun with head tracking on top of an fpv quad. I think being able to see the quad around your view would help with orientation. Really a shame that the head tracking in the goggles 2 and up isn't available to betaflight.

[@jbaked2585]

Does it make the dji03 transmit at full power, or stuck in low power mode?

[@Binkoro]

Could mounting the main FPV camera on this gimbal in FPV mode on a standard quad be a solution to issues with vibration and jello?

[@360PictureUK]

Really interesting little gimbal. Would it be possible to build a drone using this and the o3 unit to be controlled by a DJI RC controller?

[@MadRC]

It is possible from the DJI remote however you would have to split the Sbus output.

[@poppianejo3856]

Is there a way to set up head tracking mode with the gimbal fully articulating, not the FVP mode…ie the gimbal would move completely free of the direction of the aircraft, lack of a better example. Apache helicopter gunner tracking a target, while the pilot does what’s needed to fly the aircraft. Sorry if this isn’t clear.

[@unRealityFPV]

Nice

[@typxxilps]

149$ looks really affordable compared to other systems ! Time to build a new plane I guess if you want to have a show case.

[@gregdavidd]

Make it two axis and a lot lighter and FPV pilots would be more interested.

[@nateteator3901]

Much lighter and one axis moving the camera up and down would be perfect

[@kirkjensen1718]

can the caddx HD version work with the DJI original version Caddx air unit?

[@testpilotian3188]

Looks like you’d have to replace the camera cable, but other than that, nothing stopping you I guess…

[@terminsane]

Yeah if we can flash it & re-cable for use with whatever system we want, I might get one... I really want a gimbal

[@MadRC]

Actually yes it should. This is something I missed mentioning.

[@kirkjensen1718]

@@testpilotian3188 Thats the point.... i think the 'new' Caddx cable is the same as the 'original' caddx air unit lite. cable (?)

[@testpilotian3188]

@@kirkjensen1718 I didn’t think they were, but might be wrong on that, if they are that’s great though.

[@genutek6167]

Avevo Giusto intenzione di prenderlo per il mio 7 pollici fpv

[@peteypufffpv659]

seems like a lot of jello even with gyroflow

[@MadRC]

It will happen in bright days if you push it. It’s still going to need ND filters

[@Zollt76]

wops .. why u hade to do this to me :) just hapend to click on buy the button . :( have to wake up my old bigger quads now

[@testpilotian3188]

Big question is, can you flip it, because that’s only going to last one flight if you have to mount it on the underside of the plane.

[@MadRC]

You can use it upside down

[@djhex]

Sorry the answer to this question seems vague. Can you confirm this gimbal can be used on the top of a drone? A mirror image, base attached to the drone, where the gimbal can now look straight up, but would have a hard time with looking down as it's restricted. I kinda feel like it's a flaw it can't look straight up and straight down. I was thinking adding this to a 7"..... but placement and the fact the up tilt is crappy, if reversed and put on top you could never use it to look down. Have 2 operators, without massive dslr 12s 8 bladed machines lol.

[@MadRC]

@@djhex I explained it pretty clearly in the video. Yes you can use it inverted and there is an option in the software for that. However yes there is a physical limitation on the Pitch movement and as such you will have limited downward movement in the inverted mode.

[@onclefly8450]

If you intall on RC car no good

[@boccatxrx5023]

interesting for FPV cars. shame it's software interface isn't mac compatible