OpenTX Pan & Tilt Revisited

[@martr]

One of the most useful videos, anywhere, for a long time. Thanks.

[@MrD]

You’re welcome Mart. Thanks for watching.

[@KevinMeyerVideos]

Thanks Mr D, great video. Today I test wired up my head tracker I made (the no drift head tracker from rcgroups), my computer was getting all the data and calibration worked. Next step is to wire it up and get it into a nice enclosure on the goggles, get/print a pan tilt mount and connect the tracker and get the xmitter set up ( that is where this brilliant video helps). I have an FPV cam in the nose of my Ranger 2000 and am thinking about using a cam switcher with the mobius or runcam 4k on the pan and tilt mount so I can record decent video (I can switch the feed to the mobius and look around). Maybe a 3 cam switcher because I also really want to put a cam on the tail on the vert stabiliser for a cool looking forward view point showing the plane.

[@MrD]

Thanks Kevin. That sounds great. I’m at the same point as you with the ranger. A cam in the nose and HD on the top. But would also love a cam in the tail too 👍🏻

[@morrismay]

This is great, I would love a video also showing how to setup head tracking on the Googles. And a list of what hardware is needed. Great stuff! Thanks

[@MrD]

Thanks Morris. Unfortunately, with the FatSharks, it wouldn’t be much of a video and its basically plug in the module and cable. But I can make a video if people are interested.

[@M-H433]

Top job Darren,thanks again.

[@MrD]

Thanks Mark 👍🏻

[@dorelcodrutpatrasca2993]

Great video, as usual, thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@MrD]

Thanks Dorel

[@cristrigotti9933]

Amazing. Thank you.

[@MrD]

No problem 👍🏻

[@WarloxFPV]

Thank you! Any idea why setting the head tracker to an on off switch won’t work for me? I’ve used this video before and it worked but the current model I’m building continues to work regardless of the switch position on any switch.

[@MrD]

Thanks, I'm glad it's helpful. Check that the inputs are in the same order, and make sure the switch is there for off, and not being overwritten by another P&T position. They're the only things that may cause it problems.

[@ebikefe]

What would cause this mod not to work with a servo? I have tried this method on several servos (with specs suggesting they are 180 / 270 degree-capable) but the range of motion doesn't change; tried on a TX16s with extended limits checkbox checked.

[@Purusotaman]

Good Video...,can you help in creating a video with 360 servo for Pan using slider to pod...

[@MrD]

It depends if you're talking about a true 360 degree servo, that will continuously spin, or a servo that can just rotate to 360 degrees due to extended ranges. If it's the last one, it would be the same as the setup here. However a constant 360 degrees would need a lot more than just an OpenTX setup. It would likely need it's own controller and a way to keep track of the movements to enable centring, and a slip ring for data and power. The guys over at MudDart RC have just come up with an "infinity pan", which uses an arduino and SBUS control to have a constantly rotating camera. It may be worth checking out their channel. I believe they will be putting up a video about it.

[@Purusotaman]

@@MrD yes, I was talking about continuous 360 servo, Can't we use the programming function in Inav to control continuous spin. Also I will check theMudDart RC channel.... Thanks for the info...

[@MrD]

No, the programming in iNav could move it. But then so could regular ppm channels. If you don’t need it to return to centre, that’s fine. But if you do, you need some kind of controller and possibly sensor for the servo.

[@alanearl9354]

Hi Darren, Im in the process of setting this up with my TX16S (with thie INAVFWG model setup) along with my CRFS Nano. However, the nano only has 8 channels which are all used for switches in the model setup. Am I screwed or is there an alternative approach I could use to utilise the sliders?

[@MrD]

You can set your Crossfire receiver to use 12 channels. Just go into the receiver settings., and you can configure it in there. That would be on the Crossfire module its self, with the full, or via the Crossfire LUA script.

[@australianbugdetectiongrou4966]

@@MrD ah great, many thanks!

[@alanearl9354]

@@MrD Works well mate - thank you!

[@MrD]

You’re welcome.