George Grammatikos Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Hi Guys ,i have a v2 gimbal and when i pan my rig 180 i am little out of balance ,prodably my gimbal is not center (4 years old),can i fix it here or i must send it to mk-v?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Pavelic Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Hi, Can you be more specific please, how do you mean "I'm out of balance"? Do you mean the whole rig is out of balance when you have massive pan? Well this can be cause of common incorrect dynamic balance setting (monitor/battery distance from centerpost CG with interaction of camera CG). The gimbal by itself can't be off the center,it may be dirty or weared out.. Take care, Josip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Anders Holck Petersen Posted June 1, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 The gimbal by itself can't be off the center It can actually...That is what makes a great gimbal hard to design. All axis need to collide at the same point, and the Pan bearing neends to rotate around the exact centerpoint of the post. Also in the long run, everything needs to stay in place. Imaging how a gimbal like this would perform. First imagine you are trimmed and then pan 90° and let it rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Pavelic Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Hi Anders, Did you mean by that the gimbal can be off the center something like it is possible to produce poorly centered/precision gimbal, or that the first rate gimbal like MK-V gimbal is theoretically prone to go off the axis with some time of heavy use or something? Yes, the distorted axis gimbal presented by your drawing would be definetly the worst nightmare for any operator do deal with, I guess even with minimal deviations.. Josip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Tan Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I just adjusted mine. It can pretty easy to adjust depending on which axis is off. Here is a diagram if it's the x-axis, it's a very simple adjustment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Iain Baird Posted November 4, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 As far as I can tell what you have described here will do nothing to change the x-axis. I own a V2 gimbal and those two bolts are for adjusting the play in the yoke bearing. The x-axis is determined by how perfectly the ring is centered in between the yoke arms, not by the extension of the yoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Tan Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 In my experience, play in the yoke bearing is often the source of misalignment along the x-axis. On my gimbal the tolerance is so tight on the yoke arms that there's no possibility or need for adjustment there. I don't know whether the yoke bearing was designed to be asymmetrical (probably not) or if it's just the result of wear and tear but it does work for me, because even a few thousands of a mm at that location has a dramatic effect. It's possible this is specific to my gimbal, but it's a simple thing to try if anyone is having issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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