{"id":501,"date":"2014-04-13T08:01:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T07:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/?p=501"},"modified":"2014-04-13T08:10:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T07:10:02","slug":"cheap-ebay-brushless-gimbals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/cheap-ebay-brushless-gimbals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap eBay brushless gimbals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s really exciting how much the prices have dropped on brushless gimbal lately, and there are swarming with 70$ gimbals for gopro on ebay. I&#8217;ve seen some videos around youtube about their performance and it seems pretty good!<\/p>\n<p>So I got around and ordered me one for testing, turns out it worked fine out of the box:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w02Sgota3Vo?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great! I sold that gimbal to a friend and ordred me a new one, why not? They are working out of the box. Only mount your gopro camera onto it and power it on! So I thought.<\/p>\n<p>My second gimbal arrived in a different box, and after closer inspection it has a different layout on the PCB, it also has a micro usb instead of a mini usb. So what, I mounted my gopro and powered it up. Heres my results:<\/p>\n<p>Listen closely, can you hear that cracking noise?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOGEoiyYLrk?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After several rounds of testing, I still get the same results. So I contacted my eBay seller and complained about it. Long story short, he is now sending me a new controller board. He also provided me with some manuals written in chinglish. They might come in handy, especially if you also are having trouble with one of these gimbals:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/22uv98zkoq5x7kq\/China%20Gimbal.rar\" target=\"_blank\">Dropbox link for manuals.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s really exciting how much the prices have dropped on brushless gimbal lately, and there are swarming with 70$ gimbals for gopro on ebay. I&#8217;ve seen some videos around youtube about their performance and it seems pretty good! 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