Gyro stabilized GoPro on the Monster

[dark_duc]

For Christmas I treated myself to a Terot T-2D Gimbal for the Hero 3 that is normally used on quad copters.  The gimbal provides 2 axis stabilization under very rigorous conditions providing ultra smooth video.  I decided to see how it would do on the Monster.  I am pretty happy with the results although I fought some issues with the Gimbal shutting down due to excessive lean angles and too much speed would give it fits trying to stabilize.  I had to take it easy to prevent this but still got some very smooth video...some of the smoothest I have seen on a motorcycle mounted camera.  I even mounted it to my helmet mid video.  Don't forget to watch in 1080  

[seevtsaab]

Very smooth, easy to watch!
On a related note, I'm glad I stiffened the springs on my 620.
You wouldn't have a lot of travel available to navigate our crater strewn goat trails.

OK, after google-mapping your ride area, I guess I'm hating you....

Thanks for sharing!

[Speeddog]

Very cool, thanks for that vid!

Way better than the gimbal camera view of Rossi's ass from MotoGP.

[kopfjäger]

Very nice, but your bike sounds terrible. 

[roggie]

very smooth indeed... thanks for sharing

and also a location hater since i have to live with the endless flat grid-like roads in metro Detroit 

[red baron]

How is dead Indian road? Looks like a road trip is in my future. 

[dark_duc]

Thanks guys. 

Yes, I have to say I am very lucky to live in Southern Oregon.  Awesome roads and you can ride almost all year.  Oh, a dead Indian road is a blast in the summer, but garbage in the winter months due to the crushed rock they lay down at the higher elevations. 

[ab]

Please post up pic of camera mounted on bike.  This is a great post. A buddy and I have been trying to find any product for bike to do what you did.  Is the equipment stable? Any issues?  Any extra detail you can provide is greatly appreciated.  I got to research the cost of this gyro next.

[dark_duc]

ab, I learned a ton from this (watch the end of the video to show what they used):



Although, I didn't care for the way they secured the gimbal to the suction cup mount.  I came up with a better solution using a flat adhesive mount and some longer hardware.  This allows for easier switching from left to right.  I have had others ask how I set it up so I will post up a video and pictures tomorrow showing the details.

[ab]

Thanks dark_duc.  I look forward to your post.  Plz include info about how long the battery life for the motor as well . Thanks again for sharing.

[GK]

Nice!

I've just ordered a GoPro3 for myself tonight. Looking forward to getting some riding footage myself.

GK

[red baron]

Throwing that K1600 like it's a toy.

[joshuajcrouch]

Nice job dark_duc!  Very impressive.  I live in Eugene and come down to the Grants Pass area quite regularly.

I also fly multirotors   Never thought about combining the two technologies...

[bob795]

 Nice video dark_duc ... as seevstsaab said, very smooth 
When mounted to your helmet, did it feel heavy?

[IZ]