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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Letus Gimbal

This is turning out to be the Gimbal everyone else will look at for future upgrades. :)
 
hienle said:
Elizabeth, happy? Added couple of 1/4-20 on the frames too (one on each side).

I will blame the continuing weight gain of the Helix solely on the RU's
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hienle said:
Thanks Ketch.

As for the power, I am making a similar box as the one on the camera side, but this one will only have 2 2pin Lemo's instead. It will be mount upside down, symmetrical with the original box. The power cable is more than capable of spitting to this box. Total, it will give you 3 power outputs on camera side. Should be enough for camera, Remote FF, and one more thing. Beyond that, you are on your own. LOL
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To answer your first question . . . HAPPY!

Looks terrific, and I accept my full share of blame for Helix weight gain, but it's LEAN MASS, baby.:-) Plus, with all those great new power ports, we are going to save battery weight on accessories, so final numbers may actually end up better for some setups.

Thank you, Hien, for listening and continuing to make an already great design even better!
 
The first batch (Scheduled to be delivered end may / begin june), is already gone. But you can pre-order at Letusdirect.com
 
Elizabeth Lowrey said:
To answer your first question . . . HAPPY!

Looks terrific, and I accept my full share of blame for Helix weight gain, but it's LEAN MASS, baby.:-) Plus, with all those great new power ports, we are going to save battery weight on accessories, so final numbers may actually end up better for some setups.

Thank you, Hien, for listening and continuing to make an already great design even better!
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Yes I´m happy with that solution too. Thank you Elizabeth and all the others here to work on all these improvements. I must say I lost the overview a bit, but it looks very good until now.
One big question to hienle: working with the 4 axis, is it possible to activate some of the axis in a customized manner? To explain it better: I would like to see it mounted on a steadicam sled and have only the horizon and the tilt stabilized, and the pan axis would still be done with the sled, or body turn.
 
Terry VerHaar said:
Ned - the whole system is modular so the amount you choose to "shell out" is completely up to you. Some folks just want the one axis system to put on the sled of a steadicam for horizon stabilization. Meanwhile, you can use the 3-axis system without support for some shots as it only weighs 5 pounds, no 4th axis needed. Finally, you can choose to shoot very long, very active shots with the stabilization and support provided by putting the 4th axis frame on to the pin of a steadicam arm. Or the 4th axis frame can act as a handle for overhead shots or to help in mounting to a crane platform. No one setup is best for all shots, hence you can purchase what you want, when you need/want it.

As for the "standard kit," you can think of it as all 4 axes for the full amount (around $4900, I think). Or, you can choose the 1, 2, or 3 axis models as a way to buy into the system in smaller increments; buying the additional axes as you need them. The group buy structure allows you to choose.
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Cool. Sounds good.
 
price looks very fair.
 
Abiodun Shote said:
... and what price is it?
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What we know so far is that the 3 axis setup will be a bit less than $4K. And, the 4th axis add-on will come in around $900.

The REDuser group buy is closed and, according to their web site, the first batch to the public is also allocated. Exciting times around here. :smiley:
 
Although the price is good, this is an expensive product. I hope that all of the time necessary to delivery a super stable product is used. I don't want to buy this thing twice! Good to see some thoughts going in to battery mounting. I suspect that most of the time I would prefer that the battery is on the gimbal so that I'm no tethered to it.
 
Scott Pultz said:
Although the price is good, this is an expensive product. I hope that all of the time necessary to delivery a super stable product is used. I don't want to buy this thing twice! Good to see some thoughts going in to battery mounting. I suspect that most of the time I would prefer that the battery is on the gimbal so that I'm no tethered to it.
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Originally we said deliver time is around May 20-25, but we have made quite a bit of changes to meet RU's requirements. We will try to be as close to those dates as possible, but I agree with Scott, we will take our time to make it right, not rushing it.

As for the battery, we are designing one, and our requirement is it must be elegant, not breaking the cleanliness of the the Helix, around same power output as a 90Wh of the Dionic Anton that has a short lemo at the end to tap into the system. I agree with Elizabeth that if we have enough power for the camera, it might end up saving weight because it powers everything.
 
hienle said:
Originally we said deliver time is around May 20-25, but we have made quite a bit of changes to meet RU's requirements. We will try to be as close to those dates as possible, but I agree with Scott, we will take our time to make it right, not rushing it.

As for the battery, we are designing one, and our requirement is it must be elegant, not breaking the cleanliness of the the Helix, around same power output as a 90Wh of the Dionic Anton that has a short lemo at the end to tap into the system. I agree with Elizabeth that if we have enough power for the camera, it might end up saving weight because it powers everything.
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If you have to Hien, I'd rather you spent an extra couple of weeks getting it just right before shipping.
 
Hien, get it right before shipping. I loved this a gimbal at NAB and everything that you've done to enhance it since. If you can get the mounting and battery issues even more elegant before shipping I am all for waiting.
 
I have seen other gimbals that have gps compensation. The Lexus does not have this correct? What do we lose by not having it?
 
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