Ricardo Franco

13 hours ago, jonpais said:

AFAIK, there is not a single report of a burnt out motor on the Crane.

jonpais thanks for the feedback . I'm just concerned that not having the gimbal balanced might put too much stress on them , as I have previously read . 

I think that if the gimbal is not balanced but has a lot of weight there will be too much stress on the motors, but if the gimbal has nearly no weight , being unbalanced should not be such a big issue . Does this make any sense ?

Just now, jonpais said:

You don't get the Crane for smartphones or GoPro. You buy a gimbal made for smartphones or GoPro. Impossible to balance. And much more expensive than a lightweight stabilizer made for phones. Why would anyone want to carry around such a large device for a tiny smartphone?

Well, the initial idea wasn't to use it for that purpose but since I'm pretty much traveling around all the time lately I find the use of my main camera unpratical for quick videos on the street and I often find myself wanting to use my phone / gopro more .

Yes it is impossible to balance but since the weight is marginal I am wondering if that is a problem . I see videos of some other people using the Zhiyun Crane with a tripod adapter for their phones (same I am currently doing). My only concern is if this will put an heavy stress on the motors , I don't see why it should since the phone is like 100 grams only .

Any issues with using this with a phone or Gopro ?

It it impossible to balance with such lightweight, I am wondering if that will put any stress on the motors .

Anyone ?

Has anyone ever tried using a phone with their Crane ?

Hey guys, 

Just bought a Zhiyun crane here in HK but wanted to use it with my phone with a tripod adapter, however it doesn't seem to balance no matter how hard I try .

Does anyone know if it's a problem using it like this ? The phone doesn't weight much, will it still put too much stress on the motors ?

The problem seems to be the phone doesn't have enough weight even when I try to set the encoders to the maximum positions ...