GoPro Vibration Dampening using Moongels.

I have been messing with the quadcopter lately and since rebuilding it from the last crash, I decided to take more measures to eliminate or at least dampen some of the vibration I have been experiencing on the GoPro camera.  First I dynamically balanced all the props using a laser from the idea I found on flitetest.

This helped out however I was still getting more vibration then I would like.  I recently heard an idea on thecrashcast podcast where people were using Moongels to dampen vibrations.  Moongels are a product marketed towards drummers who want to eliminate some of the excess ringing on their drums.  I decided to give this idea a try.

I must confess,  I lied took the cheap way out as I didn't use use actual moongels, but rather used those sticky toy things you often find at grocery stores in the front where they have all the candy/toy dispensors for kids.  As I understand it, this is the same material used in moongels.

Here is how I did the assembly.  Meet Roswell,  Roswell is going to sacrifice himself for the better of FPV video everywhere...

 The next thing I did was to make a separate plate to hold the gopro mount itself, I then sandwiched the pieces of the toy between the new plate and the plate on the quad.  I also noticed the buckle for the go-pro had more play in it then I would like, so I used some small pieces of electrical tape to make it fit tighter...

Here is the finished result ready to fly!

Lastly, the results.  I made this before and after video to illustrate the difference.  I feel this improved things greatly,  see for youself...

Comments

[Kees]

Muts beter , i will try the same, Tnx

[PeterC]

Hey, great post.
I'm gonna try this out.
Cheers from New Zealand

[Luka]

Gret idea, mey be using a rope or rubber band insted of the screws would help even more.