Motor Rails Of The Uav; Actively Stabilized Camera Mount (Gimbal) - Intel Falcon 8+ User Manual

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Figure 2-4. Central Unit side view, left side without gimbal (camera mount)
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Motor Rails of the UAV

The following figure shows the front part of the left motor rail.
Figure 2-5. Motor rails and equipment
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Hazardous moving parts, keep fingers and other body parts away.
The motor rails are connected by a carbon cross which consists of four carbon tubes
connected by a center cross piece. 
The antenna cabling is found inside the tubes of the carbon cross.
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Actively Stabilized Camera Mount (gimbal)

The following figure describes the units of the gimbal.
Figure 2-6. Units of the gimbal
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Side view (left):
(1) LED position light (red when UAV is running),
same on the right side (green when UAV is
running)
(2) Vibration dampers
(3) Cable tube, which contains, e.g., the cabling of
the antennas.
The motor rails and the related elements consist of:
(1) Propellers, mounted directly on the motors
(2) Brushless motors, mounted directly onto the
mounts
(3) Motor mount
(4) Carbon fiber tube
(5) Connector between carbon cross and motor rails
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(6) Landing foot, in the shown cutout (top view:
landing foot front, left) there is the video link
antenna integrated (see also figure
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Each motor rail consists of four brushless motor
controllers seated within the carbon tube.
The actively stabilized camera mount consists of:
(1) Circuitry for controlling the camera
(2) Payload (e. g. Sony Alpha 7R)
(3) Pitch servo
(4) Carbon fiber structure
(5) Knurled securing nut for the actively stabilized
camera mount
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(6) Payload adapter (see below for details)
The payload adapter is the connection between
the camera mount and the central unit of the
UAV. It is movable mounted on the rod of the
camera mount and connected to this by a cable.
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