3D Robotics X8 Tarot gimbal User Manual

QUAD/Y6/X8 TAROT GIMBAL

Tarot brushless gimbal with
QUAD/Y6/X8 mounting plate

Three spacers

Three mounting screws

1 Attach camera

Your Tarot gimbal is compatible with a GoPro HERO3, available from store.3dr.com.

Important note: Make sure that the WiFi on your GoPro is

!

turned OFF at all times when in use with your aircraft.

Remove the two screws securing the blue face plate.

1

Remove the plate, and loosen the set screw.

loosen

remove

Slide camera into housing with the lens nearest

2

the top-right corner.

remove

face plate

Place the blue face plate over the camera, and secure

3

from the back with the two original screws.

Add face plate.

2 Connect

tighten

Locate the black and white two-wire cables protruding from the bottom of your copter and
from the top of the gimbal. Connect the cables together by attaching the black connectors.

3 Power

Connect the gimbal power cable with the red, JST connector to the matching red,
JST connector on the copter.