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📸Cameras & Camera Software => Camera General Discussion => Topic started by: ur2slo on October 27, 2007, 05:40:56 AM

Title: Ninja! should be called Ninja turtle
Post by: ur2slo on October 27, 2007, 05:40:56 AM
I have a Ninja cam in front of my house, I noticed someone in my front yard so I tried to follow the person and the camera could not pan fast enough.  The person was only walking at a regular pace, not fast and they were about 30 ft. away.  Is there a mod that I can do to speed up the speed of the panning rate like with a different size gear or such?
Title: Re: Ninja! should be called Ninja turtle
Post by: Tuicemen on October 27, 2007, 04:49:52 PM
  Is there a mod that I can do to speed up the speed of the panning rate like with a different size gear or such?
This question has been asked many times before!
If you do an advanced search you'll find all the posts!  key words: "Ninja speed";)
although no one has stated they were successful in modifying a ninja it doesn't mean it isn't possible!
here is one post where replacing the discs were discused 
Topic: Any way to speed-up Ninja Pan?  (Read 4346 times)    (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=6042.0)
Title: Re: Ninja! should be called Ninja turtle
Post by: HA Dave on October 27, 2007, 07:15:51 PM
Just thinking out-loud here..... could a ninja be mounted on a ninja.... which would double it's speed?

Or maybe mount the ninja on a rotating mount (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6958266).
Title: Re: Ninja! should be called Ninja turtle
Post by: zach1234 on November 22, 2007, 03:07:31 AM
Just thinking out-loud here..... could a ninja be mounted on a ninja.... which would double it's speed?

Or maybe mount the ninja on a rotating mount (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6958266).


Like the way you think. How do you think that will help.
Title: Re: Ninja! should be called Ninja turtle
Post by: Brian H on November 22, 2007, 06:15:14 AM
Rotating a Ninja on a second Ninja would most likely overload the plastic gears we see stripping all the time. Camera Mounting Plate isn't made to hold the weight of a whole second Ninja Base. The rotating mount looks nice though.
Title: Re: Ninja! should be called Ninja turtle
Post by: enauman on August 30, 2008, 07:49:53 PM
The motors in the Ninja are Realby 24BYJ48 which are steppers.  Increasing the voltage isn't going to help.  The speed is governed by the uC which has only 2 ways to increase the speed that I know of.  One is to re-write the software and the other is to increase the clock speed.