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The Hurricane Wheels are a family of remote control products aimed at the professional cinematographer. There are numerous remote controlled camera gimbal systems on the market, with the Zerouav Z Series, Freefly Mövi and the DJI gimbal probably being the most common.

Almost all of these gimbal systems, even the ones targeting the professional market, lack professional quality remote control solutions.

Professional Remote Control Solutions

That’s where the Hurricane Wheels step in. We provide several solutions for remote gimbal control. Our systems are compatible to almost all gimbal systems on the market and we work closely with manufacturers, distributors and cinematographers to achieve the highest level of quality and support at a yet unmatched price point.

Made in Germany

All of our products are developed with our more than 20 years background in the film industry. We only use industry standard, high quality components and all of our products are developed, built and tested in Germany by a highly trained staff.

Unmatched customer support

For us, when you buy a Hurricane Wheels product, it is the beginning of a long term business relationship. We believe that you deserve the best support that we can possibly give you and will try to support you in any way possible.

You need a custom firmware, we make it for you, often at no extra cost. You have a problem setting up your system, we talk you through via phone, Skype or mail.

Our 24 months warranty covers pretty much everything apart from mechanical damage (dropped/crashed units). We carry a large inventory of spare parts, so usually repairs can be done quickly.

The system components

The Hurricane Wheels family of products has evolved from a simple USB interface to control a virtual camera to a full featured remote control solution for stabilized camera gimbal systems.

We have a modular product line, the Hurricane Wheels Brushless Gimbal Interface Mk1 and a all-in-one solution, providing an compact design and integrated RC transmitter, the Hurricane Wheels Brushless gimbal interface Mk2.

In addition, we also have a Joystick as well as a dedicated RC-transmitter for the MK1. Of course the original USB interface is still available as well as our one-of-a-kind Gear head Simulator Software.

Hurricane Wheels Brushless Gimbal Interface MK2

After creating the Hurricane Wheels Brushless Gimbal Interface (BGRCI), we received a lot of constructive feedback and suggestions from our customers.

One main concern was to make the setup process easier. With the BGRCI MK1, it was sometimes a matter of trial and error to interface it to the existing RC transmitter. Although we found solutions to make our products work with basically any RC transmitter out there, we felt that this was to be improved.

So we did, what we initially did not want to do: we integrated a transmitter module into our system. This led to a complete new design, which is a bit larger than before and certainly not as flexible, but with the great advantage a perfect match between wheel interface and transmitter.

Heavy Duty aluminum housing

We created a heavy duty aluminum housing with mounting holes for 1/4″-20 studs and plates, allowing to mount monitors, video links etc directly on the interface box. We also provide a cheeseplate if you need even more flexible mounting options.

Integrated Power Distribution

In order to reduce the cabling, we integrated a power distribution into the Hurricane Wheels Brushless Gimbal Interface Mk2, allowing to power devices from commonly available XLR4 jacks (9-36 V, same as input voltage) as well as a 5 V (1.5 A) USB output

The heavy duty input voltage converter takes from 9-36 V allowing the use of professional V-Mount or Anton Bauer batteries, as well as 3 or 4 s LiPos, car batteries, camera batteries or 12 V wall warts.

Integrated transmitter – ready to bind

The integrated transmitter module binds to any Zerouav Z series Gimbal, DJI Ronin or Gremsy gimbal, as well as Freefly Mövi M5/10/15 equipped with an optionally available Futaba or FrSky S-Bus Receiver. We only use genuine parts, granting you the power and performance of an experienced RC manufacturer.
From May 2015 all units will ship with their own receiver. This will make the setup process even easier. The gimbal automatically detects the presence of the external signal and switches control to the Hurricane Wheels. This allows easy switching between different remote controllers.

Smooth handwheels

The handwheels are balanced to 0.5g and run smoothly on the high resolution encoders. Precision potentiometers allow to adjust the trimming and electronic gearing for each axis individually. In conjunction with the gimbal controller software this offers a very powerful, yet simple control over axis speed and damping. We also integrated locking direction switches, allowing for fast and easy adjustment of axis directions.

Beginning May 2015, a “PRO” option with ultra high resolution encoders (4096 i/revolution) will be available.

Built in USB Interface

Users of our interface boxes receive a copy of our one-of-a-kind gearhead simulation software upon request. You can also use the handwheels for preview or virtual camera work, for example in Blender or Maya.

Power Supply: 9-36 V

Current Draw: 0.3A

Weight: ca. 3,5 kg

Compatible Gimbal Rigs (tested): all Zerouav Z series, AlexMos based rigs, like DigiMove, Newton etc. , Mövi M10/15, DJI Ronin

Compatible RC-Remote Receivers:Futaba FASST/RASS