PROAIM Kite-22 Ultimate Package User manual

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Kite-22 Ulmate Package - 24.5 Camera Jib Crane (KITE-22-ULTIMATE)
Assembly Manual
• Proaim Kite-22 Telescopic Jib Arm Crane with Accessories
• Proaim Spin-3 (3-Axis) Motorized Dutch Roll Pan Tilt Head (PT-SPIN-3)
• D-33 Pro Camera Dolly
• Proaim Gravity Robust Tripod Stand (TP-GVTY-ULT)
• Proaim Lanc Zoom Controller (P-ZC-3DV)
• Tools and Tool Pouch/Wrap- Complimentary
• Customized Storage cases

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Packaging Material of Box 1 & 2: 7x Jib Secons
NOTE: We send the Jib secons in two boxes. One box has the secons with pipe packing and the other box
(cardboard box) has the rest of the secons. We only send one pipe packing for the jib secons. We send
the Dolly in cardboard box.
First Packing Includes
• Jib Secons
Second Packing Includes
• Jib Secons
Third Packing Includes
• Accessories of Jib Crane
Fourth Packing Includes
• Gravity Jib Stand
Fih Packing Includes
• Dolly Pack
Sixth Packing Includes
• Spin Pan-lt Head
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4
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1,2

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Packaging Material of Box 3: Accessories of Jib Crane
Hub Secon
Head Plaorm with Bolt, Sha
Collars, Washers and Nut
6x Shanks for Joining Arms
Turn buckle
Joysck Controller Bracket
Levelling Cable
6 x Pins for Joining jibs
Black Velcro
6 x Shanks for Joining Arms
2 x pins
Hub Mounng
knob
Washers Washers
Rear Frame
Mounng Rod
Complimentary
Tools Pouch

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Packaging Material of Box 4: Gravity Stand
Packaging Material of Carton Box 5: Camera Dolly
D-33 Pro Camera Dolly
3 x Tripod holder
Packaging Material of Box 6: Proaim Spin-3 (3-Axis) Motorized Pan Tilt
Camera Plate
Spin-3 Pan-lt Head
Joysck Controller
with Cap
15mtr Control
3mtr Adapter Cable
Universal
Adapter
Gravity Stand
Ulmate Gravity
Stand Bowl
12V AC Adapter
Joysck Controller Plate
Pan Tilt
Mounng Plate
and knob
Stand Supporve Accessory
3 x Locking Knob
21no. Wrench
10no. Wrench

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Safety Hints
ATTENTION: PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT
& OPERATOR!
• The crane may not be assembled or operated under inuence of alcohol, drugs or any other intoxicang
substances. Lack of aenon while connecng the components together can cause substanal damage
to equipment / operator.
• The crane may only be operated on levelled horizontal posion. Make sure that the surface is stable.
• To prevent any harm or injury, properly join all secons of the crane. It is suggested to use the support
stand while telescoping the complete length.
• Always connect the steel cables properly to provide stability to the system. They should not negavely
impact the movements of crane in any way.
• Aer setup of the crane, the pan-lt head / gimbal head shall be posioned under the central pivot
secon. In assembled state, when the pan-lt head / gimbal head is higher than central pivot secon,
there should be someone to look aer the crane system.
• The complete panning & liing range around it must be kept free. Avoid anybody standing under the
crane. No loose objects may be stored or placed on it. Be very careful while using indoors.
• Never operate the crane in the immediate vicinity of high-voltage power cables. It holds danger to life.
• Parcular care is required when operang the crane in unfavourable weather condions. The crane
must be shut down in sucient me. When it is used in a rainy day, the pan-lt head / gimbal head and
controlling bar shall be protected against rain.
• When you want to transport the crane, lock the Pan & Tilt Axis for safety. Make sure that the
components do not rub together and cause any material wear.
• Before the counterweights are removed, ensure the remote head is resng on the support stand. Then
gradually remove the counterweights before remote head, camera or other parts.
• In the interest of safe crane operaon, avoid abruptly swivelling or stopping the crane, otherwise it may
cause serious damage to equipment.
FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES WILL PROVIDE BETTER SHOTS AND TROUBLE FREE OPERATION.
SHOULD YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE ‘ONLINE’ BY
CONTACTING THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE.

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• To open the dolly legs, remove the bolt with
the washer from the center part of the
dolly.
• Aer removing the bolt along with the
washer, properly open the dolly legs.
D-33 Dolly Setup
• Insert the bolt with the washer matching
the boom thread of the dolly.
• Once the bolt and washer are properly in-
serted into the dolly, secure it properly with
the help of the wrench.
• Remove the Allen bolt from the tripod hold-
ers with the help of the Allen key.
• The dolly has various holes for the mounng
of the gravity robust tripod stand, which can
be mounted on any hole, as shown in the im-
age.

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• Aer locking it with the locking pin, ghten
the locking knob back and then take out its
rubber foot.
• Loosen knob at the boom of jib stand.
Stretch its legs on the oor and set the height
of the stand, as per the requirement. Then
ghten the knob back to secure it.
• Now take out the gravity robust tripod stand
from its case, and stretch its legs on oor as
per the requirement.
Jib Stand Setup
NOTE: We have provided double locking
precauons on Jib Stand. The knob is the rst
and primary, locking pin is the secondary
locking, so rst, lock the knob to avoid slipping
o the stand
• Aer mounng the tripod holder, secure its
Allen bolt with the help of the Allen key, and
then loosen the knob, to Insert the feet of
the gravity robust tripod dolly into the
holder.
• The tripod holder is now mounted into the
hole of D-33 dolly.
NOTE: D-33 Pro Dolly adds mobility to the
crane. It's a compact and versale pro video
dolly.
Locking Pin
Locking Knob

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Hub Secon Setup
NOTE: The Hub Secon Assembly has several mounng holes. You can mount LCD Monitor or Joysck
box to this assembly if you want.
• Insert the plasc stopper into the Gravity
Robust Tripod Stand, then insert the Allen
Bolts matching the thread.
NOTE: The plasc stopper is provided in kite-22,
and we only use this in a dolly that does not
have a tripod holder.
• Aer inserng the plasc stopper into the
Gravity Robust Tripod Stand, secure it
properly with the screwdriver and then insert
the rubber feet in it as shown in the image.
• Place the jib stand on a dolly and ghten the
knob to secure each other properly as shown
in the image.
NOTE: To keep the dolly in stac posion, lock
the wheels by pushing down the lever.
• Loosen the pan fricon knob of a top bowl of
gravity robust tripod stand and then properly
secure it by twisng it.
• Loosen the pan fricon knob from the top
bowl of the tripod stand & remove it along
with the white plasc washer

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• Insert the pan friction knob onto the bolt and
tighten it to properly secure the knob.
NOTE: This is the Pan Fricon Knob. Never pan
the Jib with this knob ghtened. If this knob
turns while panning, it is too ght. Only ghten
while parking the jib.
• Secure the inserted bolt with the help of the
wrench and then insert the white washer
onto the center screw of the top bowl.
• Matching with the side hole of the Hub
section, insert the bolt and washer into it.
Jib Secons Setup
• Insert the rear tube secon (secon 1) into
the hub assembly, slide secon 2 into
secon 1 and align holes of Secon 1 and
secon 2 with the central hole of the hub
assembly and insert shanks in it.
• Aer inserng the shanks, properly secure
the jibs together by inserng the jib pin into
the top mounng of the jib.
NOTE: We have provided double locking pre-
cauons on Jib, Knob is rst and primary, pin is
secondary locking, so rst lock the knob to
avoid slipping of secons.
• Loosen the top bowl bolt of the tripod stand
and remove it with the help of a wrench,
then insert the top bowl screw into the
center hole of the main hub secon.

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• Insert the sha collar into the jib secon and
secure with the wrench.
• Then insert the long bolt and nut, washer to
secure the secons properly.
• Already aached 1st and 2nd jib secons,
insert it into the hub secon. then insert the
long bolt and nut to secure the secons
properly.
• Repeat this process for rest of the secons.
Aach them towards the other Secon 7
with 6, 6 with 5 , 5 with 4, 4 with 3 & 3 with
2.
• Repeat this process for rest of the secons.
insert the long bolt and pin, to secure the
secons properly.
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• Jib secons properly aached to each other
as shown in the picture.

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• Install Head Plaorm assembly (leveling arm
up) to the end of the secon 7th with the
provided bolt, sha collars, washers and nut.
Head Secon Setup
• Insert the bolt back into it, matching the head
secon and secon 7 holes then aach the
provided washers and nut.
• Tighten the head secon properly with the
help of Allen key and wrench.
• Head secon properly aached with end
secon ghten the top bolt properly to keep
the head secon in line with the jib.
• Connect one end of the leveling cable to the
head plaorm and insert the other end into
the turnbuckle.
• Aach other end with the hub assembly.

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Rear Frame Setup
• To mount Rear secon of jib, insert the
bolt with washers through one end of the
secon to other. Slide the bolt through and
secure by ghtening with hand.
• Put the washer into the bolt and then insert
the nut.
• Aer inserng the nut, secure it properly with
the help of the wrench and then loosen the
weight closer to the rear frame and remove
it.
• Now add on the weights to the rear frame
and secure the weight closer properly.
• Match the Rear frame mounng rod with the
top thread of the rear frame; now insert the
rear frame mounng rod into the top thread
of the rear frame and secure it properly.
NOTE: We only use the mounng rod of the
rear frame when we want to mount joysck
digital control on the rear frame, as it is
compable with this mounng rod.
• Aach the Spin-3 (3-Axis) Motorized Dutch
Roll Pan Tilt Head back into the head
plaorm mounted on the end of the jib and
secure with the provided knob.
Pan Tilt Head Setup
Joysck digital
control

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• As each secon is pulled from the previous
secon, you can store unused secons in the
tail as ballast weight and lighten your
counterweight demand.
• Aach & secure your camera on the
camera plaorm of Head with the help of
provided check nut.
• Install your cable starng at the camera end
making sure to leave enough slack for full
pan & lt movements. Install and hookup the
pan & lt joysck box on Jib Frame.
• Aer detaching the Dutch roll from the head,
the H plate can be aached to install the
camera.
NOTE: The Dutch roll arm can be detached
from head in order to use the head as normal
pan and lt head.
• Spin-3 (3-axis) motorized Dutch roll pan is
now properly mounted on the lt head
secon as shown in the image.
• Camera is properly secure with head secon.

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• With the camera set up as previously described above, Power ON by pressing the RED Switch on the
top of the Joystick control box.
• For inverted use, disconnect the leads to the motors, rotate the control box 180 degrees and re-install.
NOTE: Remember practice makes perfect and always watch the cables for binding.
JOYSTICK
The joysck is a two-axis variable speed servo controller. The further you move in one direcon the faster
the output to that motor. This will be a lile tricky at rst, but lile pracce will improve your success.
The joysck may be operated in a handheld posion or from a at surface such as a tabletop, or aached
to the boom arm of Jib.
Aer plugging the power cord into a proper outlet, press “power on”. The LED light on the control box
should illuminate and the head may jump slightly on start up or shut down. This is normal. This can be
controlled by Dead Spot. Adjust the joysck to ensure correct movement of the head. It may be
necessary to reconnect to the motors if required.
Follow these steps to balance the head:
• Find the horizontal balance point of your camera by using 2 ngers of one hand while holding handle.
• Mark this point on the side of the camera with chalk or tape.
• Turn the unit on and move the lt control unl the camera plate is vercal.
• Loosen the two screws holding lt motor. (DO NOT REMOVE)
• Grasp the motor and turn slightly to disengage gears.
• Mount the camera to the camera plate with the screw provided.
• Tighten by threading the nut up to the boom of the camera plate securely.
• Make sure your balance point previously marked with chalk or tape is in the middle of the plate.
• Loosen the knob below the camera plate and slide the camera and plate up or down unl the center
line of your camera is about in the middle of the large gear. Now ghten knob.
• If the camera is perfectly balanced it will stay in any posion while motor gear is sll unaached.
• Grasp the motor and turn it back unl the gears mesh.
• Gently ghten motor screws.
• Secure the camera.
NOTE: All reducon boxes have a small amount of backlash. The balancing of the camera will reduce the
backlash to a minimum making it felt at the top of the lt arc.
Balancing Points
• With the camera set up as previously described above, Power ON by pressing the RED Switch on the
top of the Joystick control box.
• For inverted use, disconnect the leads to the motors, rotate the control box 180 degrees and re-install.
NOTE: Remember practice makes perfect and always watch the cables for binding.
Operaon

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Linear or Logarithmic taper joysck control
All joyscks are linear, meaning that each degree of movement of the sck correlates to the output. On
the 12 volt PROAIM PAN TILT HEAD half deecon of the joysck means approximately 6 volts sent to
the motors. But with the advent of Digital we can now control the taper of the joysck, making in
Logarithmic as well. Logarithmic taper being that the rst of joysck movement only sends a small
amount of power to the motors and the last of the deecon will send more power per degree of
deecon. On Logarithmic taper 1/3 of joysck deecon might yield 2 volts output the next 1/3 will
yield 4 volts output and the last 1/3 of yields 6 volts for a max. again of 12 volts. This mode gives
the operator ne slow movements yet retains the ability to go to max. speed if necessary.
POWER CONTROL
To the right and above the joystick is a knob labeled "SPEED".
This is the power control knob. Turning to the right will be full power and back to the left will decrease
the available power to both pan and tilt operation. The advantage of power control is to be able to limit
power when only slow accurate movements are needed. With the power control at half power
(approx. 8 volts max. output) the full range of motion on the joystick will be between 0 and 8 volts
making finer adjustments possible. The power control will be usable between a range of approximately
4 volts to 12 volts.
DEAD SPOT
The knob to the left is marked Dead Spot. Turned all the way to the left (counterclockwise) will create
the smallest dead spot. Meaning that the head will begin to move as soon as the smallest deflection of
the joystick is made. Moving to the right will increase the area where no power is sent to head motors.
At half way, the dead spot will close again, this helps to avoid crossing the tilt when only pan movement
is desired.
The dead spot is so tight when the control knob is all the way to the left, it may be necessary to back it
off slightly until no movement is seen in either axis.
NOTE: With the dead spot all the way left the head may move in both axis on it’s own. The dead spot
should be set at approx. the 9:00 position to insure that no unwanted movement occurs.
PAN DIRECTION SWITCH
When the Pan-Tilt Head is used on a Tripod or on a Jib.
When the head is shied from a Jib to a tripod, it needs reversal of direcon as the locaon of the head
will be inverted. By switching “on” the pan direcon switch, we can immediately reverse the direcon.
When the joysck is moved to the right it gives right rotaon as it gives while mounted on the tripod
directly.
Counterweights
The Jib is setup with “plate weights” or bar bells” style weights. Plate weights come in several weights
and diameters. They get smaller as the weights get lighter. The largest (25lbs) is about 11 inches in diam-
eter. The mounng hole is 1” in diameter for all weights. The jib has a varying weight rao depending on
the length you have chosen. The 24.5 arm itself balances at about 121.5 lbs. Just mulply the weight, of
the addional items you will put on the end of the arm, by 5 and you will know how much weight to buy.
Buy a few extras in case you add other accessories. The lighter weights will allow you to “ne tune” once
you’re ready to go.

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5. 12.8 ’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 51 Kg (112 lbs)
If the camera weight is 1kg, the jib is balanced with 51+1kg=52kg
If the camera weight is 2kg the jib is balanced with 51+2kg=53kg
For some interesng compound shots try:
Moving the pan & lt control the same direcon as you move the rear of the jib. This keeps your subject
framed but changes the perspecve of the camera.
Example:
• Move the pan & lt head all the way to the le, zoom out w/ subject framed in foreground.
• Now move your hands to the right (camera swings to the le) while panning the camera right, keeping
your subject framed.
• You can also try this with up and down shots or diagonal shots. Just remember to move your hands the
same direcon as you pan/lt the camera.
4. 15.10’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 52 Kg (114 lbs)
If the camera weight is 1kg, the jib is balanced with 52+2kg=54kg
If the camera weight is 2kg the jib is balanced with 52+4kg=58kg
2. 22.3’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 54Kg (119lbs)
If the camera weight is 1kg, the jib is balanced with 54+4kg=58kg
If the camera weight is 2kg the jib is balanced with 54+8kg=62kg
1. 24.5’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 55Kg (121.5 lbs)
If the camera weight is 1kg, the jib is balanced with 55+5kg=60kg
If the camera weight is 2kg the jib is balanced with 55+10kg=65kg
Balancing Tips
Its secons collapse into each other
3. 19’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 53Kg (116 lbs)
If the camera weight is 1kg, the jib is balanced with 53+3kg=56kg
If the camera weight is 2kg the jib is balanced with 53+6kg=59kg

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For Dierent Producon Needs
Converble Shoong Lengths

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YOUR PROAIM KITE-22 CAMERA CRANE ULTIMATE PACKAGE
ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO!
(SHOWN WITH OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES)
Warranty: We oer one year warranty for our products from date of purchase. Within this period of me,
we will repair it without charge for labor or parts. Warranty doesn’t cover transportaon costs nor does it
cover a product subjected to misuse or accidental damage. Warranty repairs are subjected to inspecon
and evaluaon by us.
Liability: We are not liable for damage caused by products that we do not supply or from mishandling in
transit, accident, misuse, neglect, lack of care of the product, or service by anyone other than our company.
Contact Us: In case of any kind of dissasfacon, please Contact us immediately and we promise our
utmost support and care unl you use our product.