PROAIM Kite-22 Ultimate Package Quick start guide

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At Proaim, our goal is to ensure 100% Customer sasfacon in all that
we do.
We back our sales with a 6-months warranty from the date of purchase
and work hard to resolve any problems in the unlikely event one should
arise.
With our commitment to connuous improvement and your Feedback,
building on our reputaon of providing aordable, quality products is
PRIORITY 1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome 3
Introducon 3
What’s in the box 4-5
Assembling Instrucons 6
Installing the Hub Assembly 7
Installing the Jib secons 7-8
Assembling the Rear Frame 8
Installing the Rear Frame 10
Installing Head Plaorm 10
Installing the Stress Cables 11
Installing the Pan Tilt Head 11
Installing the Joysck Control 12
Balancing Tips 12
Installing Zoom Controller 14
Counterweights 15
Return Policy 16
Refund Policy 17

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Dear Client
On behalf of all the people that work so hard to provide you with the most up to
date, exible and cost ecient producon gear, I would like to welcome you into
Proaim family. By purchasing your Proaim Kite-22 Starter Package, you have just
joined a host of designers, engineers, machinists, assembly, customer service and
oce sta that take great pride in all that they do. Our mantra of connuous
improvement has been the guiding principle of how we conduct our business
since day one. Once you have the opportunity to experience your new Proaim
Kite-22 Starter Package, I hope you will agree we cra quality products at a
compeve price. Products designed to meet and exceed the standards of
today’s real producon world. Standards set by you, our valued clients and
standards we strive to maintain. For they will always be

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS GUIDE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO
ASSEMBLE OR USE YOUR PROAIM KITE-22 STARTER PACKAGE.
SHOULD YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE 'ON
LINE' BY CONTACTING YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE.
INTRODUCTION
A fully featured camera crane is the creave tool of choice for serious videographers and
semi-professionals. Our Proaim Kite-22 Starter package is designed for years of trouble-free oper-
aon and has the fastest setup and longest reach of any crane in its price category. With preci-
sion engineering and quality of manufacture, the Proaim Kite-22 Starter package is truly a profes-
sional tool that will expand a directors creave opportunies. The smooth-coated, corrosion re-
sistant cables are easy to handle and will last a lifeme.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX
Please inspect the contents of your shipped package to ensure you have received all that is
pictured and listed below. The grey foam shipping /storage container has been especially
designed to protect your purchase while in transit and is a good place to keep your Proaim
Kite-22 Starter package contents when not in use. You will receive this package in 4 boxes.
First Box includes
 Jib Secons
Second Box includes
 Jib Secons
Third Box includes
 Accessories of Jib Crane
Fourth Box includes
 Jib Stand
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.
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Packaging Material of Jib Accessories Suitcase Box:
1. Spreader 10. Knobs for weight secon
2. Head Plaorm 11. Knobs for xing Hub Assembly
3. Weight rods 12. Locking pin for tripod legs
4. Joysck unit xing plate 13. Knobs for tripod legs
5. Hub Mounng 14. Locking pin for Jib arms
6. Stress Cable 15. Shank for weight secon
7. Shanks for Joining arms 16. Shank for Vercal Pivot Mounng
8. L-brackets for weight secon
9. LCD Monitor Adapter
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
 Open Tripod spreader. In order to extend legs of spreader, loosen the knob and extend it as
per your requirement and reghten the knob to secure.
 Take out the Jib Stand from its case, spread and extend its legs.

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Warning: We have provided double locking precauons on Jib Stand; Pin is the rst and pri-
mary locking, knob is the secondary locking, so rst lock the Pin to avoid slipping of stand.
 Fix the tripod stand with Spreader and ghten the top ratchet knobs of stand to secure it in
place.
 Install the Hub Assembly by sliding the boom of the hub assembly
into the stand’s Mount opening.
Warning: 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 !
INSTALLING THE HUB ASSEMBLY
Note : The Hub Assembly has several mounng holes. You can mount LCD
Monitor or Joysck box to this assembly if you want.
INSTALLING THE JIB SECTIONS
 Install the Secon 7 & 6 (largest diameter secon to the rear) to the vercal pivot point with the
long bolt, washers and nut. Tighten the nut properly to secure the secon.
 Match the holes of the boom leg secon with the upper leg secon to secure the tripod
stand with the Steel locking Pins and ghten the knobs.
Knob
Pin

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 Slide Secon 5 into Secon 6 and join with ring pin.
 Install the pin at the rst join holes of the secons and bolt, washers and nut from side at
the second holes of secon.
First hole
Second Hole
This Ring Pin is to avoid the play in Jib.
This knob is for ghtening the Jib secons.
IMPORTANT
ASSEMBLING THE REAR FRAME
 Take the two 16mm thick rods and two 25mm thick rods.
Aach these rods altogether so that it makes a rectangle
and for this insert the 16mm rods into slots of 25mm rods.
 Aach the Allen bolts by screwing in with hand and ghten with Allen key at all the four
points to secure properly.
 Similarly insert all the secons one by one (small to the big) and install the pin and bolt ,
washers and nut to secure each secon.

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 Align the threads of joysck plate with the threads of the 1mm rods and ghten the Allen
bolts with Allen key.
 Take out the two black tubes from the weight rod.
 Insert one L-Bracket and then the central black tube with washers at both ends into the
weight rod.
 Insert the second L-Bracket & the third black tube at the end of the weight rod.
 Detach the top screw from the frame from both sides.
 Aach the rod with L-Brackets with the rectangular frame and ghten the top screw. Then
screw-in the knobs at both ends.

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 Aach the bigger weight rod with L-Brackets, for this insert the rod into one L-Bracket then
add the black tube with white washers at both the sides, insert the rod into the other L-
Bracket and then add the black tube. Tighten the nut and then aach the knob at the end.
INSTALLING THE REAR FRAME
 To mount the Rear secon, align the Assembly’s ‘L’ brackets to the tail of jib secon and in-
sert the bolt with washers through one end of the secon to the other. Slide the bolt
through and hand ghten.
 Add weights (Not Included) to the rear weight secon at both sides and ghten the weight
closer knobs to secure properly.
INSTALLING THE HEAD PLATFORM
 Install the Head Plaorm assembly (leveling arm up) to the end of the smallest secon with
the provided bolt, sha collars, washers and nut. Tighten all the Allen bolts and nuts to se-
cure properly.
NOTE: Add white washers as per requirement on both sides of jib secon so that there is no
play in between head plate & Jib secon.

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 Connect the Head Plaorm Leveling Cable by hooking the turnbuckle ends .
INSTALLING THE STRESS CABLE
INSTALLING THE PAN TILT HEAD
 Aach the Pan Tilt Head with the Jib. There are 4
mounng holes on the pan lt as well as the jib plate.
Align the holes and aach it with the screws. Tighten the
wing nuts to secure properly.
 Adjust the mounng extension so that the pan motor is in the rear facing posion before
mounng.
 Install your cable starng at the camera end; leaving enough cable slack for the camera for
full pan & lt movement, you may need to add Velcro to loop the cable around the jib arm.
INSTALLING THE JOYSTICK CONTROL
 Install and hookup the pan & tilt joystick box on Jib Frame. Connect the wires with the Joy-
stick Control Box.
CABLES & CONTROL BOX
 Install the 12 volt DC power (4 pin XLR) in rear of Joysck Box.
Note: Any 12 volt baery may operate the PROAIM™ SR PAN TILT HEAD as long as the
connector mates and is #1 pin Negave and #4 pin Posive.
CAUTION: DO NOT USE A UNREGULATED POWER SUPPLY! IF USING A REGULATED POWER SUP-
PLY IT MUST PRODUCE LESS THAN 12 VOLTS. MORE THAN 24 VOLTS MAY CAUSE PERMANENT
DAMAGE.

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BALANCING
Balancing the camera on the head is crical to smooth operaon.
 Find the horizontal balance point of your camera by using 2 ngers of one hand while hold-
ing the 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 un-
a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.
JOYSTICK
 The joystick may be operated hand held, from a flat surface like a table top or attached to
the boom arm of the jib.
HEAD CABLE
PROAIM™ SR PAN TILT HEAD Digital only
 Attach the 4-pin power cord to rear of joystick box.
 Attach both two pin male connector of cable to the both two pin female connector of head
for panning & tilting.
 If the joystick control is opposite, undo the connectors at the motors, rotate 180 degrees
and re-install.

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JOYSTICK
The joystick is a two-axis variable speed servo controller. The further you move in one direction
the faster the output to that motor. This will be a little tricky at first, but little practice will
improve your success.
The joystick may be operated in a handheld position or from a flat surface such as a tabletop, or
attached to the boom arm of Jib.
After 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 joystick to ensure correct
movement of the head. It may be necessary to reconnect to the motors if required.
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 small-
est deflection of the joystick is made. Moving to the right will increase the area where no pow-
er is sent to the 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.
PROAIM™ SR PAN TILT HEAD
The PROAIM Sr Pan Tilt Head circuitry is built entirely into the joystick box. The only other re-
quirement is the AC power pack (provided) or battery power. The power pack can handle 90-
240 volts. Users will need the appropriate plug adapter for local use.
OPERATION
 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.

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PAN & TILT 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 re-
verse 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 sev-
eral weights and diameters. They get smaller as the weights get lighter. The largest (25lbs)
is about 11 inches in diameter. 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 22 arm itself bal-
ances at about 137.5 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.
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 approxi-
mately 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.
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.
DAMPING KNOB IN JOYSTICK
Damping Knob is the ability to control the "damping" eect of the joysck interface with the pan/
lt acon of the head being controlled. It does not maer what head you are using; the damping
eect is a characterisc of the joysck output.

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Balancing Tips :
1. 22’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 62,500 Kg (137.5 lbs)
For balancing 7 Kg (15.4 lbs), we further need another 35 Kg (77 lbs), the formula is:
(Weight of Camera + Pan Tilt) x 5 = Addional counter weight required to balance
. the equipment on the Jib
(e.g. 7Kg x 5 = 35 Kg)
Total recommended weight: 96.875 Kg (213 lbs)
2. 19’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 40 Kg (88 lbs)
For balancing 7 Kg (15.4 lbs), we further need another 28 Kg (62 lbs), the formula is:
(Weight of Camera + Pan Tilt) x 4 = Addional counter weight required to balance
. the equipment on the Jib
(e.g. 7Kg x 4 = 28 Kg)
Total recommended weight: 69,500 Kg (153 lbs)
3. 16’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 22,225 Kg (49 lbs)
For balancing 7 Kg (15.4 lbs), we further need another 24.5 Kg (54 lbs), the formula is :
(Weight of Camera + Pan Tilt) x 3.5 = Addional counter weight required to balance
the equipment on the Jib
(e.g. 7Kg x 3.5 = 24.5 Kg)
Total recommended weight: 46,250 Kg (102 lbs)
4.. 13’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 12,375 Kg (27 lbs)
For balancing 7 Kg (15.4 lbs), we further need another 14 Kg (31 lbs), the formula is :
(Weight of Camera + Pan Tilt) x 2 = Addional counter weight required to balance
. the equipment on the Jib
(e.g. 7Kg x 2 = 14 Kg)
Total recommended weight: 27,875 Kg (61 lbs)
5. 10’ Jib
Weights required for balancing only Jib (without camera & Pan Tilt) is: 3,375 Kg (7.4 lbs)
For balancing 7 Kg (15.4 lbs), we further need another 12,375 Kg (27 lbs), the formula is :
(Weight of Camera + Pan Tilt) x 1.8 = Addional counter weight required to balance
. the equipment on the Jib
(e.g. 7Kg x 1.8 = 12,375 Kg)
Total recommended weight: 15,750 Kg (35 lbs)

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Tesng Equipment
1. Double-check all nuts to make sure they are snug, as they may loosen in transit.
2. Make sure you are on a level surface and have adequate room
3. Fly the jib around before you mount any equipment on it. This will allow you to test the
installaon, determine if you are on level ground and you are in proper adjustment.
4. Aer tesng a movement, let go of the arm. It should slow down and stop without moving
up, down, le or right aer it stops, If not, it is not balanced properly. Use the lighter counter-
weights, if needed, or readjust your leveling as required.
5. Now you may install your equipment on the arm
6. Balance with the appropriate counter weight as required
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.
RETURN POLICY
How to return or exchange an item:
 Should you have any problems with your item once It is received, please contact us as soon
as possible so we can discuss a soluon. Don’t return the unit without informing us rst.
Please don’t leave negave feedback/dispute without rst communicang with us.
We try our best to solve every problem for your complete sasfacon.
 In the unlikely event of a problem, please contact us and if possible send photographs
showing any damage or un- usual aspects. This will help us to resolve any issue quickly and
avoid confusion.
 Approved returns will be subjected to inspecon on arrival. The Item must be returned in
original condion and the original packaging. Refunds will be provided within 24 hrs aer
receiving the returned product.
 Our warranty does not cover damages caused by misuse (i.e. Physical or liquid damage)
 All Shipping charges are non-refundable.

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 Return delivery costs are responsibility of buyer. We will cover the complete cost of sending
replacement parts during our 6 month warranty period.
 All non-defecve returns must be in new, re-sellable condion with all original unmarked
packaging, accessories, manuals and unmarked warranty cards. Items showing signs of
misuse or abuse will not be accepted for credit.
 Upon expiraon of our standard warranty, replacement parts will be provided to the
customer at nominal cost. Actual shipping costs will apply however.
REFUND POLICY
 If for any reason you are not sased with your purchase, we will cheerfully issue a refund
of the product cost upon return minus the shipping charges.
 We connue to develop and sell our products worldwide resulng in thousands of
sased customers who agree our support sta is second to none in this industry.
 To request a refund, simply contact us with your purchase details within our thirty (30) day
warranty period from date of sale. Please include your order number (sent to you via email)
and oponally tell us why you’re requesng a refund.
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only our products but also the eciency of our service.
 In case of non-delivery of the product due to some transportaon or communicaon
problem, you might not be able to receive a delivery e-mail from us.
 Should this happen, we recommend contacng us for assistance. Claims for non-delivery
must be submied to our customer service department in wring within 14 days from
placing the order. Should customer contact with us not be forth coming, we will consider
the product to be received.
Before requesng a refund
If you’re having any problems using our products or would like addional informaon, please
take advantage of our industry leading, technical support sta. Our support team takes great
pride in providing answers and soluons to customer quesons and concerns.
We are 100% commied to our money back guarantee
Providing quality products that meet or exceed industry standards for reliability, performance
and at a more than compeve price point, plus great customer service, has helped us achieve a
refund rate of less than 1%. All of us here take great pride in that accomplishment.
In the unlikely event you are not completely sased with your purchase, upon return we will
cheerfully issue refund of the product cost minus shipping expense.
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equipment to a worldwide customer base. Accessories like mae -boxes, follow focus, Jib
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