PROAIM Kite-22 Ultimate Package User manual

Kite-22 Camera Popular Package
(KITE-22-POPULAR)
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Instruction Manual
Exclusive of Weights

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in all that we do.
We back our sales with a 1 year warranty from the date of purchase and work hard
to resolve any problems in the unlikely event one should arise.
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Table of Contents
Subject Page
Foreword 3
Introducon 4
What’s in the box 4-6
Assembling 7-20
Warranty 20-21

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Welcome To Proaim!
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, we would like to welcome
you into the Proaim family.
By purchasing your Proaim Kite-22 Popular 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 Kite-22 Popular Package we
hope you will agree that 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 our valued clients and standards we strive to maintain.
With Best Wishes,
Proaim Team

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INTRODUCTION
Proaim 22 Popular Package is the best professional camera crane system for
“GLIDING”& “FLOATING” graceful camera shots each me, every me as you have
always admired in high budget Hollywood movies. Sweeping panoramas to
incredible framed shots and everything in between, all designed to bring the ‘wow
factor’ to your audience and add energy to your story. The camera jib package
includes solid aluminum 150mm bowl heavy duty jib stand with spreader to
stabilize the jib crane system. Compact and robust oor Dolly with 360 degree
rotang wheels is best suited to support heavy duty stand.
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.
First Box includes
 Jib Secons
Second Box includes
 Jib Secons
Third Box includes
 Jib stand
Fourth Box includes
 Accessories of Jib Crane
Fih Box includes
 Pan Tilt Head
Sixth Box includes
 Dolly
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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.
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Weight rod
Joysck unit
xing plate
Hub mounng Shank for joining arms locking Pins
LCD
monitor
adapter
1. Spreader
2. Head Plaorm
3. Weight rods
4. Joysck unit xing plate
5. Hub Mounng
6. Stress Cable
7. Shanks for Joining arms
8. L-brackets for weight secon
9. LCD Monitor Adapter
Head Plaorm
Packaging Material of Box 3 : Accessories of jib crane
10. Knobs for weight secon
11. Knobs for xing Hub Assembly
12. Locking pin for tripod legs
13. Knobs for tripod legs
14. Locking pin for Jib arms
15. Shank for weight secon
16. Shank for Vercal Pivot Mounng
Packaging Material of Box 1 & 2: Jib Secons

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Packaging Material of Pan Tilt Head Box 4:
Packaging Material of Pan Tilt Head Box 5:
1. Gear for Tilng Movement
2. Gear for Panning Movement
3. 12v motor for Panning Movement
4. 12v motor for Tilng Movement
5. Adjustable Camera Plaorm
6. Base Plaorm for Tripod/ Jib Mounng
7. Joysck for pan/lt movement
8. On/O Switch
9. Dead Stop Knob
10. Speed Knob
11. 12/24 V DC Input – 4 Pin XLR
12. Fuse Holder
13. 4-Pin power out to Head
14. AC Adapter
15. 7.5 meter long cable
16. Pan Direcon Switch
17. Damping Knob
18. Joysck Cap
19. Tilt Direcon Switch

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Packaging Material of Pan Tilt Head Box 6:
Allen Bolts
For Spreader :
 Spread the spreader on oor and open
the legs of spreader with the help of
provided knob.
 Take out the Spreader from the Accessory suitcase OR Take out the dolly from its bag.
For Dolly :
 Open the legs of Dolly and spread it on oor. Then ghten the Allen bolts to secure the legs in
place.
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS

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 Take out the Jib Stand from its case, spread its legs as shown in the image.
 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
Warning: We have provided double locking precauons on Jib Stand; Pin is the rst and
primary locking, knob is the secondary locking, so rst lock the Pin to avoid slipping of stand.
 In case of Spreader : Fix the tripod stand with Spreader.

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 Tighten the top ratchet knobs of stand to secure it in place. In case of dolly Insert the tripod
legs into the foots on the dolly.
Dolly feet
 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.

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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. 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.
First hole Second Hole
 This Ring Pin is to avoid the play in Jib and
this knob is for ghtening the Jib secons.
IMPORTANT
Ring Pin
Knob

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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.
 Align the threads of joysck plate with the threads of the 1mm rods and ghten the Allen
bolts with Allen key.

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 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.

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 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.
 Now Tighten the nut and then aach the knob at the end.

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INSTALLING THE REAR FRAME
 To mount the Rear secon, align the Assembly’s ‘L’ brackets to the tail of jib secon and
insert 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.
 Now Connect the wires with the Joystick Control Box.

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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
holding 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
unaached.
 Grasp the motor and turn it back unl the gears mesh.
 Gently ghten motor screws.
 Secure the camera.
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 the 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.
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
SUPPLY IT MUST PRODUCE LESS THAN 12 VOLTS. MORE THAN 24 VOLTS MAY CAUSE
PERMANENT DAMAGE.

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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
smallest deflection of the joystick is made. Moving to the right will increase the area where no
power 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
requirement 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.
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.

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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
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 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 balances 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
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.
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 some 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
counterweights, 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.
WARRANTY
We oer a one year warranty for our products from the date of purchase.
We will repair or replace your product, free of charge, in the event of a defect in materials or
crasmanship obtained during normal use or handling based on the user manual. Please note
that we will not cover any shipping costs for returning the product to us. If any VAT or import
dues are applied to the return, we will also charge these costs to the customer.
The warranty does not include, by the way of example, 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.
We are not liable for incidental or consequenal damages resulng from the use of the unit or
occurring due to any breach of this warranty.