Recent content by Bighairyg

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    Hot gimbal board and erratic movement after crash

    Ok, just for reference: my gimbal board definitely did SOMETHING. The large square 2.2 resistor got hot enough to deform the plastic cover plate. Not sure how or why, but I'm writing it off as toast. I picked up a lightly crashed but complete gimbal off eBay for about $100. The arm was bent...
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    Hot gimbal board and erratic movement after crash

    Please bear with me as I don't have much history on this machine: I picked up a used Phantom 3 Standard for an awesome price, but at one point it was crashed hard. The previous owner sunk a lot of money into repair parts, and the drone itself flies awesome and there are no connection issues...