Recent content by pjakobs

as @120CCPM mentioned, I have done some repairs to the gimbal but since then bought a 2nd P3s (I keep picking them up to repair, they're so cheap right now and gimbal repairs are easy to do). I swapped the R/C between the two and the error stays with the R/C, not the aircraft. Asking dji...

Dwayne0776 - no, not yet. I am investigating but so far without obvious results. I'll post here if I make progress. I have tested a second remote and there it works, so the fault is clearly with the remote, not the drone. I have traced the signal from the gimbal potentiometer to the micro that...

full gimbal reset done - no change as a side note: on my last flight I had a minor crash (did I mention that I'm new to flying drones?) and subsequently had an unstable gimbal with a waves of jitter. Upon inspection, it turns out that the screw on the camera axis was loose and the camera had...

Thanks, @120CCPM, in fact, I decided to start a new thread since it's pretty obvious to me that this is not connected to the original issue. The gimbal had been damaged by impact beyond what the original owner was able to fix. I replaced some components and the hardware became good. This issue...

I have recalibrated the gimbal multiple times during and after the repair, will have to try the reset. It's an odd issue...

Yes, and as said in my original statement, I can see the gimbal wheel is working fine, reading +/-100% in the app in calibration. The bar and reading in the app are also proportional to the wheel deflection, so it would seem to me that the hardware is in good condition. pj

I had run the initial firmware upgrade and the app shows "current firmware" - how would I tell or force a refresh? pj

WV, after taking the gimbal apart and replacing electronics, I'm pretty sure that my warranty has long been voided ;-)

Hi all, I am a rather new owner of a P3s. I bought it with a broken gimbal but was able to fix it (the horizon position sensor was broken) I now have a perfectly fine craft with just one thing missing: I cannot control the gimbal through the gimbal wheel. This is odd, as in RC calibration...

thanks 120. Yes, I did that, the gibal wheel action shows correct on the app screen and is calibrated to +/- 100%. When I use the blue ring on the screen to tilt the camera, that works just fine, but the wheel still does not. I suppose that's a setting somewhere, but could not find it.

One of the first shots with the repaired drone. Happy with the quality (it was a murky morning, there will be some softness due to the foggy air). The thing I have not yet figured out: while I can control the gimbal using the blue circle on the phone, the gimbal dial on the controller does...

yes! I fixed it! I have gone through every single component again and in the end, the only thing that was conceivably left was the replacement flat flex that I had put it. It had come with the drone as I bought it (the previous owner had attempted a repair and bought a number of spare parts)...

so I have completely re-assembled the gimbal from ground up and left the two axis disconnected. Nothing happened with the gimbal Then I connected the nick axis (up/down) Nothing happened Then I connected the roll axis (horizohn) and the gimbal went wild again. One thing that I noticed is that...

hmm.. good Idea, but since I don't have a good gimbal for comparison, I'm not sure what should happen if I disconnect one axis / motor at a time. The general description is that a broken / misaligned roll axis makes the whole gimbal flap around all three axis. So I could either - disconnect the...

ok, Mouser delivered the most expensive potentiometers I have ever bought, I have replaced the broken one and.... fail The Gimbal is still flapping wildly. Back to troubleshooting.