Camera won't come to alert

[gregwarner]

I crashed again, snapping the ribbon cable and separating the camera at the roll arm motor(?). I replaced the cable following a demo video -- pretty sure I did it right -- and reconnected the gimbal roll arm the way I thought it should go. But when i fired it up and the camera came to alert, the camera tried to spin in a direction that was prohibited, so it just kept bouncing against the gimbal. It made me think the camera was upside down or was facing the wrong direction when I attached it. But it looks just like the pictures and video. I'm not very experienced with drone repairs, so I can only imagine the many things I might have done wrong. Who knows if I replaced the roll arm motor properly? I can't really afford a trip to the repair shop if it's something simple. Any ideas what's wrong?

 

[Alan Russel]

I did a ribbon replacement on my P3P last year..looks like you may have to re check everything especially camera connection easy to connect it wrong.

 

[WV. Rootman]

Make sure the camera is facing the right direction when you put the set screw in. It's easy to get a 180 deg. off. Also, check to make sure the camera stop has not broken off. Good luck.

 

[mdowney58]

Make sure that the pitch motor shaft (the one that connects to the camera) has the flat side facing the rear of the Phantom.

 

[gregwarner]

Thank you folks. That gives me several things to check. I'll get back to you after I do.

 

[gregwarner]

Hmm. I tried all the ideas you guys suggested but still can't find anything wrong. My local repair shop is closed indefinitely. So I alone on this. I'm about to take it all apart again and start over. But thought I would ask again for advice. Here's the problem: "I replaced the camera ribbon cable and reconnected the gimbal roll arm. But when i fired it up and the camera came to alert, the camera tried to spin in a direction that was prohibited, so it just kept bouncing against the stop. It made me think the camera was upside down or was facing the wrong direction when I attached it. But it looks just like the pictures and video." I'll see if I can take a picture to show the assembly. Ideas?