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- Oct 27, 2016
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Lesson learned.
I had broken ribbon from a crash a week ago. Ordered a cheap cable from eBay. Went to install it and I "tore" it at the last second. Gimbal initialized but I had no video feed. So I ordered another cheap cable, this time from Amazon overnight with prime and tried installing that last night. Install went off without a hitch. Felt very positive about it. Power up the drone and nothing. Gimbal won't initialize or anything. Did some checking and found that the cable I overnighted was defective. Here's what I found. The thickness if the contacts that go into the boards for the gimbal were too thin. .21mm vs .31mm on the one I tore. That would cause an issue with poor continuity. So I ordered yet another overnight. This time a DJI cable. Should be here tomorrow.
I had broken ribbon from a crash a week ago. Ordered a cheap cable from eBay. Went to install it and I "tore" it at the last second. Gimbal initialized but I had no video feed. So I ordered another cheap cable, this time from Amazon overnight with prime and tried installing that last night. Install went off without a hitch. Felt very positive about it. Power up the drone and nothing. Gimbal won't initialize or anything. Did some checking and found that the cable I overnighted was defective. Here's what I found. The thickness if the contacts that go into the boards for the gimbal were too thin. .21mm vs .31mm on the one I tore. That would cause an issue with poor continuity. So I ordered yet another overnight. This time a DJI cable. Should be here tomorrow.