Gimbal Dance Problem
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Would tightening this fix my problem? If so, what tool do I use? It's tiny
Youre onto something there hopefully. The set screw for the gimbal yaw arm can come loose over time or with hard landings. You will notice if you look at the motor arm that set screw attaches to, it is "D" shaped. Make sure the set screw is mating with the flat surface of the "D" and that it is secure. If its not lined up, adjust very gently (i used a scribe) until desired position is acheived. Also dont set the yaw arm too high or low when you tighten. Make sure it doesnt drag anything on either side.
My P3P did something similar and after tightening the screw, all better.
Make sure the camera isn't brushing up against the ribbon cable. Sometimes the ribbon moves out of position even slightly and the camera will hit it and could cause a dance like that.
Definitely not a cap issue.
What could be wrong:
- Flat cable loose
- Flat cable slightly damaged / with faulty connection
- One of the arm boards damaged
- One of the motors does not have proper orientation to the potentiometer in arm board
What I would do:
- Remove flat cable from each socket, clean the contacts on both sides (with alcohol, ie. IPA) and re-connect
- Make sure each of potentiometers behind black plastic is at center when you hold the gimbal in normal position (cut corner of the metal bar is straight towards rounded part of the black plastic)
- Make sure the metal bar with cut corner cannot move independently of the gimbal position (for the yaw arm, independent movement can be fixed by tightening the screw; for other arms I think only glue will help)
If any of these wouldn't help, I'd try to replace each arm board, or disassemble everything and do a proper electric testing; but that requires equipment and skill.
The biggest issue is that you can't know for sure which arm is making issues. The gimbal seem to react like that if any of the arms is faulty. You have to do the actions for each of them.
It would be nice to have a method of identifying the faulty arm. Maybe anyone has an idea on how this can be done?
What could be wrong:
- Flat cable loose
- Flat cable slightly damaged / with faulty connection
- One of the arm boards damaged
- One of the motors does not have proper orientation to the potentiometer in arm board
What I would do:
- Remove flat cable from each socket, clean the contacts on both sides (with alcohol, ie. IPA) and re-connect
- Make sure each of potentiometers behind black plastic is at center when you hold the gimbal in normal position (cut corner of the metal bar is straight towards rounded part of the black plastic)
- Make sure the metal bar with cut corner cannot move independently of the gimbal position (for the yaw arm, independent movement can be fixed by tightening the screw; for other arms I think only glue will help)
If any of these wouldn't help, I'd try to replace each arm board, or disassemble everything and do a proper electric testing; but that requires equipment and skill.
The biggest issue is that you can't know for sure which arm is making issues. The gimbal seem to react like that if any of the arms is faulty. You have to do the actions for each of them.
It would be nice to have a method of identifying the faulty arm. Maybe anyone has an idea on how this can be done?
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What tool can I use to tighten the little black screw. I have an Alan key set but I don't have "mini" ones... I'm clueless
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You can use either key of pentagonal shape or the star shape. Sorry, I can never remember official names of these. The size is T6.
Just tried tightening the black screw with a t6 star shaped tool. It didn't work, it won't budge.
I sjould not have used the word spot. The shaft has a flat area and the set screw has to be on it.
It probably us anyway. If it was not it would be loose
It probably us anyway. If it was not it would be loose
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I got phantom 3 standard gimbal has gone crazy everything lined up still doing the same any suggestions
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Gimble pitch and roll board potentiometer is broken. Open the camera tombstone shaped side with the 5 screws. Push in the little black tabs to release the ribbon connectors and replace the board with a new one. Worked for me. Boards are 25 to 30 USD on eBay. Look on eBay for pictures. Youtube can show you camera breakdown. Very easy to fix.
