P2+ camera. Can the camera be separated and used hand-held?

[Narrator]

Hi, I have a Phantom 2 Vision+ that's no longer working. I'm just wondering if there's a way to separate the camera and gimbal, mount it on something and use it hand-held, like an Osmo. Has anyone done this? Is there a way of doing it. Would it need the 'range extender' to work?

 

[Mark The Droner]

The SD card is inserted into the gimbal assembly, so theoretically, it might be possible, but I've never heard of anybody trying it, and I personally doubt it can be done. Way too many complications and hardly worth all the trouble. Also, you'd have no FPV, even if you could get it to record. The RE wouldn't matter. Good luck

 

[captainmilehigh]

The issue is battery power. It would need power wires from the drone to operate. Stick with a Osmo or GoPro.

 

[crash1sttime]

Hi, I have a Phantom 2 Vision+ that's no longer working. I'm just wondering if there's a way to separate the camera and gimbal, mount it on something and use it hand-held, like an Osmo. Has anyone done this? Is there a way of doing it. Would it need the 'range extender' to work?

Hi

what exactly isnt working? im guessing its the lack of FPV, if so it can be repaired

 

[Narrator]

Hi

what exactly isnt working? im guessing its the lack of FPV, if so it can be repaired

I forget exactly. It might have been something like a calibration error that stopped it from launching. It previously had an FPV problem. I fixed that a couple of years back. It flew for a while after that.

I've since bought a mavic mini 2 and wondered about repurposing the P2. I've even thought of selling parts from it - camera and gimbal, ESC's and motors, shell etc.

It has 4 dead batteries. Left them discharging too long. I saw a video once on YouTube, how to kick start the charging again, but I can't find it now. Can anyone link me?

 

[Mark The Droner]

If your battery is dead, it's probably dead. The chance of bringing one back to life is something like 2% or less. Sorry for your loss. Good luck

 

[D Greg]

Seems like a lot of work. Maybe best to buy a 'knock off' 4k action camera like this one:

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