P4

Droneted · Mar 20, 2017

I have several DJI Drones. P3 Standard that I hate. P3 pro that i love and a couple of P4's [I will be selling one of the P4's. I like the P4 drone itself but I don't care much for the camera. It does not take much to screw it up. One of mine points pretty much straight ahead but the other points noticeably to the right. Not enough to bother me but enough so that I can't sell it. There is no fix that I can find. Any hard landing and the camera goes nuts. You can replace yaw arms and motors but the sensors are not available.
Just my thoughts

tcope · Mar 20, 2017

Is it out of warranty?

Droneted · Mar 20, 2017

tcope said:
Is it out of warranty?

Of course I am the second owner and the camera was damaged.

tcope · Mar 20, 2017

So the P4 is easy to damage when crashed and this is something that you don't like. The P4 that has not been crashed is fine.

Droneted · Mar 20, 2017

tcope said:
So the P4 is easy to damage when crashed and this is something that you don't like. The P4 that has not been crashed is fine.

I do like the P4. It is the lack of parts for the camera.

tcope · Mar 20, 2017

Ted4797 said:
I do like the P4. It is the lack of parts for the camera.

You can send it into DJI and pay for the repairs. They have very reasonable prices.

dwallersv · Mar 20, 2017

If warranty is not a concern for you, you might be able to fix this.

I crashed and my entire gimbal and camera were submerged to the top bend in the vertical arm.

When I removed the gimbal + bottom plate assembly from the drone, I noticed that the mounting of the 4 rubber vibration dampeners in the suspension for the gimbal were just slightly misaligned to the right a bit. Essentially rotating the entire camera a degree or two to the right.

This was an "AHA!" moment for me, because I've been frustrated by an asymmetry in how much of the motor arm might show in a picture flying at high speed sidways -- always more to the right. Other things like this that should be the symmetrical weren't, but never enough to get me to look into it. It was a small difference.

Anyhow, when I fix everything (replacing all the electronics first) I'm gong to make sure the dampener is lined up perfectly before I tighten down the screws. This is something you might investigate -- removed the gimbal assembly and take a look, it's dirt simple -- and then adjust it and see if this fixes the problem.

Here's a video I watched before taking my gimbal apart that gives great detail in how to take it off (and apart). Good luck! (skip the fluff by going to 1:33)