Hi all,
I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times and is probably fixed with original dji gimbal ribbon.
The issue is no one in Australia where I live seems to have an original gimbal ribbon in stock.
I have been forced to purchase these ribbons off ebay. I bought one of the more expensive ones available hoping it would be better quality.
Issue:
1/. I have a P3S. The gimbal needed repairing which I bought second hand. Original issue was a binding issue. The guy before me had tried repairing it and bitched it up even to the point of soldering the compass to the main board, but not only had he killed one of the pads, he also had the wires back to front. So I repaired that, corrected the soldering of correct colou wires to the correct pads. First pin on the left had to be soldered to one of the test pads to complete the circuit. So soldering job complete.
2/. The gimbal had come apart, and the previous owner had tried installing a new ribbon. I managed to get the gimbal working including video and gimbal movement. But I had to pull it apart to epoxy glue the shaft of one of the motors so it would come apart. As the cable previous owner used was so poorly put back and was not sticking properly I decided to replace it.
Now as I said I needed to buy of eBay. I have installed the new ribbon and I get video signal but there is no motion in the camera. It doesn't do the gimbal dance on startup and I cannot move it with the controller.
I tested the ribbon before installing for continuity of the pins with a multimeter and it all seemed fine but I think it's feels thinner to touch than an original broken one I managed to get my hands on for comparison.
My question is, do you guys think it's a poor quality ribbon. If that is what you guys think can you suggest where i might be able to find a decent quality ribbon without paying more than the drone is worth. Maybe somewhere you guys have bought from recently that you know works fine and had trainable international shipping.
Thanks in advance
I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times and is probably fixed with original dji gimbal ribbon.
The issue is no one in Australia where I live seems to have an original gimbal ribbon in stock.
I have been forced to purchase these ribbons off ebay. I bought one of the more expensive ones available hoping it would be better quality.
Issue:
1/. I have a P3S. The gimbal needed repairing which I bought second hand. Original issue was a binding issue. The guy before me had tried repairing it and bitched it up even to the point of soldering the compass to the main board, but not only had he killed one of the pads, he also had the wires back to front. So I repaired that, corrected the soldering of correct colou wires to the correct pads. First pin on the left had to be soldered to one of the test pads to complete the circuit. So soldering job complete.
2/. The gimbal had come apart, and the previous owner had tried installing a new ribbon. I managed to get the gimbal working including video and gimbal movement. But I had to pull it apart to epoxy glue the shaft of one of the motors so it would come apart. As the cable previous owner used was so poorly put back and was not sticking properly I decided to replace it.
Now as I said I needed to buy of eBay. I have installed the new ribbon and I get video signal but there is no motion in the camera. It doesn't do the gimbal dance on startup and I cannot move it with the controller.
I tested the ribbon before installing for continuity of the pins with a multimeter and it all seemed fine but I think it's feels thinner to touch than an original broken one I managed to get my hands on for comparison.
My question is, do you guys think it's a poor quality ribbon. If that is what you guys think can you suggest where i might be able to find a decent quality ribbon without paying more than the drone is worth. Maybe somewhere you guys have bought from recently that you know works fine and had trainable international shipping.
Thanks in advance