Salt Water Damage - Gimbal

[RonBurgundy]

P4 was powered on sitting on the beach and a wave came up and splashed the bottom. I shut it off but noticed a burning smell and saw it around the gimbal ribbon cable. I removed the flex ribbon cable its obviously damaged. Nothing was submerged, just got wet. It powers on but no gimbal activity, I can see the image out of the camera.

Thoughts on how to repair?

 

[rene van der meer]

That's a bad damage.
Probably salt water came in the connector and short circuited it. You will have to replace the PCB and the flat cable. But maybe there is more damage. See DJI Phantom 4 Gimbal repair
Good luck!

 

[RonBurgundy]

Do you recommend buying parts and doing it myself or sending it in to DJI for repair?

Trying to located the PCB part and can't find it?

 

[rene van der meer]

Do you recommend buying parts and doing it myself or sending it in to DJI for repair?

Trying to located the PCB part and can't find it?

Ron, I would recommend replacing the whole gimbal.