Air 3s Gimbal Overload warning and now Gimbal Stuck

[1gratefulflyingdawg]

Have you swapped out the standard filter with either an ND or wide angle lens before or has it had a standard lens protector on it since new?

I changed to an ND 8 before my first flight a couple of weeks ago. Have not changed it since.

 

[Matt W]

Gimbal stuck is a bad gimbal PTZ signal cable or Ribbon cable. On the mini 3’s they are notorious for yaw channel failures. You can’t even see anything wrong with the cable but it fails on the test board. I don’t know about trends for the Air 3’s yet. Find a local DJI authorized repair shop. It should not need to be sent in to DJI and bother with all the customs garbage.

 

[sdsurf86]

Have you swapped out the standard filter with either an ND or wide angle lens before or has it had a standard lens protector on it since new?

just curious because im facing the same probvlem also have an inquisitive mind, but what difference would this make?

 

[Paulomatic]

just curious because im facing the same probvlem also have an inquisitive mind, but what difference would this make?

just curious because im facing the same probvlem also have an inquisitive mind, but what difference would this make?

The wide angle lens is MUCH heavier than a filter. The first time I attached mine the drone started throwing "gimbal overload" warnings every few seconds, then it settled down and hasn't done it since.
If you have the WA on it when you shut it down, the weight is enough to make the camera point downward.

 

[Matt W]

just curious because im facing the same probvlem also have an inquisitive mind, but what difference would this make?

It would make no difference as it is completely irrelevant. He might as well have told you to install a diferent sd card, try flying the drone with the arms folded, wear a tshirt that says kick me on the back while flying or duct tape the gimbal in place to fix it. See my previous post above. You need to replace your signal cable. I have swapped so many signal cables on so many DJI drones. It is a weak link.

 

[sdsurf86]

It would make no difference as it is completely irrelevant. He might as well have told you to install a diferent sd card, try flying the drone with the arms folded, wear a tshirt that says kick me on the back while flying or duct tape the gimbal in place to fix it. See my previous post above. You need to replace your signal cable. I have swapped so many signal cables on so many DJI drones. It is a weak link.

Lmao I was wondering. So i actually dismantled my gimbal down to the circuit boards (something I’ve done at least 3x this month) and can confirm it is the motor.

***FYI FOR ANYONE DOING GIMBAL REPAIR WORK ETC*** just like with the iPhone each. Screw. Matters! (Giggidy) but these sick
B&(#=+”@ have this thing engineered so that at certain screw holes (giggidy) REQUIRE a certain length (there’s just no way to not make this sound sketch) so much so that if you use a screw of similar thickness and top, however don’t pay attention to the length for example the pitch motor screws, it will go right through the copper/sometimes circuit boards underneath, which is what happened with mine. All I have to say is god bless AliExpress