Camera twirling and flipping around randomly

umneycreep · Oct 23, 2017

I've had the Mavic Pro for a couple of months now and it has been randomly doing weird camera flips and twirls. The first time I saw it happen I thought it was crashing. I've tried upgrading/downgrading firmware... I've tried all the calibrations in DJI Assistant and it just keeps getting worse... it's basically not flyable at this point. Here are a couple of videos of what it is doing:

If anyone has any ideas of something I can try to fix this issue I would appreciate it.
Thanks for any help!

Top Hat · Oct 23, 2017

Check if your gimbal plate is properly secured.
Right after the wobbly video, looks like your gimbal is freaking out (known issue) but the wobbling is something else.

umneycreep · Oct 23, 2017

Yes, it's always had the Mavic wobble... not ideal but I can live with it.
I don't really know how it should be attached but it appears the Gimbal/Camera is attached correctly...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/V9kDpu2uo9rf0Y4v1

Former Member · Oct 23, 2017

Your gimbal is doing a mid-flight reset/calibration. What firmware are you using? I also noticed that when you are idle/hovering, there is no vibration. Im thinking that you have a problem with your gimbal flat ribbon cable. Are you getting a gimbal motor overload or obstructed message?

wxperson · Oct 23, 2017

this seems to be a common problem... but so far appears random. I see this once in a while with a new Mavic. After the first time... i learned to just take a breath and let go of the controls (not the controller

for 5 seconds. I wonder if it has anything to do with interference.

umneycreep · Oct 23, 2017

Thunderdrones said:
Your gimbal is doing a mid-flight reset/calibration. What firmware are you using? I also noticed that when you are idle/hovering, there is no vibration. Im thinking that you have a problem with your gimbal flat ribbon cable. Are you getting a gimbal motor overload or obstructed message?

Oh yeah I never realized that... that is what it is doing. It used to happen so rarely that I could live with it but now it does it about every minute or so... so it's really hard to fly... I don't know it's really random and I've tried different things to see if I could trigger it. It does seem to only happen in Video mode.The flat ribbon cable seems to be securely connected...

wxperson · Oct 23, 2017

every minute.... time for warranty.

Anthony · Oct 23, 2017

As above .... it's warranty time ...

umneycreep · Oct 23, 2017

Thanks for your help guys... I have contacted DJI support... we'll see how it goes.

flyingz06 · Jan 8, 2023

Im getting the gimble shake and motor overload message. I'm out of warranty. suggestions?

lookout · Jan 13, 2023

Guy on ebay says

If the camera is out of sight, the damage is on signal cable(dense cable); if the camera has sight but the gyroscope doesn't work properly(which might cause the IMU keep rebooting), the damage is on the ribbon flex cable.