Clamp

[Therealhaddock]

ive had the Mavic for about a week and had my first crash today. Pretty minor one, it was going backwards - since turned that function off - and it flew into a wall and dropped about 5 foot onto pebbles. Everything seems fine except I cannot get the clamp on the gimble.

Is this common? Don't want to force it but now dreading that I've broken it.

 

[Former Member]

You might have bent the black gimbal plate thats held to the gimbal with 2 screws. Take some pics and post them up here. Front of gimbal. Gimbal straight down from the top, side of gimbal.

 

[Therealhaddock]

Here you go

 

[Former Member]

Everything looks straight. Check the back of your gimbal roll motor, the plastic piece behind the lens and see if its cracked. That will stop the clamp from going on.

At what point does the clamp not go on?

Is everything else working? Gimbal self-calibrate when starting up, level horizon? Can you tilt the gimbal up and down?

 

[Therealhaddock]

Everything seems to be working - in my limited knowledge - but the clamp won't clip in as the gimble doesn't want to go back far enough. Almost seems like the gimble is too high and you need to force it down to get the clamp to clip in, which I don't want to do.

Thanks for your help by the way

 

[Michael Ainsworth]

The two pics looking down shows that the supporting bracket has come out of the retaining lug on the Mavic? It's moved forward out of that small clip.
Sorry not a good explanation.

 

[Former Member]

Not going back far enough and being too high are two different things. When the Mavic is on is the camera straight and level? In your front picture the cam is pointing down and left.

 

[Former Member]

Yeo

The two pics looking down shows that the supporting bracket has come out of the retaining lug on the Mavic? It's moved forward out of that small clip.
Sorry not a good explanation.

Yep when you zoom in it looks like the left rear rubber band has come out of its hole.

 

[Michael Ainsworth]

Should look like this.

 

[Therealhaddock]

Thanks. Is it easy to put back? Feels like I'm going to break something to get it back in

 

[Michael Ainsworth]

Use needle point pliers or long nose pliers. Should be ok if it is the rubber band just take it slow.