Crash. Now gimbal tilts itself. Mavic Air

[Mglakner]

Long story short I crashed from 30 feet high to the grass.

I calibrated IMU and compass again.

When I hover the gimbal is level with horizon. When I turn the drone to the left the gimbal gradually falls off the horizon to the left. So I go in and adjust the tilt to accommodate and then if I fly the drone to the right it gradually tilts to the right. It's like it ignores the tilt input and just will continue to tilt to the nth degree.

Any advice? Replace? Repair?

 

[old man mavic]

you dont say what particular Mavic you have, if it is a mavic pro or mavic pro platinum, then you will know that the gimbal is suspended by rubber mounts, in the event of a hard crash the gimbal can become disengaged from its normal position under the retaining hook and the two front plates , check if it is still secure ,other than that you could have damaged one of the gimbal cables , you would have to send it for an estimate for the damage, and also make sure that no other damage to the main body of the drone has happened, its not always apparent till you start to dismantle it hope you get it fixed

 

[Mglakner]

you dont say what particular Mavic you have, if it is a mavic pro or mavic pro platinum, then you will know that the gimbal is suspended by rubber mounts, in the event of a hard crash the gimbal can become disengaged from its normal position under the retaining hook and the two front plates , check if it is still secure ,other than that you could have damaged one of the gimbal cables , you would have to send it for an estimate for the damage, and also make sure that no other damage to the main body of the drone has happened, its not always apparent till you start to dismantle it hope you get it fixed

I apologise. I have a mavic Air.

Do you have advice on the mavic air? When powered off I can move the gimbal in all directions freely I don't feel or hear any noise. Visibly I don't see any damage.

 

[old man mavic]

sorry i have never owned the air, it is normal for the gimbal to move freely when powered off, that applies to any model, that is why they have a gimbal lock to protect the gimbal from damage during transit, does the gimbal do its normal dance when you first power on the drone, you could try a gimbal calibration that might fix the issue, check the manual for how to do it

 

[Mglakner]

sorry i have never owned the air, it is normal for the gimbal to move freely when powered off, that applies to any model, that is why they have a gimbal lock to protect the gimbal from damage during transit, does the gimbal do its normal dance when you first power on the drone, you could try a gimbal calibration that might fix the issue, check the manual for how to do it

I took a test video. I'm not talking about when I strafe left and right notice when I stop and it corrects back to center how the gimbal gets off. So I do a gimbal adjust and then strafe again and the gimbal gets off again.

https://youtu.be/_amk9LwjoJQ

 

[Kilrah]

I calibrated IMU and compass again.

And did you calibrate the gimbal too?

 

[Mglakner]

And did you calibrate the gimbal too?

I did. Gimbal and IMU and after i did those its straight as an arrow and when you look at it idle on the ground the gimbal is straight and level but then after turns or any type of movement it starts to creep to one side

 

[Mglakner]

Here are two updated videos I just made today. The first one with a real horizon straight line. Notice at 0:22 how the gimbal is straight and then just tilts itself. The second one. is at altitude. Notice when simply turning in a circle the gimbal goes wonky and when I hover the gimbal wanders. Any help would be appreciated. I have tried the following:

IMU Calibration
Gimbal Calibration
New Props

 

[SoCalSteve]

I hope you find a solution. I am having the same issue!