Damaged Mavic Pro Gimbal - Popped out from tab??

[Paul_in_WA]

I crashed my Mavic Pro today. It got caught in a tree, propellers stopped and it plummeted nose down to earth. Fortunately relatively soft earth but when I tried to fly it again I got an "Abnormal Gimbal Vibration" warning. Otherwise it flew normally and even seemed to mostly take good video.

Once I got it inside and tried to inspect it everything looked normal but when I tried to put on the Gimbal Clamp I found that the camera was standing too high for the clamp to fit, so the top of the camera was actually above the clamp. And then I saw that the frame holding the camera seemed to be on top of a clip instead of underneath it. I am attaching a picture to show what I am talking about.



The arrows point to the tab fastened to the Mavic chassis and the carriage/piece of metal that I think is supposed to go under it instead of on top of it.

When I tried to pop the carriage of the camera under the tab I couldn't. It looked like I was missing less than a millimeter of clearance. I didn't want to force the issue until I posted on here and see if anybody had any advice or experience with a problem like this.

Thanks for any help.

Paul

 

[Former Member]

Pop the fronts out first, then you will be able to get the back under the tab.

 

[Paul_in_WA]

I tried that but I was afraid of forcing things too far. How robust is that assembly?

 

[Scooter]

Just slide it back and forth to tuck the tabs back over, In am surprised it fell out of a tree face first and didn't break the gimbal ribbon

 

[Scooter]

I tried that but I was afraid of forcing things too far. How robust is that assembly?

where in Wa are you? Im in NW Spokane

 

[Paul_in_WA]

Just slide it back and forth to tuck the tabs back over, In am surprised it fell out of a tree face first and didn't break the gimbal ribbon

I was surprised also. I did manage to pop the Gimbal back into place and it seems to work fine.

 

[Paul_in_WA]

where in Wa are you? Im in NW Spokane

I am in the Seattle area. Still trying to figure out where it is OK to fly a drone here. Kind of confusing because of the airports and military bases.

 

[Scooter]

went to Bellingham a couple months ago and wanted to film some shoreline at Birch Bay state Park but got run off by the park ranger but I got all the footage I needed before she figured out where I was

 

[Scooter]

went to Bellingham a couple months ago and wanted to film some shoreline at Birch Bay state Park but got run off by the park ranger but I got all the footage I needed before she figured out where I was

some times ya gotta drive to get footage