Gimbal cover on Air 2S is terrible

[BobbyLashley]

Too small. Blows my mind that after all these drones, DJI still can't make a good gimbal cover that isn't cumbersome and doesn't risk damaging the gimbal. Because the Air 2S has a bigger camera, the current cover is too small. I don't know what the trick is but it's like trying to master a project just to do this quickly and effortlessly.

 

[Ice_2k]

Don’t know what you’re on about, mate, this is the best gimbal cover I used, significantly easier to put on even compared to the normal Air 2. Exactly what problem do you have with it?

 

[Sjkieffer]

I agree! It seems to be difficult most of the time. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do it quick and easy

 

[hiflyer201]

loose center the camera and snap it into place. Easy!

 

[hiflyer201]

put a piece of red ribbon on it so your remember to remove before flight...just like the big boys do

 

[buddb55]

I think it's the best cover yet!

 

[BobbyLashley]

Don’t know what you’re on about, mate, this is the best gimbal cover I used, significantly easier to put on even compared to the normal Air 2. Exactly what problem do you have with it?

Unlike the Air 2, the camera can't centre while pointing forward prior to putting the cover on. It will drift off to a 30 degrees angle.

I find the only way to get this cover on the 2S without having this take up 10x more time it should is to have the camera pointing towards the ground first, then out the cover on. Because there is now enough clearance from the camera to the cover.

The cover is too small for this size camera. The Air 2 cover was way easier to put on because the camera always stay centered when putting the cover on.

 

[Ice_2k]

Unlike the Air 2, the camera can't centre while pointing forward prior to putting the cover on. It will drift off to a 30 degrees angle.

I find the only way to get this cover on the 2S without having this take up 10x more time it should is to have the camera pointing towards the ground first, then out the cover on. Because there is now enough clearance from the camera to the cover.

The cover is too small for this size camera.

I stand by my point, i literally don't understand what you're talking about I'm centering the gimbal (looking straight ahead), hooking those little two feet of the cover under the top part of the drone and then pushing the thing in the back behind the gimbal. It's going in so much easier than it did on the MA2. I had Mavic Mini, Mavic 2 (not mine but used it frequently for a few months), MA2 and now A2S. The A2S easily has the best cover in my opinion. And the M2P the worst.

 

[BobbyLashley]

I agree! It seems to be difficult most of the time. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do it quick and easy

I did some more testing and you need to have the camera pointing towards the ground before putting the cover on. Having the camera facing forward, it doesn't stay and drifts down a bit making the cover a real nonsense to put back on because there's not enough clearance.

 

[BobbyLashley]

Example that the camera fails to stay facing forward and it drifts to an angle (unlike the Air 2), thus making the cover difficult to put on unless you have the camera facing towards the ground.

 

[Ice_2k]

Example that the camera fails to stay facing forward and it drifts to an angle (unlike the Air 2), thus making the cover difficult to out on unless you have the camera facing towards the ground.

i'm normally holding the drone horizontal to the ground when doing this, maybe that's the difference?

 

[BobbyLashley]

I stand by my point, i literally don't understand what you're talking about I'm centering the gimbal (looking straight ahead), hooking those little two feet of the cover under the top part of the drone and then pushing the thing in the back behind the gimbal. It's going in so much easier than it did on the MA2. I had Mavic Mini, Mavic 2 (not mine but used it frequently for a few months), MA2 and now A2S. The A2S easily has the best cover in my opinion. And the M2P the worst.

And your camera stays centered when centering it? Does on my Air 2 but not 2S.

 

[Ice_2k]

And your camera stays centered when centering it? Does on my Air 2 but not 2S.

I'll try and make a short video

 

[Ice_2k]

And your camera stays centered when centering it? Does on my Air 2 but not 2S.

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[BobbyLashley]

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Thanks for doing this. Weird. I wonder if there is something wrong with my camera because yours stays centered. Even if I do the same with my 2S horizontal to the ground, the camera still sinks towards the ground when I try to center it.

 

[BobbyLashley]

So this is what I will have to resort to doing. Point the camera towards the ground first - notice the clearance!

 

[Sjkieffer]

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makes it look easy.. never seems to go that smooth for me

 

[BobbyLashley]

makes it look easy.. never seems to go that smooth for me

Exactly. I just tried it as shown, it's better but it's still a lot more work and trouble than it should be.

DJI should incorporate a magnetic cover, then none of this nonsense.

 

[EpicEric]

Coming from Mavic 2 Pro, this cover is much better. It's one-piece design, simple and reliable.

 

[melmartin]

I’m not happy with the gimbal cover. It’s pretty easy to get on, but getting it off feels like I am going to rip the camera away from the aircraft. I’m careful, but I could think of so many better designs.