Gimbal not level?

[Robw_z]

I love my Mini 4K but from my first flights (purchased new) I noticed the gimbal seemed slightly off-kilter, leaning down to the left as viewed on the screen. Becomes obvious when you get high and can see the horizon, or when indoors and things aren't squaring up.

I found the "gimbal calibrate" function and used it while it was set on what should be a very level surface, and the situation did not improve. I've also lightly worked the gimbal camera around with my hand to see if it was binding on something, nothing.

I'm within the return period so I'm not worried, just making sure I'm not missing something before I go through with it. Drone is great in all other respects!

Thanks for any feedback!

 

[MS Coast]

I love my Mini 4K but from my first flights (purchased new) I noticed the gimbal seemed slightly off-kilter, leaning down to the left as viewed on the screen. Becomes obvious when you get high and can see the horizon, or when indoors and things aren't squaring up.

I found the "gimbal calibrate" function and used it while it was set on what should be a very level surface, and the situation did not improve. I've also lightly worked the gimbal camera around with my hand to see if it was binding on something, nothing.

I'm within the return period so I'm not worried, just making sure I'm not missing something before I go through with it. Drone is great in all other respects!

Thanks for any feedback!

You can manually adjust the gimbal tilt (roll axis) in the Fly App during flight, if you have a true horizon. I've had to do that with on occasion. Move the gimbal up or down so that one of the grid reference lines falls on the horizon and any tilt will be obvious.

If the terrain elevation varies across the field of view, it's easy to be fooled about what is level, though. Fortunately for me here on the coast, I have a wide view of the Mississippi Sound and a true horizon.

 

[Felix le Chat]

I love my Mini 4K but from my first flights (purchased new) I noticed the gimbal seemed slightly off-kilter, leaning down to the left as viewed on the screen. Becomes obvious when you get high and can see the horizon, or when indoors and things aren't squaring up.

I found the "gimbal calibrate" function and used it while it was set on what should be a very level surface, and the situation did not improve. I've also lightly worked the gimbal camera around with my hand to see if it was binding on something, nothing.

I'm within the return period so I'm not worried, just making sure I'm not missing something before I go through with it. Drone is great in all other respects!

Thanks for any feedback!

To be honest, the first thing I'd try is refreshing the firmware via Assistant 2, or checking for an available firmware update on the ABOUT tab at the tail end of the main menu screen (the three white period marks (...) in the top right corner of the flight screen).

 

[Blue Face]

Do an IMU calibration

 

[Robw_z]

Thanks for the tips. I'll try a few of these things and update how it goes.