Gimbal or Camera Issue

regdawg · Apr 15, 2017

So I was out flying this morning and noticed when I turned on the bird, the camera view was sideways (not horizontal). Anyway I'm flying and I notice that when I fly left or right the camera is not staying stable meaning its also angling right or left. When I landed and picked up the bird with my hand and I tilted it left or right the camera stayed stable. Any idea what the issue is?

I flew yesterday with no issues that I noticed and I have an ND Filter on.

Flying Irish · Apr 15, 2017

Just updated firmware and on first flight my gimbal is all over the place, sometimes saying obstruction, then I move it around while hovering and obstruction warning goes away and I briefly have gimbal control (up & down) but not for long. Has anyone else experienced this issue?

AlanTheBeast · Apr 15, 2017

regdawg said:
So I was out flying this morning and noticed when I turned on the bird, the camera view was sideways (not horizontal). Anyway I'm flying and I notice that when I fly left or right the camera is not staying stable meaning its also angling right or left. When I landed and picked up the bird with my hand and I tilted it left or right the camera stayed stable. Any idea what the issue is?

I flew yesterday with no issues that I noticed and I have an ND Filter on.

The camera has a yaw axis for stability and drift compensation. In a stiff crosswind it will (should?) angle to correct for the a/c heading v track.

hammer73 · Apr 15, 2017

Per AlanTheBeast... the yaw is normal on making a turn. The gimbal anticipates it. Vertical vs horizontal; take the camera out of portrait mode.

blackcamo · Apr 15, 2017

Hmm, I guess you've checked that, but aren't you in fpv mode?

cheekymonkeyman · Apr 15, 2017

Ok... so just to back up what regdawg might be witnessing... I too upgraded firmware (60 flights on Mavic) and noticed for the first time that on start up the gimbal SOMETIMES initiates at an angle of say 30 degrees off horizontal. Over 30 seconds or so it slowly corrects to horizontal without intervention. Similarly under yaw the time taken to recover horizontal is 10's of seconds... not almost instant as it has been in the past.
Ive recalibrated the gimbal and fired up ~4 times inside and 4 times outside... I'd say the start up issue happens half the time and the slow horizon levelling ALL the time.
It's not an issue for me as I tend to compose between shots but it does bug me that this came out of nowhere.

regdawg · Apr 15, 2017

cheekymonkeyman said:
Ok... so just to back up what regdawg might be witnessing... I too upgraded firmware (60 flights on Mavic) and noticed for the first time that on start up the gimbal SOMETIMES initiates at an angle of say 30 degrees off horizontal. Over 30 seconds or so it slowly corrects to horizontal without intervention. Similarly under yaw the time taken to recover horizontal is 10's of seconds... not almost instant as it has been in the past.
Ive recalibrated the gimbal and fired up ~4 times inside and 4 times outside... I'd say the start up issue happens half the time and the slow horizon levelling ALL the time.
It's not an issue for me as I tend to compose between shots but it does bug me that this came out of nowhere.

So I'm not the only one. Yeah yesterday I flew for a bit and did not experience this at all. Actually flew a couple times after I upgraded to .600. This morning was the first time I experienced this. Again if I'm just holding it in my hand and I'm tilting it side to side, the horizontal correction is normal. So this is firmware issue? The clip below is only 12 seconds...after that its just black..sorry I didn't cut it correctly but just wanted to give an example.

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regdawg · Apr 17, 2017

Took the mavic out today and 1st thing I noticed was my the GO app was telling me that I have an incomplete firmware or something to that sort so it started updating. At started updating at 46%, which seemed odd. So the update finished and then I turned my Mavic on and noticed I was getting no signal in the top left corner (red bar). After a few minutes decided to restart everything (phone, app, etc.). After the restart, started the Mavic up and flew a bit and the gimbal issue appears gone. I landed shut the Mavic down and controller and restarted it again, took off flew for a bit and the gimbal was fine again. Maybe its a hit and miss issue but decided to just stay with .600 for now. I'll continue to keep an eye on it when I fly. If it does become a nuisance, I'll revert back to .550 before I go on vacation next month.

Bungie · Apr 17, 2017

Same issue here since firmware update to .600

harfordhawk · Apr 17, 2017

same here as well. Gimbal is weird on startup but seems to slowly work it out

boone · Apr 17, 2017

cheekymonkeyman said:
Ok... so just to back up what regdawg might be witnessing... I too upgraded firmware (60 flights on Mavic) and noticed for the first time that on start up the gimbal SOMETIMES initiates at an angle of say 30 degrees off horizontal. Over 30 seconds or so it slowly corrects to horizontal without intervention. Similarly under yaw the time taken to recover horizontal is 10's of seconds... not almost instant as it has been in the past.
Ive recalibrated the gimbal and fired up ~4 times inside and 4 times outside... I'd say the start up issue happens half the time and the slow horizon levelling ALL the time.
It's not an issue for me as I tend to compose between shots but it does bug me that this came out of nowhere.

Same experience. Noticed it for the first time today and it freaked me the f out, true story.

boone · Apr 17, 2017

I'll figure out a way to handle it emotionally if I break the thing, but if dji breaks it I'll be a little upset.

Spanishcop · Apr 18, 2017

Is this delay for gimbal to level up also happen when making quick turns that it has to relevel each time or only during startup?

G284L · Apr 18, 2017

Sounds like you guys are in the fixed wing mode ?

Spanishcop · Apr 18, 2017

Nope I haven't enabled that option. The delay happens after calibration of gimbal when I first power on Mavic. Just wondering now if same issue when making quick movements on Mavic while in the air. "Not in Fixed Wing mode"... I could care less about that... I won't be using it.

dufferso · Apr 18, 2017

Maybe the gimbal initiation has changed as a result of fwm introduction

Spanishcop · Apr 18, 2017

That's why I'm asking to see if it has issues during flight or only an initiation thing.

Spanishcop · Apr 19, 2017

dufferso said:
Maybe the gimbal initiation has changed as a result of fwm introduction

Well I tested recording in flight and though it levels slooooowly back to normal it takes a few seconds to do so. It's not like it was before.

As much as I was hoping to stay on 0600 and I've been back and forth a couple times.... I decided to go back to 0400.

Test flight shows gimbal stabilizing almost instantly on 0400 when you make turns and other movements. I've decided 0400 is where it's at for now.

I will wait for 0650 or 0700 to see if worth upgrading. I'm happy where I am. Like another members said... I have to quit getting suckered into upgrading when in reality not much has changed.

BigMotor · Apr 19, 2017

Spanishcop said:
Well I tested recording in flight and though it levels slooooowly back to normal it takes a few seconds to do so. It's not like it was before.

As much as I was hoping to stay on 0600 and I've been back and forth a couple times.... I decided to go back to 0400.

Test flight shows gimbal stabilizing almost instantly on 0400 when you make turns and other movements. I've decided 0400 is where it's at for now.

I will wait for 0650 or 0700 to see if worth upgrading. I'm happy where I am. Like another members said... I have to quit getting suckered into upgrading when in reality not much has changed.

How to get back to 400 thanks in advance...

Spanishcop · Apr 19, 2017

Download DJI Assistant 2.0 from DJI website for MAC or PC.

Use your USB cable that you use to charge your RC to connect the Mavic to your computer and same for RC process. You will have 3 firmwares currently on list. Choose 0400 version or 0550 or 0600.