Gimbal Roll value

[metriXc]

Dear community. I purchased my mavic from someone. Today I found out that the setting was at -0.5 at the gimbal roll. Shouldn't it be 0.0 if everything was okay?


Thank you in advance.

 

[Egika]

No. This value is to tune a slightly off gimbal horizon. It is normal to have a non zero number there.

 

[Former Member]

Anything between 1.0 or -1.0 is acceptable. If you have to go higher or lower than that, you might have a bent gimbal part.

 

[LeafPeeper]

So I've been running a gimbal roll value of .7 since I got my Mavic. Even after a crash, it still seemed pretty stable at .7/.8, no matter how many times I calibrate. Given that it's cold and windy outside, today I decided to play around with the calibration. I found that if I jack up the opposite leg DRASTICALLY, like 3 inches (meaning if the horizon drops to the right, jack up the left leg) and then calibrate, I can get my roll value to drop to 0. I still don't know what the calibration algorithm does, but it seems strange that it can't figure out what level is. Just FYI in case this might help someone else.

LP

 

[Stan1915]

When I want to check mine I will add the gridlines and take it up 100', turn toward the horizon and then adjust the gimbal roll.

 

[LeafPeeper]

When I want to check mine I will add the gridlines and take it up 100', turn toward the horizon and then adjust the gimbal roll.

Doesn't work too well for me....too many mountains and uneven terrain. I also just simply don't like having to keep a fixed gimbal roll value....OCD.

LP

 

[Stan1915]

Maybe you could use the roof line of your house to check it

 

[LeafPeeper]

I have, but it also depends on pointing the Mavic perfectly perpendicular to the house. I'm not sure I get your point though. I think you're giving me suggestions on how to adjust the gimbal roll to level the horizon. That's not my issue. My issue is that when I calibrate the gimbal, I still need to adjust the roll value after. My post was intended to offer an option to calibrate the gimbal so that no gimbal roll is necessary.

LP