I bought the Mavic 2 Pro a few years back after owning the Mavic Pro and selling it. The M2P worked great and never a gimbal issue. Then I had a slight contact with a tree branch and it dropped and the gimbal arm got bent. Eventually I sent it to DJI and they stated the gimbal arm and cosmetic scratches (so they were going to replace plastic parts) repairs would come to (with labour costs) $340. I paid that and they sent me a replacement M2P.
Now with my original M2P I would often use the 30 degree plus (up) position of the gimbal for certain filming situations. I never had an issue with the gimbal changing the angle of degree that I set it at. No matter if I flew forward or backward. When the replacement arrived, it flew fine and everything seemed to work well. However, I had turned the gimbal to 30 degrees up from level and as I slowly flew it forward, I suddenly saw through the camera on my SC screen, that the camera snapped down several degrees. In fact all I had to do was tilt the camera up to 30 degrees as I hovered and it would within a second or two, snapped back to maybe 23 degrees, then sometimes, 19 degrees and other times from a hover, and setting it from zero to 30 degrees up, it would snap down to maybe 24 degrees then immediately go down to 18 degrees and sometimes even to about 9 degrees.
Regardless of what I tried, every time I would attempt to fly it, extremely slowly forward, the gimbal, when in the say plus anywhere from 15 to 28 degrees, would suddenly snap down again, dropping to anything from 22 to 18 to 12 or even 6 degrees. This would happen whether I flew extremely slowly, from a hover, forward or backwards. I contacted tech support who went through the gimbal calibration with me several times and as it sat on the table, it would hold the 30 degrees up position. The moment I tried it in flight from a hover, the same problem kept happening. It would almost immediately snap down from the 30 degree plus position. In fact, it often would not even let me position it more than 26-28 degrees up as I hovered. But each time I flew forward, again as slowly as possible, it would snap down.
In the end they said to return it and I did and they sent me a replacement (so the second replacement drone). This new replacement has the same problem, it will not allow a 30 degree up position of the camera to be held, the moment I start any forward motion. I could understand reaching a gimbal limit if I were to race off forward, but that is not the case. I am just creeping forward and the gimbal immediately snaps down anywhere from 6 to 14 degrees. A friend has his original M2P and I watched him try the same thing. His gimbal held in place at the 30 plus degree position he raised his camera to. He experiences the same problem free gimbal positive position that I did on my original M2P. We could fly forward or backward slowly and the gimbal would stay in place at the 30 degree up camera position.
Can some of you Mavic 2 Pro owners please try this, take off and hover, raise your camera to the 30 degree plus position and then try a slowly forward flight and see if you too have a gimbal that will snap the camera down any number of degrees from the 30 degree up position toward the level zero position? If you are all having this problem then I will have to live with it too. However, if you guys are able to have the gimbal keep the camera in the plus 30 degree up position as you fly forward and come to a gentle stop and do the same thing in backward flight, then I have yet another problem gimbal and it needs to go back. I appreciate all who try this and report back, thank you all in advance.
Now with my original M2P I would often use the 30 degree plus (up) position of the gimbal for certain filming situations. I never had an issue with the gimbal changing the angle of degree that I set it at. No matter if I flew forward or backward. When the replacement arrived, it flew fine and everything seemed to work well. However, I had turned the gimbal to 30 degrees up from level and as I slowly flew it forward, I suddenly saw through the camera on my SC screen, that the camera snapped down several degrees. In fact all I had to do was tilt the camera up to 30 degrees as I hovered and it would within a second or two, snapped back to maybe 23 degrees, then sometimes, 19 degrees and other times from a hover, and setting it from zero to 30 degrees up, it would snap down to maybe 24 degrees then immediately go down to 18 degrees and sometimes even to about 9 degrees.
Regardless of what I tried, every time I would attempt to fly it, extremely slowly forward, the gimbal, when in the say plus anywhere from 15 to 28 degrees, would suddenly snap down again, dropping to anything from 22 to 18 to 12 or even 6 degrees. This would happen whether I flew extremely slowly, from a hover, forward or backwards. I contacted tech support who went through the gimbal calibration with me several times and as it sat on the table, it would hold the 30 degrees up position. The moment I tried it in flight from a hover, the same problem kept happening. It would almost immediately snap down from the 30 degree plus position. In fact, it often would not even let me position it more than 26-28 degrees up as I hovered. But each time I flew forward, again as slowly as possible, it would snap down.
In the end they said to return it and I did and they sent me a replacement (so the second replacement drone). This new replacement has the same problem, it will not allow a 30 degree up position of the camera to be held, the moment I start any forward motion. I could understand reaching a gimbal limit if I were to race off forward, but that is not the case. I am just creeping forward and the gimbal immediately snaps down anywhere from 6 to 14 degrees. A friend has his original M2P and I watched him try the same thing. His gimbal held in place at the 30 plus degree position he raised his camera to. He experiences the same problem free gimbal positive position that I did on my original M2P. We could fly forward or backward slowly and the gimbal would stay in place at the 30 degree up camera position.
Can some of you Mavic 2 Pro owners please try this, take off and hover, raise your camera to the 30 degree plus position and then try a slowly forward flight and see if you too have a gimbal that will snap the camera down any number of degrees from the 30 degree up position toward the level zero position? If you are all having this problem then I will have to live with it too. However, if you guys are able to have the gimbal keep the camera in the plus 30 degree up position as you fly forward and come to a gentle stop and do the same thing in backward flight, then I have yet another problem gimbal and it needs to go back. I appreciate all who try this and report back, thank you all in advance.
