MAVIC 3

[Oman]

Can someone post a picture of the so called Gimbal Lock for the Mavic 3 ?
Thanks Oman

 

[BlairAir]

What picture? There is nothing physically visible. When you power down the drone, the gimbal centers and "mildly" locks in place. The 1st 2 Mavic 3's I had needed a fair amount of force to move it out of the locked position. My current one needs onky a mild bump or movement to free up. Sometimes it unlocks vertically, but is still locked horizontally. It's simply a motion hold, that keeps it in the center position. There is nothing to see or take a picture of.

 

[Oman]

What picture? There is nothing physically visible. When you power down the drone, the gimbal centers and "mildly" locks in place. The 1st 2 Mavic 3's I had needed a fair amount of force to move it out of the locked position. My current one needs onky a mild bump or movement to free up. Sometimes it unlocks vertically, but is still locked horizontally. It's simply a motion hold, that keeps it in the center position. There is nothing to see or take a picture of.

There was a foam u shaped piece that went behind the gimble, on the M3, I see that some people don't like the new Gimbal cover on the M3P?
Thanks oman

 

[BlairAir]

Yep, slightly different design than the foam that comes on Mavuc 3/Mavic 3 Classic. I used the one for Mini 3 Pro, to hold the gimbal while mounting the cover. Perhaps twice. The problem with using foam behind the gimbal is that it's easy to forget it's there; its not apparent when you put the drone on the ground and power it up. I had enough challenge remembering to take plastic gimbal covers off. I've already seen several videos that the YouTuber forgot itt was there and got a "Gimbal Overloaded" message. That would be me. While some folks would always rememberit's there, I am not one of those people.

 

[Sir Maxwell Greene]

Yep, slightly different design than the foam that comes on Mavuc 3/Mavic 3 Classic. I used the one for Mini 3 Pro, to hold the gimbal while mounting the cover. Perhaps twice. The problem with using foam behind the gimbal is that it's easy to forget it's there; its not apparent when you put the drone on the ground and power it up. I had enough challenge remembering to take plastic gimbal covers off. I've already seen several videos that the YouTuber forgot itt was there and got a "Gimbal Overloaded" message. That would be me. While some folks would always rememberit's there, I am not one of those people.

This would be me too, I did also consider using the foam bit that arrives with the Mavic 3 drone, however, i travel extensively with my drone in a small case from china- only using the bra/ mask that is supplied with the drone.. Extensively i mean planes, trains, + motorbikes across Bali, Thailand Cambodia for the last 6 months and have had zero notifications or worries about the gimble getting damaged. I use the drone daily for work btw.

 

[Meta4]

Can someone post a picture of the so called Gimbal Lock for the Mavic 3 ?

The foam piece is not a gimbal lock.
It's packaging for shipping and not meant for owners to use.
The gimbal lock for the original Mavic 3 was an invisible feature as described in post #2 .

This is not necessary on the Mavic 3 pro because the wider gimbal bracket is held by cutouts in the gimbal cover.

I see that some people don't like the new Gimbal cover on the M3P?

It's not that bad, it's just different.

 

[Sir Maxwell Greene]

Mine actually doesn't slot in. It's jangles kinda loosely inside.

 

[Meta4]

Mine actually doesn't slot in. It's jangles kinda loosely inside.

That's an original Mavic 3.
My illustration is the Mavic 3 pro.

 

[GadgetGuy]

It gets confusing…LOL!

Too Many Mavic 3s?!? Which one for you?

 

[Oman]

This would be me too, I did also consider using the foam bit that arrives with the Mavic 3 drone, however, i travel extensively with my drone in a small case from china- only using the bra/ mask that is supplied with the drone.. Extensively i mean planes, trains, + motorbikes across Bali, Thailand Cambodia for the last 6 months and have had zero notifications or worries about the gimble getting damaged. I use the drone daily for work btw.

Yes this is the the foam piece I was talking about, so this is what it ships with , and thats all it was used for and I don't use it after that. I just use the cover without the foam piece ?
Thanks Oman

 

[Oman]

This would be me too, I did also consider using the foam bit that arrives with the Mavic 3 drone, however, i travel extensively with my drone in a small case from china- only using the bra/ mask that is supplied with the drone.. Extensively i mean planes, trains, + motorbikes across Bali, Thailand Cambodia for the last 6 months and have had zero notifications or worries about the gimble getting damaged. I use the drone daily for work btw

This would be me too, I did also consider using the foam bit that arrives with the Mavic 3 drone, however, i travel extensively with my drone in a small case from china- only using the bra/ mask that is supplied with the drone.. Extensively i mean planes, trains, + motorbikes across Bali, Thailand Cambodia for the last 6 months and have had zero notifications or worries about the gimble getting damaged. I use the drone daily for work btw.

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[Oman]

Yes this is the the foam piece I was talking about, so this what it ships with , and thats all it was used for and I don't use it after that. I just use the cover without the foam piece ?

 

[Sir Maxwell Greene]

Yes this is the the foam piece I was talking about, so this is what it ships with , and thats all it was used for and I don't use it after that. I just use the cover without the foam piece ?
Thanks Oman

Yeah just use the muzzle/ bra looking thing. Works just fine for me.

 

[Oman]

This would be me too, I did also consider using the foam bit that arrives with the Mavic 3 drone, however, i travel extensively with my drone in a small case from china- only using the bra/ mask that is supplied with the drone.. Extensively i mean planes, trains, + motorbikes across Bali, Thailand Cambodia for the last 6 months and have had zero notifications or worries about the gimble getting damaged. I use the drone daily for work btw.

Yes this is the the foam piece I was talking about, so this what it ships with , and thats all it was used for and I don't use it after that. I just use the cover without the foam piece ?

Yeah just use the muzzle/ bra looking thing. Works just fine for me.

Thank you for your time , I would love to go to Bali and Thailand.
Stay well
Oman

 

[Bob in Savannah]

DEFINITELY don't try and utilize the foam shipping insert. Its tempting but not designed for operator use, only shipping and would be quite easy to forget that you have it on. That could potentially cause you some money and at the least, unneeded wear and tear on the gimbal motor.
Save that piece of foam and toss it in the box and then its there to SHIP correctly when needed.

 

[Oman]

DEFINITELY don't try and utilize the foam shipping insert. Its tempting but not designed for operator use, only shipping and would be quite easy to forget that you have it on. That could potentially cause you some money and at the least, unneeded wear and tear on the gimbal motor.
Save that piece of foam and toss it in the box and then its there to SHIP correctly when needed.

Yeah I already forgot it once, in the box for shipping use. Checked gimble calibration, everything okay.
Thanks oman