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Mini Gimbal head not exactly level

Piecar

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I've noticed that my gimbal head is not quite true to the horizon. Everything is slightly tilted to the right. I live in a hilly area, so hadn't really paid attention to this. Recently though, I flew backwards into an unnoticed guy line and the thing went down. I was extra vigilant to notice any trouble after this, changing all the propellers and doing various low height tests. At first I thought the tilt was because of the accident, but looked at various previous vids and stills and noticed it's gone on for some time. It's not a HUGE cant, but now I can't unsee it.

I redid the Imu several times, but it persists. Any ideas?
 

i.kelly1963

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I've noticed that my gimbal head is not quite true to the horizon. Everything is slightly tilted to the right. I live in a hilly area, so hadn't really paid attention to this. Recently though, I flew backwards into an unnoticed guy line and the thing went down. I was extra vigilant to notice any trouble after this, changing all the propellers and doing various low height tests. At first I thought the tilt was because of the accident, but looked at various previous vids and stills and noticed it's gone on for some time. It's not a HUGE cant, but now I can't unsee it.

I redid the Imu several times, but it persists. Any ideas?
Have you tried recalibrating it?
 

Piecar

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If you mean compass recalibration, yep. Is there another calibration beside IMU and Compass that I'm missing?