Post crash, no gimble control

[Bugsyboat]

I recently crashed into a tall tree (flying in Sport mode and went into a serious screen lag) where my Mavic stayed stuck for a rain soaked weekend. Recovered on Monday when a strong wind blew it out of the tree and I believe it hit a limb on the way down. Popped the battery out and cracked it but everything else looked pretty good. I immersed it in rice for over a week and then tentatively tried it with a new battery. To my amazement, it flew perfectly and seems to be flying fine! I have lost control of the gimble/camera via the rocker wheel on the remote. The camera works and focuses when I tap the screen, but I have no way to control the tilt. I can't see anything obviously broken or out of place, but the camera points slightly to the left after doing it's start-up dance and the image is tilted slightly..... (see attached video). I tried the re-calibrating the gimble, but it doesn't respond to any input via the phone screen, or remote.

Any ideas?

 

[Bunny Too]

I recently crashed into a tall tree (flying in Sport mode and went into a serious screen lag) where my Mavic stayed stuck for a rain soaked weekend. Recovered on Monday when a strong wind blew it out of the tree and I believe it hit a limb on the way down. Popped the battery out and cracked it but everything else looked pretty good. I immersed it in rice for over a week and then tentatively tried it with a new battery. To my amazement, it flew perfectly and seems to be flying fine! I have lost control of the gimble/camera via the rocker wheel on the remote. The camera works and focuses when I tap the screen, but I have no way to control the tilt. I can't see anything obviously broken or out of place, but the camera points slightly to the left after doing it's start-up dance and the image is tilted slightly..... (see attached video). I tried the re-calibrating the gimble, but it doesn't respond to any input via the phone screen, or remote.

Any ideas?

The gimbal control wire may have become loose or torn, @Thunderdrones can supply you with the parts or fix it. If you do a video search on the internet you can find how to repair.

 

[Dragonfly]

Need to replace the gimbal motor flex cable. Its damaged. Its not even going through full start up process and you are lucky it accepts post.

 

[Technomancer]

It seems only your pitch motor is affected, could be the motor and not the cable at all. Do you have a "Gimbal obstructed" error?

@Thunderdrones would know better, and be able to fix it for you (cheaply and quickly!)

 

[Bugsyboat]

It seems only your pitch motor is affected, could be the motor and not the cable at all. Do you have a "Gimbal obstructed" error?

@Thunderdrones would know better, and be able to fix it for you (cheaply and quickly!)

Yes! I'm getting the Gimbal Obstructed error! I'll try contacting him, thanks!

 

[Former Member]

Thank you for mentioning me @Bunny Too and @Technomancer

I sent OP a PM. He might need a gimbal flat ribbon cable and/or a gimbal motor assembly. Best to start with a ribbon and see if the gimbal calibrates.