Hi.  It seems the vertical rotation of the gimbal on my new spark is limited somehow.  It won't rotate all the way up...there are three notches left on the scale (see screenshot), and I can't get it to go higher than that either with the +/- control or the phone tilt feature.  Is this normal?

i don't think is limited. i have the same and doesn't seem to act strange. you can pitch the gimbal down but not up past that 'blue' mark. probably it can go up that point when doing vertical pano. otherwise i'll let more experienced spark owners to comment.

All is well with your Gimbal. In the normal flight modes it cannot go up any further. It can only do so in the Pano picture modes (which are automatic and beyond your manual control) and it can do it in tripod mode, which will be under your manual control. Just test it.

GIMBAL
Controllable Range        Pitch: -85° to 0°
Stabilization        2-axis mechanical (pitch, roll)

You can tilt the gimbal to +30° when in Tripod mode and as Wachtberger correctly stated it will auto tilt up when taking panos too within that range.

Sir, the gimbal can only tilt up 30° while it can tilt down 90°.

DJI Elektra Posted at 2018-1-22 02:21
Sir, please take our specs from the website as reference. The gimbal can only tilt up 30° while it can tilt down 90°: https://www.dji.com/spark/info#specs

It states -85 to 0.

A CW Posted at 2018-1-22 04:24
It states -85 to 0.

Yes, website is not yet updated. In tripod mode you definitely get more than 0°, have done it just today. But I can't say whether it's 30°.

I can only presume 30 given that’s the default upward tilt on all the DJI drones and seems similar when I’ve used it but yep, it’s not officially advertised anywhere as far as I can see. The specs state zero degrees which isn’t correct when in Tripod mode, as we know.

OK I officially feel stupid.  Of course, when it's in panno mode it had to have somewhere to go, so...  

Thanks for the replies.

cormanaz Posted at 2018-1-22 05:41
OK I officially feel stupid.  Of course, when it's in panno mode it had to have somewhere to go, so...  

Thanks for the replies.

Nothing stupid in asking questions - we're all learning

cormanaz Posted at 2018-1-22 05:41
OK I officially feel stupid.  Of course, when it's in panno mode it had to have somewhere to go, so...  

Thanks for the replies.

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