JPilotR
 lvl.4
Flight distance : 584662 ft
United States
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Hi!
Took my V2 on a job yesterday and for the first time ever, the gimbal decided to give me some hiccups. Power up was fine, but during flight the gimbal began to stick to the left, showing the left landing skid. I had lost control of the gimbal essentially (no messages either -- motor overload or anything). So I yawed back and forth to "shake" it loose, and easily enough it did. But the minute I tried to rotate the drone for another shot (left or right, didn't matter), the gimbal would shove the camera to the left again and stick. This was followed by another exercise in yawing back and forth quickly to unstick it.
When the gimbal was stuck, it did not respond to any gimbal control input or C2 Nadir command or gimbal reset. Also, when I was able to unstick it, there was this gentle but perceptible yaw in the camera from right to left and back again maybe 10 degrees FOV (like it was shaking its head "no"). I got it back on the ground and checked cables, and did a power recycle and all seemed well. No warnings or any odd noises. Went back up and the gimbal didn't stick this time, but I still had that "head shake" of 10 degrees or so right to left.
Brought the P4P back and did another power recycle (no warnings or messages). All seemed well so I went back up. This time though, the gimbal simply froze and I couldn't "shake it loose" with yawing. So I landed again and called it a day.
Before I packed up though, I put on a level surface to attempt a gimbal calibration. It froze at 50%, which I believe is a noted issue on the forums here. I power cycled and everything seemed fine, but I didn't fly either -- I just wanted to make sure it cycle back on.
I did some searches on this and found similar issues, but no real solution as of yet.
Can any mod or pilot point to me to a possible remedy? Or am I stuck sending it in? This is the first real issue I've had with my P4P in a year. Maybe it is just needs some attention 
Thanks all! Have a great week!
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