I replaced the roll arm, yaw arm and ribbon cable. I checked and double checked all of the alignments. All motors move freely and smoothly with no power applied. I am attaching a video of the gruesome results of my efforts. I'm getting a "Gimbal Motor Overload" message. No indication of which motor. Any ideas or suggestions appreciated. Either for repair ideas or an authorized repair facility, preferably in the Southern New Hampshire area.

Did you try to calibrate the gimbal? Im just taking a guess.

Elmer Fudd Posted at 2016-8-20 20:21
Did you try to calibrate the gimbal? Im just taking a guess.

That's the first thing I tried. Message something like "gimbal calibration failure". Thanks for trying.

Ah, looks like the ol' "gimbal shaft misaligned twitch"

Basically the sensor that is supposed to tell the camera what position it's in is out of alignment and when it can't compensate it goes spastic.



You may be able to get it back into a workable condition with a minimum of effort.   As long as the shaft isn't rubbing on anything that would affect movement,
While this particular YouTube video is for a Phantom 2 series the basic principal is the same: * DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ Gimbal repair  (Don Carey 7:32  )  
http://youtu.be/5iTz3Dd2Ecs

this is the internal shaft in which the camera rotates, you have it backwards. this one



take it back apart, and rotate that shaft so the flat part is parallel to the flat part on the camera head. i'm 100% confident of this i had the same issue and my video was exactly the same as yours. this will fix it.

gil Posted at 2016-8-20 21:09
Ah, looks like the ol' "gimbal shaft misaligned twitch"

Basically the sensor that is supposed to te ...

Already checked this, thank you.

digdat0 Posted at 2016-8-20 21:12
this is the internal shaft in which the camera rotates, you have it backwards. this one

I will check this soon. Thanks for the tip.

digdat0 Posted at 2016-8-20 21:12
this is the internal shaft in which the camera rotates, you have it backwards. this one

THANK YOU digdat0! Worked like a charm.

cheers man.

Boblanglois52 Posted at 2016-8-20 21:31
Already checked this, thank you.

Ooooh, missed it by thaaaat much (well, got the SHAFT part right)
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