For what it's worth, I just received my replacement gimbal and, unlike the original, this one faces near dead ahead. Maybe 1-2 degrees to the right at most.
If anyone else is encountering this issue, the best solution is to contact 3DR for a repair or replacement. It's clearly not normal and impacts framing during orbits. Can't hurt to try calibrations, but they never worked for mine. The new gimbal is dead silent too, where the original made a humming sound at certain points while I pitched the camera up/down.
I had placed my order for the Solo and gimbal immediately upon the gimbal's release, so this was probably just a case of early teething problems mass producing a new product, which is understandable. In the end, 3DR stands behind it's product, and that matters much more than the minor hassle of having to RMA a component.
If anyone else is encountering this issue, the best solution is to contact 3DR for a repair or replacement. It's clearly not normal and impacts framing during orbits. Can't hurt to try calibrations, but they never worked for mine. The new gimbal is dead silent too, where the original made a humming sound at certain points while I pitched the camera up/down.
I had placed my order for the Solo and gimbal immediately upon the gimbal's release, so this was probably just a case of early teething problems mass producing a new product, which is understandable. In the end, 3DR stands behind it's product, and that matters much more than the minor hassle of having to RMA a component.