I thought I’d offer up my observation and work around for the factory HDMI cable. I’ve been flying my bird with this mod since October and have had no structural issues. I assume this mod would void your warranty, so try at your own risk. Just sharing what I’ve done to date in reducing vibration on the camera.
The whole point of the mod is to reduce the cable’s ability to contact the vibration damper or body. This has helped reduce macro vibes on my bird, not saying it will with yours. Images shown are of a replacement shell to show the effect and the support, without the main board installed. I have not mod’d this particular shell yet.
In the picture below is the HDMI cable making the first important bend around the damper, as seen from the top. It’s hard to see, but the cable is hitting the main board support. The gusset aligns to where the cable is contacted by the support. For both images shown, left is the nose of the bird
In the second picture you can see how far the support comes forward, image shot from the gimbal bay angle. Basically the spacing from the damper to the support is just enough for the cable to fit through. However if you look at the first image you’ll see the cable is being forced back towards the gimbal, it’s making contact with the support. I’m even using a heat formed cable sweep to make a nice +90 degree turn. It’s restricting the gimbal’s movement and allowing vibration to resonate through the cable to the floating gimbal…then to the camera.
Basically I’ve removed a portion of the support depicted by the gold ink, second image. You have to cut back the gusset as well to provide ample clearance for the cable to make the bend without contact to the support or dampers. I used a Dremel with a grinding stone to remove the material, worked slowly so as not to cut off too much of the support...
Edit to add: Found some photos of my original mod show the material cut away.
Here is the effect from the HDMI cable hitting the support...
And finally, here is the results without the HDMI cable hitting the support....as the portion described was removed.
The whole point of the mod is to reduce the cable’s ability to contact the vibration damper or body. This has helped reduce macro vibes on my bird, not saying it will with yours. Images shown are of a replacement shell to show the effect and the support, without the main board installed. I have not mod’d this particular shell yet.
In the picture below is the HDMI cable making the first important bend around the damper, as seen from the top. It’s hard to see, but the cable is hitting the main board support. The gusset aligns to where the cable is contacted by the support. For both images shown, left is the nose of the bird
In the second picture you can see how far the support comes forward, image shot from the gimbal bay angle. Basically the spacing from the damper to the support is just enough for the cable to fit through. However if you look at the first image you’ll see the cable is being forced back towards the gimbal, it’s making contact with the support. I’m even using a heat formed cable sweep to make a nice +90 degree turn. It’s restricting the gimbal’s movement and allowing vibration to resonate through the cable to the floating gimbal…then to the camera.
Basically I’ve removed a portion of the support depicted by the gold ink, second image. You have to cut back the gusset as well to provide ample clearance for the cable to make the bend without contact to the support or dampers. I used a Dremel with a grinding stone to remove the material, worked slowly so as not to cut off too much of the support...
Edit to add: Found some photos of my original mod show the material cut away.
Here is the effect from the HDMI cable hitting the support...
And finally, here is the results without the HDMI cable hitting the support....as the portion described was removed.
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