Im new, please go easy & pretend I don't know anything - cause I basically don't. My gimbal points up to the underside of the drone and is unresponsive to the controller. The led on the back of the gimbal randomly switches between breathing green and breathing red lights. Even when green, its unresponsive. It will also sometimes shake. It gets extremely hot - i now have a blister from where I touched the metal semicircle that sticks out to left of the gopro. It does transmit video feed - damn thing just won't move up or down. Also, it does seem to stabilize the camera ok if I move the solo around by hand.
My troubleshooting steps so far:
1. Unscrew/unplug it all and reinstalled it making sure cabling was out of way
2. factory reset of the controller and the solo & then updating all. (had gimbal attached during process)
3. level calibration (had to remove gimbal for success. Error with Gimbal attached when placing on left side, repeated many times)
4. compas calibration
5. sticks calibration per these instructions: http://thepaperfile.com/public/3dr/calibration.sticks.mac.pdf
System Info screen shows versions:
App 2.4.3
solo 2.4.2
autopilot 1.3.1
gimbal 1.3.6
controller 2.4.2
controller firmware 1.2.11
Backstory: Cousin has a solo and loves it, so I recently bought this one on craigslist (solo, backpack, prop guards, extra battery, extra props, lighting kit, & gimbal all for $200). Seller said he had a rollover on landing which broke 2 props, otherwise never crashed. Cosmetically everything is perfect and it flies fine, at least for my short test flight where I just had it hover 6 feet of ground and land. If I wanted to fly without a camera, id use my little Hubsan trainer. The point of this quad to me was the videography.
Are there any other diagnostics or troubleshooting steps I can do? I sent a request a couple days ago via the app and included the last few flight logs but haven't heard back yet. Ive searched the threads and can't seem to find similar gimbal behavior. If you have any suggestions or think its just toast, please let me know.
My troubleshooting steps so far:
1. Unscrew/unplug it all and reinstalled it making sure cabling was out of way
2. factory reset of the controller and the solo & then updating all. (had gimbal attached during process)
3. level calibration (had to remove gimbal for success. Error with Gimbal attached when placing on left side, repeated many times)
4. compas calibration
5. sticks calibration per these instructions: http://thepaperfile.com/public/3dr/calibration.sticks.mac.pdf
System Info screen shows versions:
App 2.4.3
solo 2.4.2
autopilot 1.3.1
gimbal 1.3.6
controller 2.4.2
controller firmware 1.2.11
Backstory: Cousin has a solo and loves it, so I recently bought this one on craigslist (solo, backpack, prop guards, extra battery, extra props, lighting kit, & gimbal all for $200). Seller said he had a rollover on landing which broke 2 props, otherwise never crashed. Cosmetically everything is perfect and it flies fine, at least for my short test flight where I just had it hover 6 feet of ground and land. If I wanted to fly without a camera, id use my little Hubsan trainer. The point of this quad to me was the videography.
Are there any other diagnostics or troubleshooting steps I can do? I sent a request a couple days ago via the app and included the last few flight logs but haven't heard back yet. Ive searched the threads and can't seem to find similar gimbal behavior. If you have any suggestions or think its just toast, please let me know.
