DJI Mavic How to replace the gimbal ribbon
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
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I couldnt find any good videos on replacing the Mavic Pro gimbal cable, so here it is.
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I flew into a tree some time ago. The drone fell down and all props got destroyed. Worst of all; the gimbal did not work. I searched the internet for a solution and found the the ribbon probably got destroyed. The I ordered a new ribbon on Aliexpress and in the meantime I searched for videos on RUclips that explained ho to do it. Then I found your video. I studied i carefully and decided to follow the instructions step by step. I started the procedure a couple of hours ago. And I made it!!!!! I have right now performed a gimbal calibration, and everything seems to be OK now. I am really looking forward to the next flight! THANK YOU FOR THIS FANTASTIC AND INSTRUCTIVE VIDEO!! Whithout your video, I doubt I would have been able to succeed!
Thank you!
I came across this video and it FIXED my drone!
I don't know what problem you had, but mine was that the gimbal could not be calibrated. I could not move the camera at all.
$15 + 2 hours of work saved my drone!
Yes!! My gimbal was overheating and just kept going up and down. Ordered the ribbon on Amazon and thanks to your video, I replaced it today. All is fine & good: no errors and I can fly again! SUPER!
Thank you! It works! My gimbal was limp (no pun here) so I ordered the ribbon cable on ebay, followed your thorough introductions and it worked like a charm. Saved my Mavic!
this is the simplest and most comprehensive video that I ever watched about mavic pro gimbal!!! great video... I just broke my mavic pro 1 gimbal....
Thank you so much!!!!! DJI wanted to charge me $130 dollars, I took it upon myself to identify the problem and came to a conclusion I needed to replace this ribbon. Paid $8 dollars for the ribbon and only took about an hour of my time. Glad to say my MAVIC flys like new again :) :) I subscribed
I had a motor overload and my gimbal moved everywhere causing a choppy video.
where did you got the ribbon from ?
Thanks for the amazing instructions! You just saved me $250 on a repair with DJI! All it cost was $10 for a new ribbon and 3 hours of my time - well worth it! Keep up the great work!
Thanks to your video I had my drone up and running within 48 hours of an accident that ended up breaking this cable. Thank Amazon Prime for one day delivery, and you most of all for providing this walk through.
Thank you so much for making this video. I recently bought a used Mavic Pro on Facebook Marketplace. When I got home, I noticed the camera was really loose and I realized it was missing the two screws that attach the camera to the mounting bracket (from a previous repair, obviously) and the ribbon broke when dropped the drone while handling it. I got the cable from Amazon for $11 and was able to follow your intructions to replace it. Saved my day! I thought I had made a very expensive mistake.
Thank you for this detailed video, about to see if my mechanical hands worked.
Watched several "How to" videos on youtube showing the ribbon cable replacement. This was the only one that went through the steps carefully enough to actually help me accomplish the task. And successfully I might add. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.
Next time try this one ruclips.net/video/d26K0ZrObkI/видео.html
@@Lola.Owlace Thank you, but there will be no "next time". After a total flight time of 28 minutes I experienced my first failure. Yes, I had the gimble lock in place. Hiked 12 miles into back country and 6000ft elevation change only to have it fail on me due to gimble cable. DJI product is highly overrated and way too fragile for field use. Frankly, in my opinion, they make junk. I'm a 35year electronics engineer and I'll never own another DJI product. Basically, they are china made junk.
@@nogrey Yeah I agree but we damn like those flying toys you know..! Better chances in helicopter hehe
thank you! just finished installing the $10 cable. Took about an hour but took my time, and amazingly my drone is back in order! My drone kept giving gimbal errors and over heat errors, after a while in storage. Probably got banged around alot during moving with no clip in it to stabilize the camera, but that cable fixed it!
Thanks for this tutorial. Got my drone back up and running in 3 hours!
I started getting the dreaded "gimbal overload" message and I learned online that the ribbon was the likely culprit. Your video saved me hundreds of dollars by doing it myself. It took me two tries, as the first ribbon I bought had a connector that wouldn't plug in properly and ultimately broke off. The second ribbon plugs gave me no problems. The video was great, but wasn't really clear on the routing of the new cable and I probably didn't route it as cleanly as the original. Nonetheless, I powered up and everything works properly. Thanks so much for making this video.
I thought I lost my $1300 drone but turns out all I need is an $11 part from Amazon and this video. Thank you sir
Great video, great instructions. Helped me a bunch, 5 years later.
Saved me over £100 in repair costs by doing this myself thanks to your video - Thank you so much!
just had my first crash (minor crash) and my ribbon broke at the gimble. I have good camera feed and zoom but no pan or tilt. I was nervous about trying to fix it until I saw your video...good job, very detailed and easy to understand.
did you ever try the repair yourself? I'm in the same situation you describe and am tempted to try myself
Cort Hitchens I did... I was very careful with no distractions and it worked out, however it is very scary and complex.
@@mackofalltrades9317 Ok thanks for the response and good to know it has been done by more than the video-poster. I guess I'll order the ribbon cable and attempt it myself too. I have a mavic mini but it's just not the same as flying the mavic pro.
Cort Hitchens Just make sure you have plenty of Time and quiet, it took me about three hours, mostly because I did not know what I was doing and I had to keep referring to the video. If I had to do it again I estimate my time would probably be closer to an hour.
Finally crashed my Mavic Pro and went hunting for a repair video that really took me step by step and this is what I found... - The INTRO caught me off-guard, been a few since I've seen it. - GREAT VIDEO! - Extremely helpful. - Definitely subbed! - Whenever you're ready to update the intro - shoot me a msg.
Thanks a lot mate!! I bought a replacement Gimbal on-line, which was defective. I didn' realize that I could just change the cabel (mine had snapped) watched your video, took the cable out of the new faulty gimbal, put it in the old one, now I am back in business. Wooohoooooo!!!!!
2020, your video is still helping. Local shop was asking 160 to fix the cable.
I fixed for 6$ + some grunting
Thank you
Absolute legend!
Like most here, I was getting the gimbal error. Bought a cheap cable off Amazon, followed your easy-to-follow steps and it's working well again. The camera is slowly turning to the right, but I'll do another calibration and I'm sure it will be fine. The fact its working again now is amazing.
Cheers!
I am getting the OVERLOAD error as well so I purchased the ribbon off Amazon. But I know nothing about drones, do you know if this is why I cannot calibrate the drone? Any help would be appreciated. I have not replaced the ribbon yet.
Thank you so much, great DIY. Getting the ribbon to the first gimbal connection was tricky, I ultimately shoved that one in first but did not connect it until the whole elbow-bendy bits were in first. First time at it didn't work, I checked over the replacement cable and it looks like a 90degree bend was slightly ripped. Got a 2nd cable and boom, everything worked as expected. You the man.
Thank you so much !!! Racked my brain even with this tutorial but you took your time to explain things very thoroughly
Thanks for your guidance! Replaced both the gimbal ribbon and the video cable and everything works like a charm again.
Great video! Fixed "gimbal overload error" after Mavic had set for nearly a year. Thank you!
Just wanted to say thank you for this video, saved me £300! I could actually see that part of the original ribbon had bubbled up slightly, not sure why but the new ribbon has done the job. Nice one!
AWESOME help!! Got my mcviv back up and running...saved me a fortune :)
Could you please share the link of eBay for buying ribbon, please
awesome video, helped out big time with all the tips and info about screw sizes and pre bending the cable. my gimbal is all fixed now. mine was shaking and getting very hot and finally got the overload error message.
Thank you very much. I repaired my Mavic successfully with your instructions!!!!!!
One question... where do you get the spareparts?
Soooooo helpful I crashed my mavic about 2 weeks after i just bought it took it in to DJI and spent 350 on the camera so you can imagine how i felt the second time i crash it and destoryed my camera, but this time i listen to your advice n wahla im back up and flying THANKS A MILLION (matter fact thanks a 350) and i only spent 25 dollars on the parts i needed (gimbal ribbon and vibration plate off amazon)
This video is perfect the main thing I would like to stress is, get your bends correct if you don't bend them right in the beginning your ribbon will seem to be off. Great video!!!!
This was a lot easier than I thought. Just a process of elimination (sorta). The only I had with this video (not your fault) was that end where the ribbon connects to the daughterboard and the first arm, the cable twists around. It's weird that it does that, as it looks very unnatural and could damage the cable. I dunno, but other than that, great job on the video, it helped me out a lot!
Thanks for this video, I replaced my Mavic Pro gimbal ribbon cable and saved $$$$$$
Very informative with step by step instructions.
I look forward to these videos. Keep em coming!
Fixed gimbal overload, thanks for the help!!
Exact reason I'm here Dario, before spending mad money on sketchy parts..can I ask what tab and what to look at for gimbal data?
Thanks for the tutorial, it helped me to change the vibration plate. Appreciate it,,
I'm having to do this fix now and seems pretty straight forward.
Great video...thanks a million.
Fixed my problem! Thank you! Crazy how one small ribbon can be so disrespectful.
Amazing video, thank you so much for waking me through that. (PS: that background music was killing me lol like a faint alarm in the distance lmfao) Happy Droning !
thank you very much. I have now fixed my drone camera using this exact guide. Bravo...
Thank you! After Two years in my closet after a crash with a tree, my Drone is back working.
Lmfao same here
Wow this is hands down the video I have appreciated the most ever on RUclips! I had gimbal overload problem out of nowhere. Even with these instructions I had a tough time fitting the ribbon cable with all its twists and turns.. cant stress enough for other people following this to memorize those turns. In the end it still didnt work for me, starting up with overload message unable to do anything with the drone. I went back and checked all connections, and I did not have to remove the camera all again, but found that the last ribbon connector was not fitting correctly.. I guess I was a bit cautious did not want to press too hard on anything, but this second time I had nothing to lose kind of. Now the drone started up and I could fly, but I the gimbal sometimes starts with shaking, which goes away when I tilt the camera. Also the calibration is stuck on 31% so I guess there is still some issue. Ideas? Could it be one of several connectors not attached fully or would that just make everything not work? Like what is the purpose of each connector.
Thanks, could not have done it without you.
Brilliant video. Thank you. I managed to fix my gimbal issue for £13 instead of the £100s it would have cost me. Thank you!!
Thank you for this video! Between yours, HughTube and Mike Criss' videos I have a working Mavic again! I've seen comments about the camera clicking when it's freeking out which is part of what's brings us to these vids. I would like to suggest to the next person trying this repair. STOP after removing the gimbal from the drone! If your camera was hitting the frame while it was freeking out CAREFULLY AND I DO MEAN CAREFULLY. Pull the upright arm away from bottom, the aluminum plate underneath gets tweeked (at the two screws) and was the cause (in my case at least) of the clicking, it no longer clicks. I wish I had tried this prior to doing the ribbon change to see if this was the overload cause. If this works for you or need more details please reply to this comment. Thanks again digdat! PS. You can buy a new mounting plate/vibration dampener/a few other names it was called by, cost is 20 bucks ish. Buy one when you order your ribbon cable as you could end up like me and snapping a mount. PSS I ordered my parts last night and they arrived from Amazon this morning, should have bought the mount.
Btw it was more than an hour for a novice like myself, closer to three hours, but well worth the time considering cost of sending it away!!!
Thanks, managed to fix my drone by watching this video, saved me some 150USD I was quoted. Kudos!
Thank you so much! Took a bit longer than I expected but your step by step process helped so much!
Great Tutorial, fixed it with your help. There were a couple times in the video where you were running the ribbon through the gamble and you were off camera, I watched another video to figure that out. Also in the other video he left the vibration plate on the circuit board (didn't remove the rubber bands). Other then that it was a great help, Thanks.
Next time try this one ruclips.net/video/d26K0ZrObkI/видео.html
great video! I wanted to let you know I broke one of the rubbers on the vibration plate (in addition to cut ribbon cable, which caused gimbal to bounce and always point down) when I let a friend run into a tree with sport mode on :) I just cut a piece of black rubber band, looped it through, cut to size, melted the ends together, and crimped them down - had to repeat a few times. if it doesnt hold up, I will ask a friend with the wiggly 3D print filament to print me a proper replacement ;) Anyhow, thank you again for taking the time to create and upload this.
Thank you. Your advice worked like a charm. A little intimidating at first. But once you get going, you will figure it out.
I had an unsuccessful first go at this. Turned it on after replacing the ribbon cable and the gimbal began to smoke. I think it's because it was pinched too much beneath the black frame at the top. I'm going to order another one and give it another go! Thanks for the tutorial
How did this go? Usually smoke = fried.
Hey Alex, Mine smoked as well, did you end up fixing it?
Thanks, very informative. I do not need to do a replacement, but now feel confident if I have to.
Thanks so much. With this video I was able to replace my broken ribbon with no problem!
Thanks dude made it so simple and easy I fixed my mavic first time thank you.
well instructed step by step. Well done. I'm due for my first ribbon replacement, I'm already a bit worried that I might forget a step. Wish me luck!
good luck take your time dont rush it man .. its small parts
Hope I never need to replace my cable, but it's nice to know there's a video on RUclips if I need it.
Thank you so much bro, I fixed it. People just be careful with the ribbon and follow the exact instructions of the video because I had to buy 2 ribbons bc I broke the first one.
cheers man. May I ask, where did you buy yours? guys are always asking me for places to buy good ribbons
I bought through GearBest for $11.47. Works like a charm.
Thanks for the info, and the Dirk Diggler music was a nice touch 🤙
I am extremely thankful to you for making such a detailed video ..... you helped me so much i can barely explain .... My mavic is super functioning !!!!!! Thank you .....
Thanks for the video! Very helpful. Lol other than almost going insane from the beeping sound in the music.
Next time ruclips.net/video/d26K0ZrObkI/видео.html
Thanks a lot, bro, you save my DJI plane🤝🤝🤝
Great instructional video! Huge help in replacing the cable! Gimbal is working now! 30-60 minutes? LOL How about 3-4 hours even while watching your video! Boy you make it look easy! Didn't help that my replacement ribbon cable had the glue in the wrong spots so it wouldn't stay in place!! Also I didn't have quite the same tools and that made it harder. Those front clips were insanely difficult. I was so careful putting the rubber bands back on, but broke one anyway. The tweezers just didn't work for me - too big and too much stretching. I ended up hooking 2 paper clips through the loop and stretching it over and on with that instead. Much thinner and better and I didn't break any rubber bands after that.
Also, a bunch of my connections had black silicone on them to keep them solid which I had to dig out before I was able to remove and insert the connections.
Still - it would probably have taken me 8 hours without this video, so thanks!!
Thank you so much for doing this video. I bought the replacement cable and it worked perfectly thanks to your thoughtful plans. Really appreciate it
Thanks a lot, you made me save 400€ from the official DJI repair store !
nice! glad it helped
HUGE THANK YOU! My Mavic back to life after watching your tutorial :)
I love you dude.
Seriously, what a great tutorial. Saved me and my friend a lot of time, effort and money. Thank you kind sir
great video! even with my old, fat finger, shaky hands I got it to work. Just don't forget to remove the gimble support before turning the drone on. That's what damaged my cable. Thanks.
best instruction tutorial yet! Thanks.
Absolutely helpful. New camera has been put in and fly again
Thank you so much for this great tutorial! You just saved me hundreds of dollars!
Thanks. I used this and 2 other tutorials on RUclips and finally got it!
With mine next time you should be fine ruclips.net/video/d26K0ZrObkI/видео.html
Thank you so much! you helped me a lot replacing the gimbl :)
For future Videos would be nice when you can put the screws into the camera's view, so that I can see which screw you took out (for bringing the drone later together again)
BAHH!!.. SUNDAY.... After 60+ flights I finally smashed into a tree..It was the LAMEST crash in an ~almost~..I lapsed looking at something..stupid mistake. Anyway I broke all the blades, and noticed the Gimble was loose...closer inspection revealed a ripped cable and 1 broken elastic gimbal band.
Sunday night.. I did an Amazon order for
1) A replacement gimbal wiring ribbon lead.
2)A "Gidy" vibration absorbing board to suit the gimbal to replace the elastic band part.
3)A set of new low noise propellers
4)A Arzoic Mavic Pro lens hood/protector (gimbal guard without loosing any camera vision/movement)
5)And lucky last a screwdriver repair kit to actually suit the Mavic Pro
Wednesday: Go Time!!!..
Summary... went step by step through your video and lol... 2.45mins later (on your 35min video) ...the bloody thing works!!... YOU FRICKEN ROCK digdat0 !!! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Not so much for how much MONEY it would have taken to get DJI or the likes to repair it but MAINLY for the TIME YOU SAVED ME!...
Hands down the most productive video I have ever watched...And after 2.45mins of ~stress~ :P when It fired back up, with no errors and a successful gimbal calibration..well.. you made my day!.
CHEERS!.
Thanks so much for taking the time to post this video. I really appreciate it and now my drone is working like new!
Thank you so much. Your video was excellent and allowed be to change out the cable easily. It took about 45 minutes from start to calibration.
Thanks for this video mate! It has me up and flying + recording again!
Perfect! Had problems with overheating and malfunctioning gimbal, this sorted it! Thanks a lot
Great video. Just fixed my Mavic Pro Platinum. Ready to fly again. I removed the camera from the plate without removing the rubber bands though. Didn't want to mess with those.
yeah thats a good call man,a nd thanks. i broke one of those rubber bands my first try and was a pita to replace (or even find!)
digdat0 where did you find the bend ? I have one of them broken :-/
God bless you! You truly saved my drone, thank you so much!!!!
Hey, thanks for this I watched yours and another video and between the two I was able to fix my drone.
hey dude! thanks for this, you helped me with my Eagle! Saved my life!!
Thanks this was perfect
The first go I broke the ribbon bec I'm impatient as eff and I started to get upset at the ribbon not bending the way I wanted it to. Reason was I didn't follow your advice of pre bending it.
Second go I did it. lol I feel like a surgeon hahah
My secret? I ruined two ribbons before figuring it out shhhh ;)
Thanks! Saved me £250 and a lot of waiting! :) Fairly easy surgery up to the bends in the new ribbon, I had to give myself a little time out :D (liked and subbed)
Thank you very much for the tutorial. You made very easy to understand and you definitely gave me the courage to repair my drone.
Outstanding tutorial! Thank you very much for your help and your time. This is what RUclips was made for.
Not bad explain I think one of best one here on youtube even is so similar to my gimbal video fix well done man
thanks man, just happy to help share info
@@digdat0 ye we are here for this :-) share good info and help some people
Yo that's amazing how quick you're able to make that repair
If I sent mine to you with the replacement ribbon would you fix it for a fee?
saved me $300 thank you
Thanks for the help!!! Did it first try with your instructions, and it works again!
Big Thanks To You Today! Successful Ribbon cable replacement done this evening! Gimbal Calibration-IMU Calibration success!
I'd still like to say that DJI really needs to update the way the camera hooks up as the ribbon is really an archaic idea and one that I've fought with since the P3Pro days. I wonder if the newer models still have this fragile cables (aka cash grab) or did they finally give in and just put a real cable link?
That was an incredible video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Another great video and love that the MP is so easy to work on. I have to replace my whole gimbal and this saved me from paying someone. Or making a insurance claim lol. Anyway you can make on on how to replace the motor arms lol mine snapped in the crash also.
As soon as i crash and snap a motor, I'm down! Or, send me yours and I'll fix and make a how to out of it :) Sucks ya crashed, good luck fixing! If I had access to good video of the repairs I could totally do it.
Thanks so much for "the trickiest part"!!!! I was already disparate to install it properly! Now I can fly!!!)
Fixed my mavic courtesy of this thank you
Great video. managed to replace the ribbon cable with your help. thanks.
Thanks for the video, it helped me a lot, especially the detailed instructions on the tricky points!
Great video, thank you for taking the time to upload. Do you have a still frame of the cable after you bent it? You're right, it is quite tricky to get right :p
Thanks! worked for me! WOW!! YOUR VIDS ARE AWESOME!!!
CRISIS AVERTED !!!!
Amigo segui todos os passos e resultou na perfeiçao ! Um grande OBRIGADO!! Sem, este tutorial nao conseguia