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<blockquote data-quote="Spark4Me" data-source="post: 30914" data-attributes="member: 1544"><p>My Spark has about 1 hr on it, and no crashes. Last time I flew, I couldn't get the camera to point straight down (I was able to do so on earlier flights), and got the error message "Gimbal Motor Overload". That error went away, but the I couldn't point down. </p><p></p><p>I thought that I'd bring it into the house and cool down. I did a firmware refresh, and restart, and both IMU and compass calibrations. That didn't seem to fix anything. The range in pitch was from 0 to -60 degrees. The drone is sitting on a desk, powered off, and pointing about 40 degrees down. Manually, I can move gimbal up about 20 and down about 40, where I encounter some resistance, but can get it to point straight down. However, as soon as I let go, it springs up to about 60 degrees down.</p><p></p><p>I first thought it might be related to the cold temps (~30 F), but when the problem was still there at room temperature, it was clear that was not the case. </p><p></p><p>On a separate matter, I tried to use the screen record function on my iPhone 6 (latest iOS 11.2.2), to capture the overlaid data, but it seems that in all but one cases, the phone always somehow cancels the recording without any notice. Does anybody else have this problem? The screen record function works fine with every other app I use, so I can only speculate that the DJI GO 4 app is the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spark4Me, post: 30914, member: 1544"] My Spark has about 1 hr on it, and no crashes. Last time I flew, I couldn't get the camera to point straight down (I was able to do so on earlier flights), and got the error message "Gimbal Motor Overload". That error went away, but the I couldn't point down. I thought that I'd bring it into the house and cool down. I did a firmware refresh, and restart, and both IMU and compass calibrations. That didn't seem to fix anything. The range in pitch was from 0 to -60 degrees. The drone is sitting on a desk, powered off, and pointing about 40 degrees down. Manually, I can move gimbal up about 20 and down about 40, where I encounter some resistance, but can get it to point straight down. However, as soon as I let go, it springs up to about 60 degrees down. I first thought it might be related to the cold temps (~30 F), but when the problem was still there at room temperature, it was clear that was not the case. On a separate matter, I tried to use the screen record function on my iPhone 6 (latest iOS 11.2.2), to capture the overlaid data, but it seems that in all but one cases, the phone always somehow cancels the recording without any notice. Does anybody else have this problem? The screen record function works fine with every other app I use, so I can only speculate that the DJI GO 4 app is the problem. [/QUOTE]
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