Just a thought but I think it would be a good idea if you could 'park' the gimbal pointing straight up, this would give more clearance and protect the camera when landing/taking off on rough terrain, I know you can 'catch it' and I sometimes do but how many people hand launch? When my bird is sitting on the ground and it's not perfectly flat, the gimbal is constantly trying to adjust it's self and can't, long term I am sure that's not good. I often take off from the storage case but sometimes I fly a good distance from my car and that case is quite heavy!