I would add also testing flying into a heavy wind sideways to the right. That's the trigger for my P4P, even at 30mph. Almost all gimbals will flip in Sport mode at full throttle in a tight turn in any wind. If the Obsidian doesn't, sign me up!
On my "flippy" P4P, even into the strongest of winds, unless I am flying sideways to the right, or making a tight counter clockwise turn into the wind, it won't flip. On the other hand, with no wind, no matter how fast I fly sideways to the right, no flip.
You're the first I have heard that has had a gimbal motor burn out on a P3, P4, or P4P. Interesting. I fly my Phantoms in winds of up to 25mph (pretty much my limit) but have got caught in wind increases of 35 and 40mph, which is really scary, required hand catching to get down. However I've never had a Phantom gimbal go bad yet. I've had a bad P4P gimbal fresh out of the box (replaced under warranty), but haven't had one go bad after flying and confirmed good. Contrary to this, on my Mavic my gimbal went bad sitting in my backpack. It had worked fine for at least 20 flights after bought in March 2017, always pampered, never a hard landing, hand caught half the time, then one day I pulled it out of the backpack to go fly and during pre-check it wouldn't complete the startup routine, kept saying gimbal obstruction. When the power was off the gimbal moved freely, no obstruction felt. DJI replaced the drone, all is well now, but now I think Mavic gimbals are fragile, since it went bad sitting in the backpack.
Mavic gimbals are fragile, which is why they come with two gimbal locks instead of one, but both locks are hard to deal with, so many people leave them off, and just toss the Mavic into a backpack, figuring it will be fine. I keep my Mavic level and handle it with care in a camera bag, to minimize impact, and leave off the pesky gimbal locks. However, I wouldn't go boulder jumping with it that way!
Glad DJI covered it. Today they are are far more picky about coverage!I know what DJI is saying about it, but my question is has anyone been able to have the gimbal flip with the obsidian? If so, please reply. If tried and it wouldn't flip, please reply.
