I fixed my tilted gimbal!

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I had a bad tilted gimbal, the kind that requires a gimbal calibration before every flight.

I watched a video on YouTube about the gimbal potentiometer shaft and 10 mins of work later...no more problem!

I think my gimbal was too far tilted to allow proper adjustment, after a quick reset, I'm good as new.

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I had a bad tilted gimbal, the kind that requires a gimbal calibration before every flight.

I watched a video on YouTube about the gimbal potentiometer shaft and 10 mins of work later...no more problem!

I think my gimbal was too far tilted to allow proper adjustment, after a quick reset, I'm good as new.

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I want to thank you for this. I crashed my P3A into a tree 2 weeks ago and had to replace the shell. The only other issue was the camera being tilted about 30 degrees after doing a gimbal recalibration. I could get it level by adjusting the gimbal roll, but that was a pain to do every time.

My camera is level again, thanks to you. I was about ready to purchase a new camera/gimbal assembly, so you save me $409.
 
You're welcome, you can thank me by telling me how you changed the shell as I just received my spare one but feel a little intimidated by the whole process.
 
I followed the steps in this video:

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Took me quite a while to get it separated (both the damaged one and the replacement - why must they ship the replacements snapped together). I just kept taking breaks when I'd get frustrated.

Take your time and keep track of which screws came from where.
 
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