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    NFZ

    Tin foil wrapped around the back end of the bird worked for me!
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    @Mikel Manitius nice idea. The sticking happened from the very first flight, I just wasn't smart or experienced enough to realize what was going on. If it happens again I will try that before sending it back. I received my repaired/replaced drone this afternoon and just tried it out with my...
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    @Glen e , sorry I probably was not clear. The prop guards did not cause the gimbal overload error. The gimbal was faulty. The prop guards left a mark on the arms that led DJI to believe it had suffered a high force impact.
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    No high impact. Just tiny marks on the arms of the Spark from putting the prop guards on and off one time.
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    Quick update(in case anyone is following this or having similar issues). After shooting some video of the gimbal juddering and sticking while on the ground and sending it over to Advexure they recommended sending it in for repair to DJI. Between shipping and their analysis it took about 10...
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    My Spark crashed! Can you help determine why?

    @lonjsnyder that's a great idea to use the app. I'll have to download it after what I've been experiencing at home.
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    My Spark crashed! Can you help determine why?

    @msinger I would have normally agreed with you but I've been able to replicate the issue using the compass on my iPhone. I have it sitting about 10 feet away from the ceiling fan and the compass on the phone is pointing North. I start the ceiling fan and within a few seconds it's changed by at...
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    My Spark crashed! Can you help determine why?

    Does your beach house have any ceiling fans? I ask as I've been seeing compass errors when trying to fly indoors and the ceiling fans are on. I'm thinking that they are creating a lot of magnetic interference and are messing with the compass. Just yesterday I had been trying to capture a...
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    Gimble overload

    @Romy Mutuc I've a similar problem. My stutters on the way down and then sticks. I got the gimble overload during a flight and that was my first hint that something was wrong. I hadn't realized but the issue had been happening since my first flight and I just thought it was high winds or noob...
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    In terms of an update to my gimbal issue, I've had an email interchange with @Advexure but now that's it's 4th of July weekend I expect they are crazy busy so it will be a few days before we get to the bottom of the issue. I've refreshed my firmware a couple of times now, it did appear to be ok...
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    @jimbug In the DJI Assistant application, at least on the MacOS one, when you have your spark attached there is a "Refresh" button next to the current firmware version installed on the Spark.
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    Ok, that's great @Animal , thank you. Fingers crossed for the morning then.and @DesertWindAero I will stick with Decaf preflight! I should have mentioned in my earlier post that DJI said to use the DJI Assistant PC/Mac application to do the firmware and not the iOS/Android app.
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    Spoke to DJI last night. They recommended refreshing the latest firmware on the Spark and then calibrating the IMU and compass. Did that, and from some quick indoor testing the gimbal seems to be operating ok. I'll hopefully get an outdoor flight in the morning and post back again. In the...
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    @DesertWindAero How did you know!?!
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    Gimbal overload during flight

    You'll see it bounces up and down a few times then snaps in to place and the video is so stable it actually looks like it's frozen!