BLUF
I would like to know if the camera itself on an X3 is married to the gimbal (ESCs, or some component) at the factory or if one can mix and match parts.
Long Story
I have two X3s, one works fine, and I have complete disassembly down to a science, because it keeps getting sand/grit in it from the beach. I bought a second one on ebay that needed a ribbon cable. When I replaced the cable, it calibrates fine and records but does not transmit video to the tablet. Well I never knew the actual condition anyway. To get serious about checking the bits for serviceability, I swapped the "cameras" between the two gimbals. They both stopped doing anything and were totally limp when I powered the machine up. I swapped back to the original camera gimbal sets and they worked exactly as before. My main X3 is fully functional, the other works except for video transmission. It seems impossible that camera needs "its" gimbal but that is what they acted like. There is nothing else to the arms but the ESCs themselves. Between the indexing nuts which are a blend of witchcraft and the science of aggravation and now the cameras seem to only work with the gimbal they were made with. I have taught myself a lot about these things but if I can't swap parts to troubleshoot it kind of spoils the fun of tinkering.
Longer Story
I have a third "camera only" that came with my Inspire that I bought crashed. It was busted up pretty bad and the previous owner tossed it shattered remains in the box. So I dug it out and tried it on both gimbals and it did nothing on either one.
Inspire 1 v1 bought on ebay after falling four stories
Inspire 1 v1 bought on ebay after being left in a tree in the rain for a month
I was going to build one from the two but they were both so easy to fix, I have 2 now. That happens to me sometimes I hate parting things out I much prefer to make them work.
I would like to know if the camera itself on an X3 is married to the gimbal (ESCs, or some component) at the factory or if one can mix and match parts.
Long Story
I have two X3s, one works fine, and I have complete disassembly down to a science, because it keeps getting sand/grit in it from the beach. I bought a second one on ebay that needed a ribbon cable. When I replaced the cable, it calibrates fine and records but does not transmit video to the tablet. Well I never knew the actual condition anyway. To get serious about checking the bits for serviceability, I swapped the "cameras" between the two gimbals. They both stopped doing anything and were totally limp when I powered the machine up. I swapped back to the original camera gimbal sets and they worked exactly as before. My main X3 is fully functional, the other works except for video transmission. It seems impossible that camera needs "its" gimbal but that is what they acted like. There is nothing else to the arms but the ESCs themselves. Between the indexing nuts which are a blend of witchcraft and the science of aggravation and now the cameras seem to only work with the gimbal they were made with. I have taught myself a lot about these things but if I can't swap parts to troubleshoot it kind of spoils the fun of tinkering.
Longer Story
I have a third "camera only" that came with my Inspire that I bought crashed. It was busted up pretty bad and the previous owner tossed it shattered remains in the box. So I dug it out and tried it on both gimbals and it did nothing on either one.
Inspire 1 v1 bought on ebay after falling four stories
Inspire 1 v1 bought on ebay after being left in a tree in the rain for a month
I was going to build one from the two but they were both so easy to fix, I have 2 now. That happens to me sometimes I hate parting things out I much prefer to make them work.
)
