ares2180

OK so a friend of mine crashed his quad and instead of trying to fix it just bought another. Told me if I can get it in the air I can have it. OK so I first visually inspected it inside and out, landing gear slightly bent fixed that, gimbal bent pretty bad and whole thing spazzes out when turned on so I removed it, checked the wiring and inside boards everything seems in good shape. Now the problem, when I turn it on it flashes a slow yellow, which is non GPS mode, and when I enter csc command both sticks down and together, it flashes red 5 times and then back to the slow yellow. Did some research and went through some steps as follows, downloaded software assistance, upgraded firmware, calibrated imu ( both basic and advanced calibration), calibrated TX, and calibrated compass rotating horizontally and vertically. All these steps went smoothly all the parameters are within the range they are suppose to be. However same result on motor start up. If any one has any idea of what I can do your help would be greatly appreciated. Also I already sent out an email to dji, but there customer service , so far, is not the great.

ares2180

Come on guys, I know someone in here can give me some advice

smith9turbo

after hard crash!!! you should check battery pack, it still good or not.
if battery is abnormal about case or voltage, it will hazard both charge or discharge(play)

all red dot flashing both slow and fast, it warning about battery voltage.

truraza

iTrader: (26)

Fresh battery is a must if you have not made sure of that already.
Fully disconnect the gimbal hardware.

Have you left it plugged in for 3-4 minutes outside with clear line to the sky?

Check your start up light sequences against this: (or the one for your model)
http://wiki.dji.com/en/index.php/Pha...dicator_Status

Be patient, after an IMU reset and flash everything has to come online in a timely manner. Is it a Phantom 2 Vision, Vision + or just a phantom 2?

smith9turbo

oh yes, some damage circuit can do overload current of battery too.
you should remove or disconnect a heavy damage things from you phantom.
in this case all about GIMBAL must disconnect. i agree with Trurasa word.

Especially GIMBAL control board must disconnect,
the damage mosfet on GIMBAL control board can do heavy overload to battery.

ares2180

Yes I had already removed camera and gimbal. It is the vision +. I didn't try the battery though, waiting on a replacement battery, so I can switch it out. Thanks for the replies, I will let you know if switching battery works.