Gimbal and camera
Small motors that keep shaking, ribbons torn at the fold, an image hanging crooked or soft on one side. Often the result of thousands of folds.
Aircraft
Getting a Mavic repaired
The gimbal is almost always the first thing to go.
- Mavic 2 Pro
- Mavic 2 Zoom
- Mavic 3
- Mavic 3 Classic
- Mavic 3 Pro
- Mavic Air
The Mavic is DJI's workhorse and it shows in what arrives here. These aircraft are bought to work with, they travel, they get folded and unfolded hundreds of times, and that folding is exactly their weak point. The gimbal ribbon runs through the hinge and wears at the fold. One day the camera hangs crooked or stops moving altogether.
The second classic is the front arm. On a landing that is not quite level, or against an obstacle the sensors missed, the arm breaks or the hinge develops play. You feel it before you see it in the footage: the aircraft no longer folds shut cleanly.
The Mavic 3 generation adds something else. It is a dense aircraft that runs hot, and we regularly see units frozen during an update or refusing to boot after overheating. That is electronics work, not parts work.
Repairs
What we see most on a Mavic
Arms and shell
Broken arms, hinges with play, a cracked underside after a hard landing. Usually the most visible damage and rarely the most expensive.
Mainboard and flight controller
Broken traces, burnt components, memory shaken loose. We solder on the board itself rather than replacing it, even when the part is no longer supplied.
Pricing
Roughly what does it cost?
Inspection and diagnosisGo ahead with the repair and this amount drops off. Decline, and it is all you pay.
from €49Gimbal ribbon or gimbal motor replacement
from €89Repair on your drone’s electronicsTraces, components and chips that came loose
from €165Work outside this listPer hour or part thereof, always estimated up front
from €65 / hourReady to send your aircraft?
Briefly describe what is wrong. Within one working day you will know what it probably is and roughly what it costs.