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 Osmo and gimbals repaired
Small axes, many movements, then play.
- Osmo Pocket 3
- Osmo Action
- Osmo Mobile
- Ronin
Not everything we repair flies. The Osmo line and the Ronin gimbals are the same technology in different clothing: small motors making thousands of corrections per shot across three axes, and therefore wearing out.
The start is almost always the same. Play appears on one axis, you see a slight judder when panning, and after a few months the axis runs stiff or stops holding the horizon. On these units a full replacement is rarely needed: it is a bearing or a small motor, not the whole block.
We also see plenty of charging ports working loose — the Pocket 3 travels in a coat pocket and that port gets no respect there — and units frozen after a firmware update. The latter is usually sorted in half a day without a single part.
Repairs
What we see most on a Osmo and gimbals
Battery and power
Cells out of balance, a loose charging port, aircraft that shut down after a minute. We measure every cell separately and tell you honestly whether replacing is better.
Firmware and software
Aircraft frozen during an update, activation that keeps failing, error messages that keep returning. Often solved without replacing anything at all.
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.