Fixed CGO3+ mount, attached... no pan or tilt!

SkyHighFlyGuy · Dec 17, 2016

Hey gang, I was super excited to fly my drone in Compton today after receiving my replacement mount last night. But now that she's airborne, my pan & tilt abilities aren't working.

However, once airborne, at least the fixed camera (VS slight pan to correct itself and look forward) ability is still intact. I've read around past forums and it sounds like a wire might be out of place? I'm not afraid to dive into the camera for some wire tinkering, but I'd love to know the definitive answer from someone who's fixed this once already before I rip it open again.

I hope it's a relatively easy fix I can do on my own... had to bump my shoot back 'til tomorrow. If this needs Yuneec care, I won't be able to fly before leaving for Xmas break. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

Stay fly

HoozierDroneDaddy · Dec 17, 2016

Check the four slides on the top of the mount and make sure one of them is not stuck down in the mount. This would result in poor or no contact and could be your problem.

SkyHighFlyGuy · Dec 17, 2016

FIXED!!! The four sides were fine, but lead me to take a closer look at the connection teeth on the drone. Top middle one was stuck half-in, hence no connection. Used a pin needed to raise it. Since it was the middle of three teeth, it was successfully wedged up from the tiny gap still there by accessing it through the gap of a side tooth.

I hope that makes sense and helps anyone in the future. I spent all morning fretting and re-binding this thing. Always check the connection first!

HoozierDroneDaddy · Dec 17, 2016

Those were the connections I was referring to. Glad it worked out. Safe Flying

inspiredbypeas · Dec 29, 2016

I just had this issue yesterday. Confused the heck out of me as I would get picture and the camera would do a panorama cycle, but I had no control over the pan/tilt controls. My issue was the outside pins towards the middle of the H were stuck in. After prying them out everything worked fine.

PatR · Dec 29, 2016

Funny things electrical contacts are. They have to be touching another contact for an energy transfer to occur. Good to hear you found and corrected the issue.

SoCalDroner · Dec 29, 2016

PatR said:
Funny things electrical contacts are. They have to be touching another contact for an energy transfer to occur. Good to hear you found and corrected the issue.

Not sure Nikola Tesla would agree with that statement...