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Been thinking about the gimbal jitter issue with the Plus and 520 for some time and this H3 event just reminded me. I wonder if the issue may be one of “hysteresis” caused by use of under spec’ed or defective components? If so, firmware will never fix it.
If drive motors are working to stabilize weight in excess of their capacity this jittering or shaking is what could be expected. The problem was not present with H-480 cameras but became evident after introducing heavier cameras for the 520 and Plus. If the same motors and sensors were employed in “repackaged” heavier cameras any variation in component performance could be more than the system can offset. This incident looks like it lost it’s zero reference.
In any case, the EU has much more comprehensive consumer rights. Send it back.
I was talking with another member this past week (@DCH) about this very topic and we both believe the same thing - that it is more likely defective or under spec components that are just slightly off enough to cause the problems in a manner that none of the firmware updates going back to August 2018 have been able to eliminate the gimbal problems from those that experience it. While at the same time there are countless examples of Plus's that exhibit zero issues.