Zhiyun Crane 2 drifts in "L" mode

[wilecoyote]

Hello:

I have just bought a Zhiyun Crane 2 to use with my Sony a7s. So far it's working fine, but I've noticed a problem: when I put it in "L" mode (the mode where all three axis are locked), it starts panning slowly on its own towards the left, without me doing anything. I can use the joystick in that mode to counteract that movement, but as soon as I stop doing it, it stars panning on its own again. I have to switch modes a few times before it stops.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Thanks.

 

[Paul F]

I suggest reading page 25 and 26 in the manual.

 

[wilecoyote]

If you mean performing a six-side calibration, I just did it, but it still does the same thing.

 

[egproductions]

I’ve experienced this on occasion. Never tried to troubleshoot it though.

 

[ph2003]

How long u have been using it for?
My old gimbal does the same thing too.
Might be a sight , is time to swap for another

 

[wilecoyote]

It's brand new, I bought it like a month ago, and have used it only 3 or 4 times.

 

[Paul F]

It's correcting for an error that isn't there. Send it back.

 

[wilecoyote]

Update on this. First of all, searching around, I see that this problem is not widespread, but it certainly has happened to other people:

https://www.reddit.com/r/videography/comments/a2p2rw/zhiuyun_crane_v2_drifting/

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?348892-Zhiyun-Crane&p=1986677962&viewfull=1#post1986677962

https://youtu.be/hH3Qsd9KbLU

None of them found a solution to this, BTW.
Anyway: as for me, before taking it back to the store, I remembered that this problem started happening after I connected the gimbal to the mobile ZY app to program a timelapse, so I tried connecting it to the app again. I started messing with the settings, mostly the ones for movement speed, and... I can't really say which steps I took, and I actually didn't change any setting either (in the end I just reset them to the defaults), but after doing this a couple of times, I turned the gimbal off, turned it on again... and now it doesn't do this anymore. It works fine.

So now I don't know whether to take the gimbal for replacement or not. I think that I'll try using it for another timelapse and see if it starts misbehaving again after that.

 

[wilecoyote]

Update on this: as mentioned, I took out the gimbal and used it for another timelapse (programming it with the ZY app). Afterwards, I turned it on again... and it doesn't drift anymore so far (knock on wood). Just in case someone else has the same problem and arrives here via Google.