DJI Mavic Pro repairs
The gimbal ribbon this model is famous for, worn arm hinges, motors with real hours on them, water damage and board-level repair — on an aircraft nobody has made a part for since 2019.
- Released
- 2016
- Weight
- 734 g
- Camera
- 12 MP · 4K
- Gimbal
- 3-axis
- Notable
- First folding Mavic
Repairs
Something is broken or worn out.
Professional DJI Mavic Pro gimbal and camera replacement. Crash-damaged gimbal or dead camera — we replace the assembly, recalibrate and test stabilised footage before it goes back.
Professional DJI Mavic Pro gimbal cable (flex) replacement. Image dropouts and gimbal errors — we replace the flex, recalibrate and test the live feed.
What’s included in the price
- Replacement part — no hidden extras
- Fitting & labour by in-house technicians
- Full function test before handover
- Up to 12-month warranty
- Diagnostic fee credited towards this repair
- Your data stays untouched
Full details for DJI Mavic Pro Gimbal Cable Flex Replacement
Get issues with your DJI Mavic Pro vibration absorbing board for gimbal repaired by professionals. This problem is usually related to camera shaking, camera gimbal stabilisation or directly as camera gimbal mounting point. We will diagnose your DJI Mavic Pro first to confirm that the repair will resolve the issue. Only then we will follow with the repair. Before purchasing the service we strongly recommend to contact us and describe issue first or purchase the diagnostic service. Please bring the controller, battery, charger and propellers with your DJI drone. Note, that the repair may take few days, sometimes longer but we will give you time estimate when you contact us.
What’s included in the price
- Replacement part — no hidden extras
- Fitting & labour by in-house technicians
- Full function test before handover
- Up to 12-month warranty
- Diagnostic fee credited towards this repair
- Your data stays untouched
Professional DJI Mavic Pro motor arm replacement. A cracked arm grounds the drone — we replace it, transfer the motor and bench-test everything before it flies again.
What’s included in the price
- Replacement part — no hidden extras
- Fitting & labour by in-house technicians
- Full function test before handover
- Up to 12-month warranty
- Diagnostic fee credited towards this repair
- Your data stays untouched
DJI Mavic Pro diagnostics — we find the source of the problem and give you a clear quote to fix it. Drones hide several faults behind one symptom — we test the aircraft, open it up where needed, and assess what repair is needed and its chances of success.
Please note: The diagnostic fee is payable upfront and credited toward your repair if you go ahead. If you decline the quote or the device is beyond repair, the fee covers the assessment.
Please note: Bring the controller, battery, charger and propellers — testing needs the full set.
What the assessment fee covers
- Full assessment by an in-house technician
- An honest verdict on what is wrong
- A firm price before any repair starts
- Fee credited towards the repair — you pay the balance of the quote
- No obligation to proceed
Professional dji mavic pro water damage treatment in London. Ultrasonic cleaning of liquid residue and corrosion, then a full assessment of what the liquid reached.
Please note: The cleaning fee is paid upfront and carries no warranty — cleaning is decontamination, not a guaranteed fix.
Good to know: Any further repair we quote after cleaning is covered by a 6-month warranty.
What the cleaning fee covers
- Ultrasonic cleaning and corrosion treatment
- Full diagnostics once the board is clean
- An honest verdict on what is worth saving
- A firm price for any further repair before it starts
- No obligation to proceed
Know the fault, but don’t see it listed? Describe it and we’ll price it from your description — free, no device needed. Not sure what’s wrong? That’s what the Diagnostics Service above is for.
Still running a few commercially? We take them in batches, one invoice, a report per airframe. Business repairs
Common DJI Mavic Pro Problems We Fix
A ten-year-old aircraft has a short and very predictable fault list. This is it.
Gimbal ribbon replacement
The Mavic Pro’s famous fault, and a design one: the ribbon runs through the gimbal and fatigues where it folds. We have replaced more of these than any other single part.
Gimbal vibration & horizon tilt
Wobble in the footage or a horizon that drifts. Ten-year-old dampers have hardened, and a knocked yaw arm does the rest.
Gimbal & camera replacement
Only where the camera is genuinely finished. Assemblies come from salvaged aircraft, so we check availability before quoting.
Arm hinges & cracked arms
Ten years of folding wears hinges loose, and the front left goes first because it is the one everybody grabs. It shows up as a slight yaw in the hover.
Motors with hours on them
Grinding at spin-up, an ESC error, or one motor pulling harder than the other three.
Water damage
Stripped, cleaned ultrasonically, corrosion treated, then tested. Read the yellow band below first.
Board-level repair
No power, no charge, a failed ESC, a burnt trace. There is no replacement Mavic Pro board to buy, so component-level repair is not a preference — it is the only option.
Crash assessment
Stripped and checked properly, with the flight log read. A written quote and the reason it came down.
Calibration & test flight
IMU, compass and gimbal recalibrated after any repair, then hovered and flown before it goes back.
Something else?
Batteries, aerials, landing gear, shells, controllers, aircraft other shops declined.
We Read the Flight Log
Visible damage we repair, calibrate and test-fly before it comes back to you. When nothing looks broken, or you want to know why it came down, the drone recorded the answer.
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What Is In It
Battery cell voltages, how hard each motor was working, satellite count, signal strength, altitude, and every warning the drone gave before it stopped recording.
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What It Usually Says
A motor that had been working harder than the other three for weeks. A battery cell dropping under load. A signal that cut out and sent the drone home into something.
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What to Bring
The phone or tablet you fly with, or the flight record saved in the DJI app. If the drone is dead but the board survived, we can usually read it from there.
Not every repair needs this, and we will tell you when yours does not. Sometimes a log stops for a reason nothing can recover. Sometimes it shows the drone was flown into something, and you get told that too.
Which Parts We Can Still Get
Nothing has been made for the Mavic Pro since 2019, so here is the honest picture. Ribbons, dampers, shells, arms, hinges, propellers and motors are all still available as tested original parts, and board repairs need no parts at all. Complete camera units come from salvaged drones, so the price moves and some months there are none. You will hear the cost and the wait before you decide.
When It Will Not Power On
Almost everywhere, a Mavic Pro that will not power on is written off, because most shops fix a dead board by replacing it — and no replacement board is made. We repair the board itself. Under a microscope with hot air and a thermal camera it is the same job as a dead laptop mainboard: find where the voltage stops, and replace what is stopping it.
Crashed It, or Been in Water? Do This First
What happens in the next hour decides how much of it we can save.
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Do Not Power It Up
Not to see whether it still works. A wet or bent drone survives being left alone; it does not survive being switched on. Battery out, and leave it out.
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Take the Card Out
Your footage is on the microSD and it is nearly always fine even when the aircraft is not. Take it out and keep it before the drone comes to us.
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Bring It In As It Is
Loose parts and all, in a box, not reassembled. Salt water is the urgent one: it corrodes by the hour, so a drone out of the sea needs to be here today.
No rice, and no hairdryer or radiator — heat speeds corrosion up rather than stopping it. We strip it, clean every board ultrasonically, treat the corrosion and only then test. If the footage matters more than the aircraft, say so at drop-off and we go for that first.
Ways to Use Our Service
Two ways to get your Mavic Pro repaired — bring it to Wimbledon, or post it from anywhere in the UK.
What We Do, How, and Why Us
Everything a Mavic Pro needs after ten years: the camera ribbon it is famous for, rubber mounts gone hard, worn arm hinges, motors with hours on them, water damage stripped and cleaned, and repair of the circuit board itself on a drone with no parts made since 2019.
You get a diagnosis before a price, always. Microscopes, hot-air rework and a thermal camera to follow the power through the board. On a drone this old that is the whole point: there is no replacement board to fit, so the board itself has to be repaired. And when the plain answer is that this one is not worth the money, you get that instead.
What Customers Say
Every repair carries a warranty. These are unedited reviews left on Google and Trustpilot.
Good to Know
The questions we are asked most about Mavic Pro repairs.
Not answered here? Ask us — we reply the same working day.
The picture has gone to lines and the gimbal errors. What is it?
The gimbal ribbon, almost certainly. It is the Mavic Pro's defining fault: the flat cable runs through the moving gimbal and fatigues where it folds, so it starts as a flicker and ends as a gimbal that will not initialise. It is a ribbon rather than a camera, which makes it one of the cheaper repairs here.
Are parts still available for a 2016 drone?
For most repairs, yes. Ribbons, dampers, arms, hinges, motors, shells and propellers are still gettable as tested original stock, and board repairs need nothing supplied at all. Complete gimbal and camera assemblies are the exception — those come from salvaged aircraft and there are months with none.
Another shop told me it is beyond repair. Is it?
Sometimes, and we will say so. But "beyond repair" usually means "needs a new board and there are no new boards", which is a different sentence. A dead board is the same problem as a dead laptop mainboard. A good number of the Mavic Pros here arrived having already been turned down once.
It hovers but drifts slightly. Is that the compass?
It can be, but on this model check the arms first. A decade of folding wears the hinges loose — the front left goes first, because that is the arm everybody picks it up by — and a loose arm changes how the aircraft holds position. People blame the wind for months. It is cheap to rule out.
How long does a repair take?
Ribbon, gimbal, arm and motor work is two to four hours of bench time, so with the part in stock it is a day or two door to door. Crash assessment, water damage and board-level work need two to three working days before there is a quote worth giving.
Can I post it to you?
Yes, from anywhere in the UK. Card out, battery kept at home — couriers restrict loose lithium packs and old ones are best not posted — packed in something rigid and sent tracked. It comes back the same way once repaired, calibrated and flown.