DJI Spark repairs
Two-axis gimbal work, fixed-arm body repair, motors, water damage and board-level repair – a physically different job from every other aircraft on this site, and priced as one.
- Released
- 2017
- Weight
- 300 g
- Camera
- 12 MP · 1080p
- Gimbal
- 2-axis
- Arms
- Fixed, non-folding
Repairs
Something is broken or worn out.
Professional DJI Mavic Spark gimbal and camera replacement. Crash-damaged gimbal or dead camera – we replace the assembly, recalibrate and test stabilised footage before it goes back.
Get issues with your DJI Mavic Spark gimbal resolved by professionals. This is probably the gimbal flex cable problem if the gimbal is completely not functional, temperamental but not physically broken. The gimbal flex cable connects few aspects of the drone and runs through the gimbal to the motherboard deeper inside the drone. The price is justified by the repair time that this service needs. Before purchasing the service we strongly recommend to contact us and describe issue or purchase the diagnostic service.
What’s included
- 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 Spark Gimbal Cable Flex Replacement
Get issues with your DJI Mavic Spark 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 Spark 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 or purchase the diagnostic service.
What’s included
- 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
Get issues with your DJI Mavic Spark gimbal resolved by professionals. This is probably the gimbal flex cable problem if the gimbal is completely not functional, temperamental but not physically broken. The gimbal flex cable connects few aspects of the drone and runs through the gimbal to the motherboard deeper inside the drone. The price is justified by the repair time that this service needs. Before purchasing the service we strongly recommend to contact us and describe issue or purchase the diagnostic service.
What’s included
- 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 Spark 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: Bring the controller, battery, charger and propellers – testing needs the full set.
Good to know: Pay when you drop it off. Fee not refundable. Go ahead with the repair and the fee comes off the price.
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 spark water damage treatment in London. Ultrasonic cleaning of liquid residue and corrosion, then a full assessment of what the liquid reached.
Please note: The fee covers the clean and the diagnosis together – sometimes the clean alone brings it back. It is not refundable if the device can’t be saved.
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.
A few still in service somewhere? We take them in batches, one invoice per job. Business repairs
Common DJI Spark Problems We Fix
The Spark’s fault list does not transfer from the other Mavics. This is its own.
Two-axis gimbal repair
Pitch and roll are mechanical on a Spark; yaw is corrected in software. Fewer motors, a different ribbon, and a fault list that does not carry over from any other Mavic.
Gimbal vibration & tilt
Wobble in the footage or a picture sitting off level. Hardened dampers, or a yaw arm bent in a landing.
Ribbon & video dropout
Picture that cuts out or breaks up, or a gimbal that will not initialise. The Spark’s ribbon is its own part, not a shared one.
Board-level repair
No power, no charge, a short after water. Component-level work under a microscope – there is no replacement Spark board in existence to swap in.
Fixed arms & body damage
The arms do not fold, so a bent arm is a body repair rather than a module swap – and it cannot be folded out of sight.
Water damage
Stripped, cleaned ultrasonically, corrosion treated, then tested. Read the yellow band below first.
Crash assessment
Stripped and checked, with the flight log read. On a Spark the answer is very often a dropped Wi-Fi link rather than a fault.
Motors & ESCs
Grinding at spin-up, a motor error, or an aircraft that will not arm. Motor wiring runs back to the board.
Calibration & test flight
IMU, compass and gimbal recalibrated after any repair, then hovered and flown before it comes back to you.
Something else?
Batteries, aerials, prop guards, controllers, aircraft another shop turned away.
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.
The Name Matters When Buying Parts
DJI never called it the Mavic Spark. It came out in 2017 as simply the Spark, alongside the Mavic Pro, and enough people have called it a Mavic since that the name stuck – including in this page address. Same drone either way. It matters when you buy parts: search the wrong name and you will be sold Mavic Pro parts that fit nothing on this one.
A Two-Axis Gimbal, Not Three
Every other drone on this site has a three-axis gimbal: pitch, roll and yaw, each with its own motor. The Spark has two, and corrects the third in software. On the bench that changes everything – different motors, a different ribbon, different faults, a different parts list. It is also why a phone quote from someone treating a Spark as a small Mavic Pro is worth ignoring.
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 Spark repaired – bring it to Wimbledon, or post it from anywhere in the UK.
What We Do, How, and Why Us
Everything a Spark needs, priced as a Spark and not as a small Mavic: two-axis camera work with its own parts list, fixed-arm body repair, motors, batteries tested properly, water damage stripped and cleaned, and repair of the circuit board itself on a drone nothing has been made for since 2019.
You get a diagnosis before a price, always. Microscopes, hot-air rework and a thermal camera, on the same bench that repairs laptop mainboards – which is why working on something this small is ordinary here rather than remarkable. Then calibration, and a flight before it comes back to you.
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 Spark repairs.
Not answered here? Ask us – we reply the same working day.
Is it a Spark or a Mavic Spark?
DJI called it the Spark. Enough people have called it the Mavic Spark since 2017 that the name stuck, including in the address of this page, and it is the same aircraft either way. It matters when you are buying parts: search the wrong name and you will be offered Mavic Pro components, none of which fit.
Why is Spark gimbal repair priced differently from other Mavics?
Because it is a different mechanism. The Spark has a two-axis gimbal – pitch and roll mechanical, yaw corrected in software – where every other aircraft here has three axes with a motor on each. Different motors, different ribbon, different parts list.
Are parts still available for a 2017 drone?
For most repairs, yes, though the Spark is the tightest supply on this site. Ribbons, dampers, motors, shells and boards are all still workable, and board repairs need nothing supplied. Complete gimbal and camera assemblies come from salvaged aircraft and are genuinely scarce.
Another shop said it was not worth repairing. Is that right?
Sometimes it is, and we will tell you so. But a lot of the time it means "needs a new board and there are no new boards", which is a different thing. A dead board is the same problem as a dead laptop mainboard, and that is ordinary work here.
How long does a repair take?
Gimbal, ribbon and motor work is two to four hours on the bench, 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 nine-year-old ones are best not posted – packed in something rigid and sent tracked. It comes back the same way once repaired, calibrated and flown.