New DJI Mavic Mini

[thebraketester]

Excellent.

Quick little video.... videos are straight off the Mavic, no editing. It's going to be a steep learning curve to get some decent footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOv2sWgy9gw

(probably will get removed but hey ho)

Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 14th November 15:21

[Lazermilk]

Was that from the SD card or from the app via the phone of what was streamed?

Also, did you crash land at the end or was that sped up? Seemed a quick landing!

[thebraketester]

From the SD card.... and yes, It was sped up. I think its impossible to slam them into the ground and is seems to be a 2 stage thing. i) pull stick down until it gets to 1m and stop ii) pull down again to initiate soft landing.

Edit... just remember. That is actually a reversed launch clip

Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 14th November 15:31

[gregs656]

Has anyone weighed it yet?

I'd be interested to know if the 249g is accurate.

[Lazermilk]

thebraketester said:

From the SD card.... and yes, It was sped up. I think its impossible to slam them into the ground and is seems to be a 2 stage thing. i) pull stick down until it gets to 1m and stop ii) pull down again to initiate soft landing.

Edit... just remember. That is actually a reversed launch clip

Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 14th November 15:31

Ah that makes more sense, I was wandering how you got it to go down so fast if it was anything like my spark, never thought of it being in reverse...

[Leylandeye]

thebraketester said:

Excellent.

Quick little video.... videos are straight off the Mavic, no editing. It's going to be a steep learning curve to get some decent footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOv2sWgy9gw

(probably will get removed but hey ho)

Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 14th November 15:21

Great - well done for posting that.

[thebraketester]

It’s 248-249g on my kitchen scales.

[renmure]

thebraketester said:

Excellent.

Quick little video.... videos are straight off the Mavic, no editing. It's going to be a steep learning curve to get some decent footage

Ace. That swung it for me.
Picked a Flymore Combo up from a local(ish) Argos today.

Happy Days

[Old Man Peabody]

Well the rain has scuppered any outdoor flying today, but I've flown around the house enough to know I'm mightily impressed.

I'm still thinking of it like a toy it's so dinky, bit it's so much more than that obviously.

Looking forward to getting it outdoors now.

[thebraketester]

renmure said:

thebraketester said:

Excellent.

Quick little video.... videos are straight off the Mavic, no editing. It's going to be a steep learning curve to get some decent footage

Ace. That swung it for me.
Picked a Flymore Combo up from a local(ish) Argos today.

Happy Days

Excellent. I think anyone who gets one will be impressive with how easy it is to fly and how stable it is.

Looking forward to seeing your photos and videos.

[ecsrobin]

I think the biggest thing for me is the size. The fact you could keep that in the glove box and pull it out and go or hiking up a hill/mountain you can pack it in your day sack I can see it being very popular.

[Kev_Mk3]

I could see this as my first drone. I don't want it to be one of them things I buy and never use though lol

[Old Man Peabody]

Kev_Mk3 said:

I could see this as my first drone. I don't want it to be one of them things I buy and never use though lol

I'm in exactly the same boat. Always wanted one and this model just felt right. Very easy to fly, easy to carry around etc. It'll basically do everything I want of it for not much bucks. If it doesn't suit me, I'm sure moving it on shouldn't be too difficult.

My biggest issue is I'm a gamer. Never flown anything besides a toy before and I'm not a fan off Mode 2 flying. M1 seemed better, M3 better still at the moment as it's more akin to gaming controls. I need to make some decisions about which way to go as it'll be really difficult to change once I've built up some muscle memory. Taking your eye off the drone and using the camera to fly still seems a bit foreign, but I think that's because I really need more space before I trust it.

But anyway, for a first timer it's great. MicroSD card on the way so come the weekend I'll be out and about avoiding trees and taking pictures of me with a controller!

[Davie_GLA]

I fancy one of these.

I've had a Phantom 1, Phantom 3 Advanced and more recently a first gen Mavic.

It got used less and less but the mini apeals somehow. Is it purely controlled by your phone or can you buy a controller? Assume it's Wifi only or a version of LightBridge?

Off to google.

Edit: Never mind..... How cheap are these things!?

https://www.dronesdirect.co.uk/p/cp.ma.00000126.01...

[thebraketester]

It comes with a proper controller, you can’t fly it off your phone alone. I think it uses a type of Wi-Fi. 5.8ghz I believe.

[Kev_Mk3]

Old Man Peabody said:

I'm in exactly the same boat. Always wanted one and this model just felt right. Very easy to fly, easy to carry around etc. It'll basically do everything I want of it for not much bucks. If it doesn't suit me, I'm sure moving it on shouldn't be too difficult.

My biggest issue is I'm a gamer. Never flown anything besides a toy before and I'm not a fan off Mode 2 flying. M1 seemed better, M3 better still at the moment as it's more akin to gaming controls. I need to make some decisions about which way to go as it'll be really difficult to change once I've built up some muscle memory. Taking your eye off the drone and using the camera to fly still seems a bit foreign, but I think that's because I really need more space before I trust it.

But anyway, for a first timer it's great. MicroSD card on the way so come the weekend I'll be out and about avoiding trees and taking pictures of me with a controller!

I am off touring the alps and some beautiful places next year which is why I want one. Also be handy to follow and get panning shots of the car on said trip. I think watching the screen and not the drone it's self would be off putting also. Thanks for the advise though

[thatsprettyshady]

Apple UK store have plenty of stock

[thatsprettyshady]

thatsprettyshady said:

Apple UK store have plenty of stock

eta just ordered one and will pick it up locally tomorrow, delivery is showing for Saturday.

[ecsrobin]

thatsprettyshady said:

thatsprettyshady said:

Apple UK store have plenty of stock

eta just ordered one and will pick it up locally tomorrow, delivery is showing for Saturday.

And free delivery by tomorrow. I did check yesterday morning and they weren’t showing as I get a decent discount there.

[red_slr]

DJI fly finally showing on the google app store without having to use a direct link.

The initial reviews on the app are not promising! Looks like a revised version of the app came out yesterday so going to download that. Had a delivery notification for mine, ETA is Monday and weather is looking good too..