New DJI Mavic Mini
Discussion
I've been reading the forum linked below about it and seems you may actually be worse off buying a US version as it will limit you to the EU/UK mode, however the US one is locked to only 5.8ghz wifi meaning max distance of only 500m, whereas the 2.4ghz mode available with the EU/UK versions would give much further distance.
Then you also have the warranty issues if its needed and potential legal issues on top, so not really worth it, the distance the EU/UK ones can cover is easily enough for me, it beats the spark it seems anyway.
Now... just need someone to buy my spark
https://mavicpilots.com/threads/ce-version-of-mavi...
Then you also have the warranty issues if its needed and potential legal issues on top, so not really worth it, the distance the EU/UK ones can cover is easily enough for me, it beats the spark it seems anyway.
Now... just need someone to buy my spark
https://mavicpilots.com/threads/ce-version-of-mavi...
So my initial thoughts if anyone interested:
Packaged very well.
Batteries are flat on delivery. Will take 2 hours to charge.
Controller flat on delivery - took about an hour to charge.
Firmware update seemed to take forever - was showing as "drone locked" until updated.
The drone is very flimsy - but to be expected I guess. I would not want to crash this.
The thread pitch on the sticks is quite coarse so they only need a couple of turns to put on.... but also come off...
First flight 15 mins as it was almost dark by the time I had charged and done FW update. Despite pressing the record button on the controller no video was captured.. not sure what was going on there.
Auto take off and auto land both worked very well.
Handles well in the air, very responsive and in sport mode has enough punch for me. The GPS lock is always there which I was not expecting in sport mode thought it would be like the old non GPS mode on the NAZA of old. No back flips here.
What really impressed me (other than the charging and FW update) is it was ready to fly out of the box, no calibrations no IMU etc.
Things really have come a long way! Not even touched on the camera yet, as it did not record anything.
Packaged very well.
Batteries are flat on delivery. Will take 2 hours to charge.
Controller flat on delivery - took about an hour to charge.
Firmware update seemed to take forever - was showing as "drone locked" until updated.
The drone is very flimsy - but to be expected I guess. I would not want to crash this.
The thread pitch on the sticks is quite coarse so they only need a couple of turns to put on.... but also come off...
First flight 15 mins as it was almost dark by the time I had charged and done FW update. Despite pressing the record button on the controller no video was captured.. not sure what was going on there.
Auto take off and auto land both worked very well.
Handles well in the air, very responsive and in sport mode has enough punch for me. The GPS lock is always there which I was not expecting in sport mode thought it would be like the old non GPS mode on the NAZA of old. No back flips here.
What really impressed me (other than the charging and FW update) is it was ready to fly out of the box, no calibrations no IMU etc.
Things really have come a long way! Not even touched on the camera yet, as it did not record anything.
I had a little time this evening to fly out on a beach local to me (Meadfoot beach in Devon), I left it in "Cinematic" mode which dulls the inputs for a smoother video. I was quite impressed with the camera, it was around 4pm so there was a low sun and big variations in light levels but the results were good enough for my needs.
Youtube vid - https://youtu.be/PLWSL4Fl1Xk
Some still pics (if you click them you can get full res)
Youtube vid - https://youtu.be/PLWSL4Fl1Xk
Some still pics (if you click them you can get full res)
Danny4494 said:
Lovely bit of of footage there how was the wind and also what sort of range was you traveling looked more than adequate
It doesn't really seem to be affected by wind although it was quite calm yesterday. Definitely haven't had any problems with stability so far. Not sure how long the range was but not more than 200m because I was keeping an eye on it. Personally I think that the limited range thing isn't as much of an issue as many make out.
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