DJI Mavic Air

Skittle

I just got notification that my DJP Mavic will be delivered on Monday!:D

Looking forward to it! Anyone else owners of Mavic Airs?

theothernt

Just a Pro

CountingCrows

Skittle wrote: »

I just got notification that my DJP Mavic will be delivered on Monday!:D

Looking forward to it! Anyone else owners of Mavic Airs?

Keep us posted please. I’m about to pull the trigger and buy one but am worried about the range.

theothernt

CountingCrows wrote: »

Keep us posted please. I’m about to pull the trigger and buy one but am worried about the range.

There are lots of range test videos on YouTube, you'll get around 2k in ideal conditions - which is more than enough

Rew

Have one since last week, very happy with it. Video and picture quality is stunning. Build quality is top notch and all the stuff in the fly more is well worth it. I didnt expect this but the bag with the fly more is really nice and fits everything perfectly.

Rew

This is default settings straight off the drone

jenno86

Where did you guys purchase? Directly from DJI?

Skittle

jenno86 wrote: »

Where did you guys purchase? Directly from DJI?

I bought mine through Apple but that was because I got €160 off through a special deal my company has with Apple.

jenno86

Thinking of buying through DJI as their protection pan for €99 seems good. Or can you add that if you buy from a third party?

Does anyone know where they ship from?

Rew

Bought from bricks and mortar Camera Center, though had to preorder/pay a few days in advance. Added DJI care refresh directly from them the day after I first activated the drone (they warn you that your have 48h to buy it if you want it at that point). You simply supply the Serial Number of the drone as part of the purchase process.

DJI ship from outside the EU somewhere but taxes/duites are covered as part of it so you dont get stung for extra. I assume its China.

Ryaner

Rew, how far have you flown yours? The spark had loads of range tests online showing huge distances but I only once managed over 100m and even 50m in a wide open field was proving an issue.

Rew

Ryaner wrote: »

Rew, how far have you flown yours? The spark had loads of range tests online showing huge distances but I only once managed over 100m and even 50m in a wide open field was proving an issue.

I checked my flight logs and I thought I had done 400m but it was only 100+. Might get a chance to fly a bit more this weekend.

niall1411

Hey guys have the mavic air a few days now and gotten a SanDisk ultra sd card but I can't seem to get an option for saving to sd card opposed to ultra card? I have a SanDisk extreme on the way incase that works better?
Appreciate the help!!

KellyXX

Rew wrote: »

Have one since last week, very happy with it. Video and picture quality is stunning. Build quality is top notch and all the stuff in the fly more is well worth it. I didnt expect this but the bag with the fly more is really nice and fits everything perfectly.

What range are you getting?

KellyXX

Ryaner wrote: »

Rew, how far have you flown yours? The spark had loads of range tests online showing huge distances but I only once managed over 100m and even 50m in a wide open field was proving an issue.

I had the exact same experience. Most I got was around 300M with the remote, but usually less than that.

Rew

niall1411 wrote: »

Hey guys have the mavic air a few days now and gotten a SanDisk ultra sd card but I can't seem to get an option for saving to sd card opposed to ultra card? I have a SanDisk extreme on the way incase that works better?
Appreciate the help!!

Open the camera settings (button below the Red record/take photo button)
Click the Cog
Scroll down to Storage location

Rew

KellyXX wrote: »

What range are you getting?

I haven't had an opportunity to fly more than a couple of hundred meters to be honest. Flew it yesterday in fairly windy conditions and it preformed well.

Rew

FYI If your getting inconsistent firmware warnings its because you need to update the firmware on each one of your batteries.

theothernt

Rew wrote: »

FYI If your getting inconsistent firmware warnings its because you need to update the firmware on each one of your batteries.

Expect that if the drone (DJI) is new on the market, things calm down after a few months.

... but it's a good idea to power-on before you leave to make sure everything is up to date! (you can ignore the updates before you fly - put your phone/tablet into flight mode)

Rew

theothernt wrote: »

Expect that if the drone (DJI) is new on the market, things calm down after a few months.

... but it's a good idea to power-on before you leave to make sure everything is up to date! (you can ignore the updates before you fly - put your phone/tablet into flight mode)

Yeah I gathered that alright but the inconsistent firmware thing confused me, didn't realise the batteries had FW as well.

There was a big update for the Air on the 9th of Feb

kave2

Hi, anyone here swapped from original Phantom 4 to Mavic Air? I'm thinking about selling my P4 and getting Mavic Air.

I'm mainly interested in image quality. From my initial research it seems that MA is as good as P4 or even better.

I love my P4 but it can be quite difficult to travel around. I'm well aware of shorter range and flight time but MA being so small and easy to carry around will make up for those shortcomings.
Thanks a lot.

theothernt

kave2 wrote: »

Hi, anyone here swapped from original Phantom 4 to Mavic Air? I'm thinking about selling my P4 and getting Mavic Air.

I'm mainly interested in image quality. From my initial research it seems that MA is as good as P4 or even better.

I love my P4 but it can be quite difficult to travel around. I'm well aware of shorter range and flight time but MA being so small and easy to carry around will make up for those shortcomings.
Thanks a lot.

If it's the Phantom 4 (and not the P4 Pro which has a better sensor), then the Mavic Pro or Air should be the same quality.

The Air does have less colour profiles (just D-Cinelike and Normal) and no Course Lock, btw.

kave2

theothernt wrote: »

kave2 wrote: »

Hi, anyone here swapped from original Phantom 4 to Mavic Air? I'm thinking about selling my P4 and getting Mavic Air.

I'm mainly interested in image quality. From my initial research it seems that MA is as good as P4 or even better.

I love my P4 but it can be quite difficult to travel around. I'm well aware of shorter range and flight time but MA being so small and easy to carry around will make up for those shortcomings.
Thanks a lot.

If it's the Phantom 4 (and not the P4 Pro which has a better sensor), then the Mavic Pro or Air should be the same quality.

The Air does have less colour profiles (just D-Cinelike and Normal) and no Course Lock, btw.

Yes, it's the original Phantom 4. It seems Mavic Air > P4> Mavic Pro, from image
point of view.
I use D-Cinelike anyway.
What kind of range are you getting with MA? Thanks.

theothernt

kave2 wrote: »

Yes, it's the original Phantom 4. It seems Mavic Air > P4> Mavic Pro, from image
point of view.
I use D-Cinelike anyway.
What kind of range are you getting with MA? Thanks.

It's the same sensor in all 3, but the Mavic Air is the newest so it captures video at a higher bit rate.

The Mavic Air can get around 2km (versus 4km of the Pro) in Europe.

jogdish

I've only ever owned a tiny, €40 drone, loved flying and taking pics/video.
I purposely never upgraded, thinking better to spend once on quality and enjoy.

This would be a significant and one time purchase for me. Is it worth it? Am I likely to get bored after a week or two? How does it have in a city back garden with signal interference?
Anything else I should be aware of.

Btw it's a significant investment, but it's not like I'm going into debt, just want to research it fully before pulling the trigger.

Rew

jogdish wrote: »

I've only ever owned a tiny, €40 drone, loved flying and taking pics/video.
I purposely never upgraded, thinking better to spend once on quality and enjoy.

This would be a significant and one time purchase for me. Is it worth it? Am I likely to get bored after a week or two? How does it have in a city back garden with signal interference?
Anything else I should be aware of.

Btw it's a significant investment, but it's not like I'm going into debt, just want to research it fully before pulling the trigger.

I’d imagine you would get board just in a back garden, it needs a bit of space to get the most out of it.

With heavy interference you will get 500m worst case (in my experience).

It’s fairly noisy so if you fly a lot in one area expect people to notice.

Skittle

Guys, how good is the Mavic Air in wind? I got the Mavic Air over a month ago and I haven't had a chance to take her up as I'm worried about how the little drone will handle the wind. What wind strength is too strong?

Rew

Skittle wrote: »

Guys, how good is the Mavic Air in wind? I got the Mavic Air over a month ago and I haven't had a chance to take her up as I'm worried about how the little drone will handle the wind. What wind strength is too strong?

Ive used it in windy conditions and its fine, if the wind is too strong it will max out the motor speed and it drift with the wind but you can still land it. There are a good few vids of people putting it to a serious test and it is well able for it but I have also seen one vid where it was too much and he had to land it away from him and go after it.

The difficulty I have is judging whats too much so I didn't fly it much over the weekend till the wind had died down, which is a pity as I didn't get any snow shots. Apparently it handles wind better then bigger DJI drones as its weight to power ratio is higher and its surface area is lower.

kave2

theothernt wrote: »

kave2 wrote: »

Yes, it's the original Phantom 4. It seems Mavic Air > P4> Mavic Pro, from image
point of view.
I use D-Cinelike anyway.
What kind of range are you getting with MA? Thanks.

It's the same sensor in all 3, but the Mavic Air is the newest so it captures video at a higher bit rate.

The Mavic Air can get around 2km (versus 4km of the Pro) in Europe.

Did you actually got the 2km range?

jogdish

I see the Mavic Air fly more combo has a discount on the DJI store, €1172 now €1049

Anyone know how normal that is? I am thinking about buying, but not in any rush and kinda hoping a mavic pro 2, might mean a discount on the air?

Or perhaps I am dreaming - any advice? Wait it out or just buy

Rew

jogdish wrote: »

I see the Mavic Air fly more combo has a discount on the DJI store, €1172 now €1049

Anyone know how normal that is? I am thinking about buying, but not in any rush and kinda hoping a mavic pro 2, might mean a discount on the air?

Or perhaps I am dreaming - any advice? Wait it out or just buy

€1050 was always the price, I think the 1172 refers to how much it would be to buy all the stuff in the fly more separately. Doubt they will discount the mavic air anytime spoon. mavic 2 fly more will be 1500 id say.

McMurphy

jogdish wrote: »

I see the Mavic Air fly more combo has a discount on the DJI store, €1172 now €1049

Anyone know how normal that is? I am thinking about buying, but not in any rush and kinda hoping a mavic pro 2, might mean a discount on the air?

Or perhaps I am dreaming - any advice? Wait it out or just buy

At over a grand that's approaching mavic pro budget wise, and from what I've seen so far (in terms of distancfe etc) I'd spend my money on a mavic pro.

jogdish

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

At over a grand that's approaching mavic pro budget wise, and from what I've seen so far (in terms of distancfe etc) I'd spend my money on a mavic pro.

Indeed, but the air has a better camera bit rate, smaller lighter, better sensors and top speed. Also I would rarely want it out of visual range too much - so hence my interest over the mavic pro. And that price was for the fly more bundle too.

Rew

The pro is 150 more and the pro paltinum is 450 more. Pro is going to be replaced with a pro 2 any day so not a great buy ATM unless rock bottom price.

Homer

Rew wrote: »

The pro is 150 more and the pro paltinum is 450 more. Pro is going to be replaced with a pro 2 any day so not a great buy ATM unless rock bottom price.

It’s down to €999 in a few places from €1199 and a little more off that with a bit of negotiating

Rew

Homer wrote: »

It’s down to €999 in a few places from €1199 and a little more off that with a bit of negotiating

Yup they are selling them off quick before the 2. 999 less 150 is 849 which is the price of the mavic air.

ImThatGuy

I bought the Mavic Air recently, so far delighted with it.

I'm blown away by the image and video quality, the 100mbps 4K is crisp!

I've only flown it ~200m so far because I'm terrified to fly it any further

jogdish

ImThatGuy wrote: »

I bought the Mavic Air recently, so far delighted with it.

I'm blown away by the image and video quality, the 100mbps 4K is crisp!

I've only flown it ~200m so far because I'm terrified to fly it any further

Think I am going to purchase in a month or two? Did you get the fly more? How does it handle an average Irish day wind wise? And signal issues? Are you flying in a residential/build up area or open parks? Is it worth the price tag for a non prof. photo person - i.e I enjoy the pretty pictures/and the feel of flying thats about all

ImThatGuy

jogdish wrote: »

Think I am going to purchase in a month or two? Did you get the fly more? How does it handle an average Irish day wind wise? And signal issues? Are you flying in a residential/build up area or open parks? Is it worth the price tag for a non prof. photo person - i.e I enjoy the pretty pictures/and the feel of flying thats about all

Didn’t go with the fly more package, I couldn’t justify the extra €200 for it, I’ll probably buy an extra battery and a car charger but aside from that I’ve not needed the extra batteries yet!

Handles very well in Irish weather, surprised by how sturdy it is!

I’ve only flown it to 250m so far at an altitude of 100m (IAA regulations I think) no issues with signal for that, the odd dropped frame in the video feed. You definitely need to face the drone with the controller for a smoother stream.

I tried to do my first flight in Dublin 6 which was a bad idea, didn’t let it pick up GPS signal fully and had the antenna not folded out fully, definitely not recommended and scared me when it was showing a lot of warnings.

I think I’d be much better now!

Since then I’ve flown in parks/country side. Today I flew on the edge of a town and had no problems!

Personally, I think it’s worth it, the pictures and video I’ve got already are class, I’m a bit photography fan and this makes me want to get out and use it all the time because it’s a totally new perspective on stuff.

I think the novelty will wear off but I have a trip planned in the summer that I’ll definitely use this for a lot. Just wish the weather was better!

Rew

Have the fly more and have to say it was well worth it. Iv'e used everything but the extra props and id be lost without the extra 2 batteries (thinking ill get a 4th at some point).

Ive clocked up 75 flights, 32,000m total distance and 7 hours of fight time in 3 countries so far. The portability means you can have it with you almost constantly. Things I've leaned:

• Get a big, fast SD card
• Never take off without decent GPS signal no matter what
• Range goes from terrible to fantastic without any obvious reason
• 4k 100mbit is a nightmare to edit even with top of the range laptop, learn how to use low res proxies
• It requires a **** tonne of practice to be able to fly well and get nice smooth video
• Battery life in realworld is about 18mins
• Handles wind well but if your getting constant yellow bar at the top consider calling it a day
• You have to practice with all the modes to make the most of it
• don't do anything with a low battery you haven't already done (ie gain a lot altitude where there might be more wind) so you have battery left to help bring back
• Don't get tunnel visioned looking at the screen make sure you know whats/whos around the drone esp if low flying
• Get very familiar with all setting (there are a lot) and make sure the RTH is properly set
• Know when to disable RTH as signal can be lost very easily even at close range
• Make sure the RTH altitude is appropriate

kave2

Rew wrote: »

Have the fly more and have to say it was well worth it. Iv'e used everything but the extra props and id be lost without the extra 2 batteries (thinking ill get a 4th at some point).

Ive clocked up 75 flights, 32,000m total distance and 7 hours of fight time in 3 countries so far. The portability means you can have it with you almost constantly. Things I've leaned:

• Get a big, fast SD card
• Never take off without decent GPS signal no matter what
• Range goes from terrible to fantastic without any obvious reason
• 4k 100mbit is a nightmare to edit even with top of the range laptop, learn how to use low res proxies
• It requires a **** tonne of practice to be able to fly well and get nice smooth video
• Battery life in practice is about 18mins
• Handles wind well but if your getting constant yellow bar at the top consider calling it a day
• You have to practice with all the modes to make the most of it
• don't do anything with a low battery you haven't already done (ie gain a lot altitude where there might be more wind) so you have battery left to help bring back
• Don't get tunnel visioned looking at the screen make sure you know whats/whos around the drone esp if low flying
• Get very familiar with all setting (there are a lot) and make sure the RTH is properly set
• Know when to disable RTH as signal can be lost very easily even at close range
• Make sure the RTH altitude is appropriate

Did you try the FCC hack to improve the range and stability of signal?

Rew

kave2 wrote: »

Did you try the FCC hack to improve the range and stability of signal?

No im on iOS and its messy to hack it.

Rew

kave2 wrote: »

Did you try the FCC hack to improve the range and stability of signal?

Did some reading there and some suggestions that connection between phone and Apple watch might be the culprit. Other recommendation was to redo firmware via DJI Assistant. Ill have to try both.

I have gotten good distance out of it but I've also been surprised I cant get far in other similar areas.

dsaint1

Rew wrote: »

No im on iOS and its messy to hack it.

You only have to hack it on android and then when you sign in on ios you will still be hacked as long as you don't accept to change your location back when prompted on startup. It's definitely worth doing....

Rew

dsaint1 wrote: »

You only have to hack it on android and then when you sign in on ios you will still be hacked as long as you don't accept to change your location back when prompted on startup. It's definitely worth doing....

Wow, it makes a HUGE difference!

jogdish

Rew wrote: »

Wow, it makes a HUGE difference!

Explain...

theothernt

jogdish wrote: »

Explain...

If you're in the States (or it thinks you are ), it'll transmit at full power which is roughly double what the EU allows - so your range can nearly be doubled in some cases.

Chavways

Hi guys, what is the best price available on this these days?

kave2

Chavways wrote: »

Hi guys, what is the best price available on this these days?

900€ Fly more combo on e infinity.

Geartech

I just got my Mavic Air fly more from Harvey normans for €1049 flys great in the wind but not gone to far with it yet as I'm still learning the ins and outs

jogdish

Geartech wrote: »

I just got my Mavic Air fly more from Harvey normans for €1049 flys great in the wind but not gone to far with it yet as I'm still learning the ins and outs

I plan on getting mine soon,

I keep flip flopping between mavic basic and air fly more. How do you find the range, are you in a built up area? are you using the EU radio hack? Any feedback is welcome.