All things Mavic Air

tedpan · 13-10-2019 9:09am

A quick range test from yesterday. Beautiful day for flying..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDFFJo3C9s

jogdish · 13-10-2019 10:50am

tedpan wrote: »

A quick range test from yesterday. Beautiful day for flying..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDFFJo3C9s

Very nice, did the mavic signal just cut there?

Nice to see you post again, not seen in a while was worried

tedpan · 13-10-2019 11:01am

jogdish wrote:

Very nice, did the mavic signal just cut there?

Yep, just over the little rocky island. It lost connection for about 5 seconds and went into RTH mode.

Still here but the weather has been all over the place recently, so glad I charged a few batteries

jogdish · 13-10-2019 11:04am

tedpan wrote: »

Yep, just over the little rocky island. It lost connection for about 5 seconds and went into RTH mode.

Still here but the weather has been all over the place recently, so glad I charged a few batteries

Good stuff, my record range was 4km.

tedpan · 13-10-2019 11:06am

jogdish wrote:

Good stuff, my record range was 4km.

Nice, I got similar distances with the Mi Drone. 2Km seems to be my max.

stuff.hunter · 14-10-2019 10:58am

jogdish wrote: »

Good stuff, my record range was 4km.

4km wow,
which wifi band did you use, 2.4 or 5GHz ?

jogdish · 16-10-2019 8:36pm

stuff.hunter wrote: »

4km wow,
which wifi band did you use, 2.4 or 5GHz ?

ehhh don't want to admit to criminal offenses

stuff.hunter · 18-10-2019 9:23am

jogdish wrote: »

ehhh don't want to admit to criminal offenses

FCC 'hack' isnt illegal as both frequencies are used in here

theothernt · 18-10-2019 6:25pm

stuff.hunter wrote: »

FCC 'hack' isnt illegal as both frequencies are used in here

The power that's used to transmit is the issue :P

stuff.hunter · 20-11-2019 10:34am

theothernt wrote: »

The power that's used to transmit is the issue :P

possibly

jogdish · 10-01-2020 11:04pm

Congrats to Tedpan only seeing you are a mod now! hopefully this thread might still have use for any Air owners.

tedpan · 11-01-2020 12:19am

jogdish wrote:

Congrats to Tedpan only seeing you are a mod now! hopefully this thread might still have use for any Air owners.

Cheers man, it's only been a few days, getting used the idea of being a mod!

As droning gets more and more affordable and popular, hopefully so will the discussions and ideas within the forum

jogdish · 11-01-2020 12:24am

I hate to admit I've not been air born in many months

ran out of easy local interesting places to fly

tedpan · 11-01-2020 12:58am

jogdish wrote:

I hate to admit I've not been air born in many months ran out of easy local interesting places to fly

Yeah, it sometimes seems like a chore to bring the drone out, but once I get it in the air there's always a smile on my face. I didn't do much travelling last year, hopefully will get to fly in some new places soon. I get your point, need to get away and find some other sites to enjoy..

FMG · 14-01-2020 11:05pm

Great to find this forum, I'm mad to get into some droning to bring along on walks. The missus says I have to off load a lot of Angling stuff before buying but will keep an eye in here until that works out, Happy Droning lads.

drunkmonkey · 17-01-2020 12:45am

tedpan wrote: »

Cheers man, it's only been a few days, getting used the idea of being a mod!

As droning gets more and more affordable and popular, hopefully so will the discussions and ideas within the forum

Can I make a suggestion for a general chat thread. Buying, Selling, Cool shots, Crashing that kind of thing.

I bought a Holy Stone HS720 as it was on offer on Amazon about 20 minutes ago but got cold feet and cancelled soon after. Would be great to just bounce it off a general thread rather than starting a new thread for every random thought.

Eire-Dearg · 17-01-2020 10:39am

A general drone chat thread would do the trick. If things get too busy going forward, easy to separate buying/selling/recommendation type stuff to another thread.

Peppa Cig · 17-01-2020 12:04pm

Anyone get the Mavic Mini?

ScrubsfanChris · 21-04-2020 10:16pm

Mavic Air 2 announcement Thursday.

https://dronedj.com/2020/04/20/everything-we-know-about-dji-mavic-air-2/

Lackluster specs and really there is no need for. Plenty in the DJI range already.

ozmo · 21-04-2020 11:47pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Mavic Air 2 announcement Thursday.

https://dronedj.com/2020/04/20/everything-we-know-about-dji-mavic-air-2/
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Ocusync and 33 minute battery sounds amazing- also much better phone placement and a fixed focus lens...
Sounds great!

ozmo · 28-04-2020 2:52pm

Impressive web site page detailing everything is just up - looks really amazing but €1050 for the combo is kinda on the pricey side...

https://www.dji.com/ie/mavic-air-2

jogdish · 28-04-2020 2:57pm

ozmo wrote: »

Impressive web site page detailing everything is just up - looks really amazing but €1050 for the combo is kinda on the pricey side...

https://www.dji.com/ie/mavic-air-2

Honestly not that shocked at the price, phones cost as much these days (yes yes you can always get cheaper), but for the combo you get the batteries, ND filters and it has Occu sync and decent camera sensor with native HDR for stills.

Tempted to sell mine, OG mavic Air - which is half me asking is anyone interested ? (sorry if thats not in keeping with the rules )

VinLieger · 28-04-2020 3:03pm

So the air 2 looks a lot less bulky than the original, wondering if that might make the 2 a bit less unstable in windier weather?

Edit: nvm just saw its actually 140g heavier, interesting

ozmo · 28-04-2020 3:33pm

jogdish wrote: »

Honestly not that shocked at the price,

Just in comparison to the previous Air - wont mention historic prices as thats unfair, but you often could get them at a very good price if you waited.

The inclusion of ND filters will really annoy some retailers out there as its one of the few accessories DJI never included that they could sell to dji folk

Tempted to sell on one of my drones too, to make space in the stable...

tedpan · 28-04-2020 4:33pm

ozmo wrote:

Impressive web site page detailing everything is just up - looks really amazing but â‚¬1050 for the combo is kinda on the pricey side...

Think it's a fair price, similar to the first one with fly more combo. With all the new features, it really devalues our old trusty Airs though. I looked on eBay, the fly more combos seem to going for around 600GBP which I think isn't too bad.

BKWDR · 28-04-2020 5:56pm

I wonder how loud the props are, was one of the reasons I didnt go with the Mavic Air originally.

BKWDR · 28-04-2020 5:57pm

Also, is that saying the range is 10km? Thats hardly right or realistic

tedpan · 28-04-2020 7:23pm

BKWDR wrote:

I wonder how loud the props are, was one of the reasons I didnt go with the Mavic Air originally.

Apparently it's much quieter, but still has a buzz.

BKWDR wrote:

Also, is that saying the range is 10km? Thats hardly right or realistic

8KMs is what I read. Definitely realistic with occusync, but highly illegal at the same time.

BKWDR · 28-04-2020 8:06pm

tedpan wrote: »

Apparently it's much quieter, but still has a buzz.

8KMs is what I read. Definitely realistic with occusync, but highly illegal at the same time.

I don't know how people send their drones out that far.. I do cack it when it gets a fair bit away

jogdish · 28-04-2020 10:22pm

BKWDR wrote: »

I don't know how people send their drones out that far.. I do cack it when it gets a fair bit away

It's a bit like the naught to sixty in a car, few care about that actual speed jump its more a power measure for overtaking starting off.
The high KM range to me means, it will be a rock solid connection for any reasonable line of sight.

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