Mavic Stress Cracks

TuneFlight · Mar 30, 2017

newnan3 said:
Keep an eye on the balance of each cell too. One of the 3 cells could be going bad. Have you crashed it??

Nah - No crashes, all hand-caught landings.

TuneFlight · Mar 30, 2017

roflyer said:
Ok "Alan TheBeast" drill holes in your Mavic and be happy... you won!

How did you access this timeline? I currently have an Osmo in service and would love to see the progress!

AlanTheBeast · Mar 31, 2017

TuneFlight said:
How did you access this timeline? I currently have an Osmo in service and would love to see the progress!

Here. You need the CAS # to get the report.

AlanTheBeast · Mar 31, 2017

newnan3 said:
Where would I find the manufacturing date??

DJI Mavic Pro Serial Number Decoder need your SERNO

AlanTheBeast · Mar 31, 2017

TuneFlight said:
I have the same bubbling and cracking issue, but it's on one of my batteries rather than the body of the Mavic.

As others say that may be very serious - don't fly that battery - contact DJI.

_milo_ · Mar 31, 2017

bsshog40 said:
What concerns me is I'm not a frequent flyer. I've had mine going on 3 months with only about 3 flights. If this is caused after frequent flying and this starts after my 1 yr warranty, would it still be covered? No bumps as of yet.

On the Phantom 3 shell cracking, DJI was replacing the shells even after the warranty expired, probably because it was a known defect that effected some users. Hopefully they will do the same with the Mavic, and this problem.

SamBGb · Mar 31, 2017

_milo_ said:
On the Phantom 3 shell cracking, DJI was replacing the shells even after the warranty expired, probably because it was a known defect that effected some users. Hopefully they will do the same with the Mavic, and this problem.

And with that I shudder, their standard customer service and keeping up with "standard" repairs is shocking enough, without having to add a possible mass defect to the mixture.

AlanTheBeast · Apr 2, 2017

Flawless said:
DJI Mavic Pro - Stress Bumps Survey

Posting this to collect some info, public responses.

Do you have results from this survey?

Flawless · Apr 2, 2017

AlanTheBeast said:
Do you have results from this survey?

Results are visible to anyone after they've submitted their answers, or by clicking here.

Nomand Eloc · Apr 2, 2017

I have the stress damage in the same area. My first Mavic named Havic that I crashed had no bugle or cracks. When DJI sent the replacement bird it had marks in that area.

willhay555 · Apr 2, 2017

Mine reports as a manufacture date on my birthday; 20 Jan 2017.

I've had it since mid Feb, I've done about fifteen flights, been in sports mode once and the bumps were there when I opened the box.

AlanTheBeast · Apr 2, 2017

Flawless said:
Results are visible to anyone after they've submitted their answers, or by clicking here.

The problem with that survey is we can't correlate dates of purchase to occurrence of bumps or cracks. (I can't see it there anyway)

willhay555 · Apr 2, 2017

AlanTheBeast said:
The problem with that survey is we can't correlate dates of purchase to occurrence of bumps or cracks. (I can't see it there anyway)

That wouldn't demonstrate anything.

People could have bought it at the same time and flown in ten times as hard as someone who's never had a drone before and used it three times, in beginner mode, in the same time period.

Clearly the primary objective is to see if this is a batch defect and then correlate further similarities from that.

AlanTheBeast · Apr 2, 2017

willhay555 said:
That wouldn't demonstrate anything.

People could have bought it at the same time and flown in ten times as hard as someone who's never had a drone before and used it three times, in beginner mode, in the same time period.

Clearly the primary objective is to see if this is a batch defect and then correlate further similarities from that.

Batches tend to be shipped at about the same time which is why I'm looking for such a correlation.

Other correlations would be "how" it's flown and "how much" and so on..

However Survey Monkey doesn't seem geared for that. Raw data (what each respondent) put in is what's needed to identify a trend (if any).

emonty · Apr 3, 2017

no issues here: Thursday, January, 12th 2017

WolfgangStiller · Apr 4, 2017

I have the same two bumps (no cracking). Manufacture date is 11/17/2016. I fly a lot in sport mode but looking at old photos, it appears it came that way. (This is my second Mavic after a warranty replacement due to a focus issue.)

bsshog40 · Apr 4, 2017

Where do you find the manf. date? I got mine somewhere in the beginning of Feb. As I stated earlier, no issues here.

Flawless · Apr 5, 2017

bsshog40 said:
Where do you find the manf. date? I got mine somewhere in the beginning of Feb. As I stated earlier, no issues here.

There's a link earlier in the thread, and on the survey.

bighi · Apr 5, 2017

I have them as well :-(

sosmaverick · Apr 5, 2017

No bubble, no cracks and mine was manufactured very early Dec 16'. Have flown it over 100 times, covered over 155 miles distance. Flown it hard in sports mode and against many strong winds that pushed the mavic back when I left it without a command. Used sport mode to get her home and to achieve a top speed of 48mph. Also use the bag and for the first 3 months, shoved it front down in the bag until the Gimbal plastic cover cracked.

It looks as though I got lucky, haven't had any issues with it other than it mauling my hand.. (props were not damaged)

P.S - Bought it from a small store in Sri Lanka, whilst on my travels.