New Mavic controller antenna do not snap together.

[Parsons256]

Hi everyone.
After a long wait I finally received my magic , I'm super excited to get it up in the air soon.

Checking it out the build quality looks good but I noticed that my transmitter antenna do not snap together. They look to be slightly miss aligned and do sitt flush.

Not a huge deal I don't think it's worth sending it back but sort of annoying on such a pricy drone .

I am Just wondering if anyone else has received a transmitter with antenna issues and if they sent them back for repair?

Cheers
Chris

 

[Slantnose79]

Mine don't fit 'perfectly' either. It's something I did take note of on day 1. But I moved on quickly. They lay flat enough. U are putting the right one down first ( just checking)




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[PropPilot]

You CAN make them snap together but you have to push on the top one pretty hard. I never do it.

 

[chazzm]

If you have them right so the notch on the tip is aligned and push hard it should snap into place, mine is a little firm also!


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[Heavysledz]

same here....

 

[kiteboy]

Hi all, you don't need to push on to snap it into place! It is designed to be slided!

You first close the right one an then the left one while applying a little pressure so the notch on the left one slides under the notch on the right one (it really doesn't take to much pressure just to make sure they stay aligned) try it!

 

[TopQuark]

@kiteboy is right. Pushing it harder will not cause any harm either.

 

[Logger]

Hi all, you don't need to push on to snap it into place! It is designed to be slided

Exactly - that is what I have always done and it works fine.

 

[halley]

 

[Slantnose79]

My apologies to everyone [posters] above. Up until now, I did not believe they "snapped" - - but, i was wrong, they do! I didn't notice until Haley posted the GIF above and can see the "snapping" male and female tips which are on the ends of the antenna. For the first time, I snapped mine - - and they snapped "as designed". Now, I needed to "slide" them apart - - too afraid to "unsnap" as that appeared too awkward.

Edit: I see that it would be better to "slide" them in place. Like others have suggested, it takes a little bit of practice, but "Slide-In" and "Slide-Out" seems to make the most sense. Either way, these antenna do "fit" nicely when properly closed/secured.

I must say, DJI certainly put a lot of thought into this entire MP System! Finish Edit.

I'll bet most do not know this! Shannon

 

[jerryflah]

Thanks for the specifics demoed

 

[kiteboy]

My apologies to everyone [posters] above. Up until now, I did not believe they "snapped" - - but, i was wrong, they do! I didn't notice until Haley posted the GIF above and can see the "snapping" male and female tips which are on the ends of the antenna. For the first time, I snapped mine - - and they snapped "as designed". Now, I needed to "slide" them apart - - too afraid to "unsnap" as that appeared too awkward.

I'll bet most do not know this! Shannon

You can slide then close and also slide to open! It just seems and feels less stress and force being applied to a plastic piece try it!

I at first snapped it on top of each other but then after a few days I noticed that one of the notch was becoming flat in one end so I decided to give my local store a call and they advised to slide it instead

 

[Slantnose79]

You can slide then close and also slide to open! It just seems and feels less stress and force being applied to a plastic piece try it!

I at first snapped it on top of each other but then after a few days I noticed that one of the notch was becoming flat in one end so I decided to give my local store a call and they advised to slide it instead

You're exactly right. I edited my earlier post. Thanks!

 

[Will.i.am]

Thanks for the specifics demoed

Except that this is backwards. On my controller, the right antenna is on the bottom.

 

[halley]

Except that this is backwards. On my controller, the right antenna is on the bottom.

Hey, you're right. That 3D model has had a few changes that don't match the shipping version. Easy enough to fix. Nice catch!

 

[Mavic Maniac]

Great info here. I've been snapping mine together hard and have been worrying that I might damage them. Can't wait to try the sliding method.

 

[Andrew F]

same here....

Dittos. I had to "force" mine at first and then it became easier. Works well now.

 

[Andrew F]

Where'd you get this vid?

 

[damaltor]

Well hey, learn something new every day. Much easier to slide them apart and together.