You Thought You Knew Everything About the Mavic Pro

[flyNfrank]

No, just making sure. I don't want to see you mention you lost your Mavic due to water damage. One owner looking after another.

I have enabled the setting in the GO4 app that wont let my Mavic land in the water.

 

[Ziggy01]

I have enabled the setting in the GO4 app that wont let my Mavic land in the water.

I lost two Mavics before I found that setting. Why they bury it so deep within the Menus is beyond me.

 

[Aaron]

Are we talking about the option that says Landing protection

 

[Ziggy01]

Are we talking about the option that says Landing protection

It's the Don't Land On Water option.

 

[flyNfrank]

It's the Don't Land On Water option.

Yeah...that's the one.

 

[Oyibo VFX]

Test

 

[YngveN]

Test

Bet the Mavic would be fine, who is up for a test?

 

[Ziggy01]

I'm not sure that that flight was FAA approved.

 

[Dragonfly]

It's the Don't Land On Water option.

I enanbled the option Don't land anywhere except hompoint.

 

[Cyberpower678]

Test

I'm sure that if you put a metal bracket on the drone that wrapped around to the bottom, it would protect the drone. In other words a lightning rod to guide the electricity around the drone, instead of through it.

 

[dmyers7]

What the video, that didn't work.

 

[Oyibo VFX]

What the video, that didn't work.

He didn't see it to the end.

 

[Scorpion99]

I crashed my Mavic in water. It lost the clip that was recording while it crashed, but all other clips where okay. The Mavic was fine after a couple days in rice, however the battery that was in it is not. Well the battery LEDs light up, but it will not charge(Leds all light up solid) and will not power the aircraft(once again, LEDs light up on the battery but the Mavic itself does not turn on). I don't know if it was debris got sucked into the cooling fan but it did overheat once but when I tried disassembling it some stuff came out and I retried it and it no longer overheated. Plus I could hear the fan running.

 

[Marcos Pellegrini]

So, what is the reason to fly a narrow between the water and the wood? Testing ability? or "let me see if the MP can do it"? SO...

 

[Geo]

So did it fly again?

 

[mfarris2]

There is a tv show called after that... "The Science of Stupid"

A slogan too. You can't fix stupid.

 

[Atomicbear]

Sweet! So the Mavic is also an underwater ROV!!! I'm gonna use mine as a fish finder! /S

 

[kevinhanna]

LIPO batteries are quite unpredictable, there are several safety measures built in to the Mavic's "intelligent battery". If one of my batteries got submerged I'd dispose of it. DJI goes as far as recommending putting the battery in an open space and keeping away from it until it's dry.

I crashed my Mavic in water. It lost the clip that was recording while it crashed, but all other clips where okay. The Mavic was fine after a couple days in rice, however the battery that was in it is not. Well the battery LEDs light up, but it will not charge(Leds all light up solid) and will not power the aircraft(once again, LEDs light up on the battery but the Mavic itself does not turn on). I don't know if it was debris got sucked into the cooling fan but it did overheat once but when I tried disassembling it some stuff came out and I retried it and it no longer overheated. Plus I could hear the fan running.

 

[Palliz]

The 'Science of Stupid" - basically you CAN'T FIX STOOOPID!

 

[Steven Georges]

Step one - Remove the battery.
Step two - If it was salt water, a quick rinse with distilled water. (others here may have better advice on this one)
Step tree - Into the big bag of rice.

It wouldn't hurt to have these items on hand if you plan on flying over water.