Mavic flying at 9-10 mph in GPS mode

Nicklenutz · Jan 16, 2018

Hello everyone? I've had the mavic for about 4 months and I've had an issue with it flying at half speed in GPS mode twice. Once coming back from Florida where I couldn't fly (sandwiched between 2 airports NFZ) and recently after a three week layoff due to cold with all three batteries. Any one else have this happen?

ronk · Jan 16, 2018

I have had issues with flying near NFZ zones. The issue went away after I landed the mavic, restarted and took off.

microlinux · Jan 16, 2018

I've had this happen once or twice, not sure what the deal is - didn't look into it much. I don't recall if I landed and took off again or what to fix.

If you have OA on, that does limit your max speed to about 22mph. Not sure what "half-speed" is to you.

Nicklenutz · Jan 16, 2018

It got up to full speed in sport mode, just in GPS mode it would not go over 10 mph with little to no wind resistance..

fiberdude · Jan 16, 2018

ronk said:
I have had issues with flying near NFZ zones. The issue went away after I landed the mavic, restarted and took off.

It is well known that the speed of the Mavic Pro is reduced to about 10 mph if it's hugging the NFZ boundary (see below for an example). Just steer it away from the NFZ and you will regain the speed of 35-36 km/h in GPS mode.

ronk · Jan 16, 2018

fiberdude said:
It is well known that the speed of the Mavic Pro is reduced to about 10 mph if it's hugging the NFZ boundary (see below for an example). Just steer it away from the NFZ and you will regain the speed of 35-36 km/h in GPS mode.

Thanks for the info. To be clear, I was not in the NFZ but near the boundary. Restarting the Mavic seemed to fix the issue. I was able to fly the same route I had issues earlier (near the NFZ boundary) without speed limitations after the restart.

MrEdCeD · Apr 26, 2018

Same problem here. Im not near a NFZ. The only way to spee up in gps mode is disabling obstacle avoidance. During GPS mode with obstacle avoidance enabled my aircraft only fly a top speed of 9 to 10 miles per hour. HELP Please!

Nicklenutz · Apr 26, 2018

It hasn't been a consistent problem. it happens 3 out of every 5 flights for me. It is annoying however and makes me use sport mode more than I would like to..I've been hoping that a firmware update would fix it but no luck this far...

MrEdCeD · Apr 26, 2018

Going to update to the last firmware tomorrow. I hope it resolve the problem.

Nicklenutz · Apr 26, 2018

I've been dealing with it since November. Good luck with update and please share the results...

MrEdCeD · Apr 27, 2018

No luck for me. Still the same after update.

Its like tripod mode in gps mode. Max speed is 10 mph.

Nicklenutz · Apr 27, 2018

MrEdCeD thanks for posting your results.I did some deep discharges on the batteries it seemed to help, so I thought, but then it came back. I tried contacting DJI but I got no response. Now that's its summer it's time to get to the bottom of this. I'll definitely let you know if I make any progress...

MrEdCeD · Apr 27, 2018

Nicklenutz said:
MrEdCeD thanks for posting your results.I did some deep discharges on the batteries it seemed to help, so I thought, but then it came back. I tried contacting DJI but I got no response. Now that's its summer it's time to get to the bottom of this. I'll definitely let you know if I make any progress...

Please keep me in touch. It's annoying to have this issue.

Nicklenutz · Apr 27, 2018

It definitely is, and I'll let you know if I make any progress...

genesimmons · Apr 28, 2018

i didnt realize the mavic goes into "limp mode" when close to a nfz. this is news to me, learn something new every day haha

MrEdCeD · May 7, 2018

Nicklenutz said:
It definitely is, and I'll let you know if I make any progress...

Hey. Good news. I calibrate sensors with DJI Assistant. Now the aircraft is capable to go up to 20mph in position mode.
Calibrate your bird and let me know.

Nicklenutz · May 7, 2018

MrEdCeD said:
Hey. Good news. I calibrate sensors with DJI Assistant. Now the aircraft is capable to go up to 20mph in position mode.
Calibrate your bird and let me know.

Good work! Thanks for the info. ill do the same and let you know how it turns out..