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Update 2 : Finally ended up dismantling the Air to change the ESC card after ... I bathed for the 2nd time ... but in the Caribbean Sea this time : only for 3 seconds, immediately removed the battery and poured fresh water on it before leaving to dry for a week - no rice this time as it leaves...

Finaly ended up changing : 2 rear motors (L+R) and the ESC card. Not an easy one for me but worth it ! After bathing once in a river and once in the Caribbean, it’s back in the air ! Thanks yall youtube video makers !

One more I came across as I fell in the water for the 2nd time (salty water this time ...) : DJI Mavic Air Arm Replacement / Repair

Update as of today (9 of august 2019) : despite many Youtube videos one should be warned that taking off from Sugar Beach might not be easy as the resort’s guards are keeping an eye on the (public) beach. They seem to attach a lot of importance to preserve the privacy of their deluxe guests (ok...

Strasbourg, France. A Russian tourist in his thirties flew a drone over the unique spire of the cathedrale of Strasbourg (forbidden) at 2 in the morning (forbidden), ran out of battery and ... got stuck on the spire. He called the local police to claim for his copter, got busted. Had to send 6...

yeah thanks! already spoted this one that I added to the « mavic air teardown post » here

apparently the « special » WD40 for electronics (contact cleaner) does not !

Update : See main Mavic Air section by clicking here . See ya !

Update : Hi there ! Just to let you know, as I was getting a hand on the very last components needed to switch my ESC board, I noticed the battery error started to occur at a decreasing frequency. I then updated the whole thing to FW v01.00.0500 in late September. Since then, the battery...

I do record videos and am no pro, so they perfectly meet my needs. To be honest, if I do detect the PL effect on my gopro, I do not really bother when filming with the Air. As already mentionned above by others, light and reflection evolve a lot when in flight. What is granted is that the ND/PL...

Got me this pack : Freewell 4 filters bright day pack ND/PL So far so good.

Update : new video link added (see above, last link).

Same kind of questions I adressed here : MA survived bathing a river... and started to have battery error and here : Battery error message after bathing a river But seing the number of incidents involving water, a step by step procedure to test and replace strategic components would be very...

Ok. I am no specialist and at least mine is still fliyng normally after dropping into a river and despite a recurrent battery error. I plan to change, on my own, my ESC board soon (ordered from aliexpress) as my warranty is void due to pilot error. Being from France, I guess you have 2 options...

- Does it display "battery error" ? - Does it initiate the warm up sequence properly (ie moving the props) when switched on ? - Have you tried to bring both sticks simultaneaously to the bottom inner/outer corners of the remote to manually trigger the engines RIGHT AFTER the craft connects to...