Actual Starting Altitude Ceiling

[dbyantis]

Hey Everyone,

I’m going to be taking my Mavic on a trip and have a question about higher altitude.

I will be going to Everest Base Camp and flying in some other areas around that and them Kilimanjaro. I believe EBC is 5,380 m (17,600 ft.), and Kilimanjaro is 5,895 metres (19,341 ft.) which are both obviously above the 5000m mentioned service ceiling in the manual.

Does that mean the drone will not even take off or am I missinterpreting what this limit is? If it will ground the drone is there anyway around it?

THanks,
CC

I believe that the thinner air may work the engines harder to maintain flight, so watch battery levels closely.