Are these worth buying for mavic

sergi91 · Dec 11, 2017

Hi are the silicone worth buying to protect the motors. Remove the propellers after every flight and add these silicone protector? What do you guys think ? Usefull or not?

4wd · Dec 11, 2017

They might be worthwhile if you were travelling with it in luggage that might get thrown about.
Since there's no need to remove props and most of us never remove them, putting those on would soon wear thin.
If your case is snug I could see them being too bulky, they might even put some pressure on the arms

Mad.Flyer · Dec 11, 2017

To be honest, I can't imagine the situation in which those caps could help - maybe in dusty conditions to protect motors - but in such conditions there is a bigger question about other "holes" like air intake and exhaust that should be protected as well - so it's probably better to leave props on, and to have good case for whole Mavic...
Still, it's just my opinion in this case. My wife would say: "Those blue look nice" - and that would be the only reason needed to buy them

mikeLarry · Dec 11, 2017

I have those and it's not the most useful accessory to have but you can't go wrong having them. I actually prefer to leave it on when not flying. It takes less than a minute to put all the props back on anyways. Personal preference

Speedy 2 · Dec 11, 2017

Hi
I see no need for me to have these protections, my Mavic is after flying in my MC- Case and all things like the props, Batteries and the controller as well the Mavic is protected to dust and wet wetter/ conditions- see my photos

Sayg · Dec 11, 2017

If you use the Mavic as a camera platform with the Katana. They would protect the accidental contact with the motors.

mikeLarry · Dec 11, 2017

Sayg said:
If you use the Mavic as a camera platform with the Katana. They would protect the accidental contact with the motors.

Yup. Nothing wrong with having those covers laying around

LarryM · Dec 12, 2017

No, repeatedly taking off your props risks breaking a tab and having a prop coming off in flight.

elevatedvisuals730 · Dec 12, 2017

sergi91 said:
Hi are the silicone worth buying to protect the motors. Remove the propellers after every flight and add these silicone protector? What do you guys think ? Usefull or not?

There good for when you are working on them I sale them on my website for 9 bucks

mikeLarry · Dec 12, 2017

I highly doubt you're gonna break a tab unless you're getting a knock off. Are you jamming/forcing the props on? Lol

Chase R · Dec 12, 2017

Speedy 2 said:
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I see no need for me to have these protections, my Mavic is after flying in my MC- Case and all things like the props, Batteries and the controller as well the Mavic is protected to dust and wet wetter/ conditions- see my photos

Did you put tape at the end of your props?

grantallan · Dec 13, 2017

Speedy 2 said:
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I see no need for me to have these protections, my Mavic is after flying in my MC- Case and all things like the props, Batteries and the controller as well the Mavic is protected to dust and wet wetter/ conditions- see my photos

Love the skin - can I ask where you obtained it from?

Speedy 2 · Dec 14, 2017

From Dronewrap, Japan, best Foil/ Skin on the market, not cheap, but you can order separate foil for the batteries, and the foil will cover each corner of the Mavic , this can DecalGirl foil not , see the different- orange decalGirl, yellow dronewrap

But for fixing the dronewrap foil you need minimum 4 hours to put it on the Mavic, there
A a perfect 45 minutes video to show each step of fixing the single foil parts - perfect ,
My neighbors have the multi color

enjoy
Speedy

Drone Ranger · Dec 16, 2017

sergi91 said:
Hi are the silicone worth buying to protect the motors. Remove the propellers after every flight and add these silicone protector? What do you guys think ? Usefull or not?

I bought a set, use them often. I leave my props on for short periods moving from site to site to fly, but when I put away my Mavic and know I won't be using it for a while, I remove props, and put these on. Reason being, I have noticed that occasionally, even being careful, my Mavic shifts in transport, the blades sometimes flex, I don't know how much it might hurt the blades, but these caps are cheap enough, that it's one less thing to worry about

Speedy 2 · Dec 16, 2017

On the prop ends are no tape, this are from the dronewrap foil set for the Mavic , there are foil sets for Batteries, the Mavic Pro , the controller and for the end of the props- looks perfect

Sam Davies · Dec 16, 2017

I'v had no issues without these...

56_kruiser · Dec 16, 2017

I don't know if what I experienced is related to this topic. I actually posted a thread on this, with uploaded log. Only resolution was verification that I did not forward it myself.

I had it in active track locked on watching the front of the house. I was taking it across and going down, and it lost the subject when a tree crossed in front, and it then fast forwarded into the tree. Last 12 seconds of video below. Wondering what y'all think about this.