Battery issues with Mavic Air?

kydroneman · Nov 3, 2018

I have read issues with the Spark and Mavic 2 regarding battery. Is there any issues with the Air? I know the battery has an indicator showing if it is locked in properly and I have not had any issues but just wondering if any other Air owners have any issues with battery.

Prismatic · Nov 3, 2018

If either side of the battery isn't fully seated, you'll get a warning and it won't launch. That fail-safe seems secure to me, but batteries do die, and if it happens in flight you could be in trouble.

What I'd really like is a full diagnostic tool I could run against my batteries to detect an impending battery failure well before that thing is airborne! Anyone know of something like that?

vanderzyde0 · Nov 4, 2018

Prismatic said:
If either side of the battery isn't fully seated, you'll get a warning and it won't launch. That fail-safe seems secure to me, but batteries do die, and if it happens in flight you could be in trouble.

What I'd really like is a full diagnostic tool I could run against my batteries to detect an impending battery failure well before that thing is airborne! Anyone know of something like that?

The GO app has a screen where you can see individual battery cell voltages. Check it before takeoff and after landing to see if the cells are within a tenth of a volt of each other. If they are not that is an indication of pending battery failure.