CE Version of Mavic Mini. Big disadvantages in UK and EU.

[OZTOM]

If someone buys FCC in europe. Can he use fake gps (thus the drone thinks it is in USA) and sustain USA's FCC power and range? Is it possible?

 

[chriscuk]

If someone buys FCC in europe. Can he use fake gps (thus the drone thinks it is in USA) and sustain USA's FCC power and range? Is it possible?

No. This is not possible. The app gets its location from the drone and this overrides any fakegps app on the phone. This is actually covered in this post but it's not in English.

CE Version of Mavic Mini. Big disadvantages in UK and EU.

Yup so select manual channel, choose a channel by tapping a channel signal bar. A message will pop up saying it needs to restart, click okay or whatever and a few seconds later you'll be on the new channel.

mavicpilots.com

 

[TheMavic]

I've just had mine out to 1000m and it kept on coming home. I realised that I was too close to my neighbourhood as I was still on my home wifi at one point!
It was just too chilly to go further into the fields to check. At least I've got a decent baseline for distance on 2.4ghz.

hello go to a good area ive had 1701 meters with my ce version
take a look

 

[chriscuk]

hello go to a good area ive had 1701 meters with my ce version
take a look

I just disabled the high power standby access points in my attic which I never use and I managed to get 1658m from exactly the same spot so I know it was my own noise causing the problem.

Also have a look at your flight data in the app or airdata as i've found google maps is a bit iffy with distances when I've checked.

 

[TheMavic]

I just disabled the high power standby access points in my attic which I never use and I managed to get 1658m from exactly the same spot so I know it was my own noise causing the problem.

Also have a look at your flight data in the app or airdata as i've found google maps is a bit iffy with distances when I've checked.

Thanks for the reply I didn’t know the mini had a flight data so it’s in the app then

 

[chriscuk]

Yup also if you grab the actual video from the micro SD card and play it in something like VLC media player you can then turn on the subtitles and it'll show the height/distance on that too.

 

[TheMavic]

Yup also if you grab the actual video from the micro SD card and play it in something like VLC media player you can then turn on the subtitles and it'll show the height/distance on that too.

Thankyou very much

 

[TheMavic]

Yup also if you grab the actual video from the micro SD card and play it in something like VLC media player you can then turn on the subtitles and it'll show the height/distance on that too.

The flight data ended up showing 1627 meters distance better correct that video [emoji24]

 

[chriscuk]

Screen capture:

Example of video with subtitles:

 

[TheMavic]

Thanks mate but I recently returned my mavic mini wasnt happy with it in the end also didn't realise there was 2 versions [emoji31]

Screen capture:

Example of video with subtitles:

 

[Ice_2k]

So, bottom line, which is better to own in Europe?
- the FCC version will have a much stronger 5.8 transmission even in Europe compared to the CE version but nowhere near the power it would have flying in the US.
- The FCC version has no 2.4 band to fallback to for longer ranges in interference free environments.
- i think the trade off comes down to: are you willing to sacrifice the ~1.6km range in open space down to ~1.1km in order to gain better reception in urban areas? This might be an important point as the CE version seems to really struggle in interference rich environments.
- also, it’s possible that a new hack will eventually be available for the FCC version to allow it to go full power in Europe, i think this is something to keep in mind.

 

[chriscuk]

The new hack is unfortunately totally fake. It seems that when you buy a CE model you're left with CE power.

 

[Ice_2k]

The new hack is unfortunately totally fake. It seems that when you buy a CE model you're left with CE power.

I was referring to hacking the FCC version into allowing full power when using it in Europe

 

[kreolat]

I was referring to hacking the FCC version into allowing full power when using it in Europe

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[Ice_2k]

that sounds like way to good to be true. Especially from a brand new community member Hopefully I’m wrong

 

[kreolat]

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[kreolat]

that sounds like way to good to be true. Especially from a brand new community member Hopefully I’m wrong

 

[OZTOM]

After all of this I was thinking buying a used mavic air instead of mavic mini. You can easily change CE to FCC in mavic air and the price for a used mavic air is similar to a new mavic mini

 

[Ice_2k]

Big problem with the Air is that’s insanely loud, which could be a problem depending where you’ll be flying it

 

[Louis08]

Whatever you do to "tune" your drone, pls keep the legal restrictions in mind (which might be different depending on where you fly) - and if flying beyond these don't get caught for the sake of the drone community.

Drones already have a bad reputation, we really don't need more and tighter rules (and enforcment thereof)....

For example EU regulations are pretty clear and unambigous on VLOS: it translates to "the pilot must be able to fully control the drone movement without looking at the monitor at any time during the flight".