Did you unfold the blades before fly? See why you should.

zeusfl · Oct 8, 2020

I found this video interesting and informative. I personally always unfold my blades before fly in my MA2 and M2P. Never in the mini.

Mini Test.

passedpawn · Oct 8, 2020

Pffft. I'm sure it goes through that all the time during flight. Especially the way I fly

I do spread the blades before I start it, but that's just a bit of OCD on my part. Seems unnatural not to.

Lajser · Oct 9, 2020

Ofc I do! I have read the manual.

Heindrich1988 · Oct 9, 2020

Seems like basic common sense. Who doesn't? Actually, I know guys who like to fly off balconies... nevermind.

Thomas B · Oct 9, 2020

Heindrich1988 said:
Seems like basic common sense. Who doesn't? Actually, I know guys who like to fly off balconies... nevermind.

Bet they have to wave their arms very fast to do that!

sorry... couldn’t resist

THE CYBORG · Oct 9, 2020

I always unfold but never thought of pulling the tips to completely straighten them out

Captain Lou · Oct 9, 2020

I saw that video the other day and thought it was very informative... I straighten props
before taking off but never realized what can happen if I didn’t ! Good advise thanks for posting !

dirkclod · Oct 9, 2020

Heindrich1988 said:
Seems like basic common sense. Who doesn't? Actually, I know guys who like to fly off balconies... nevermind.

I don’t.
I never have any of mine and never had any issues. I do watch it spin
up and hover a few seconds then I’m off like a crazy ?.
Good idea to do it yes, might I regret I don’t do it one day, possibly .
To each his own ?‍

zeusfl · Oct 9, 2020

dirkclod said:
I don’t.
I never have any of mine and never had any issues. I do watch it spin
up and hover a few seconds then I’m off like a crazy ?.
Good idea to do it yes, might I regret I don’t do it one day, possibly .
To each his own ?‍

I am pretty sure was for me. LOL

Platinum 4 ever · Oct 9, 2020

zeusfl said:
I found this video interesting and informative. I personally always unfold my blades before fly in my MA2 and M2P. Never in the mini.

Mini Test.

I always do. But thanks for the info. I am sure that plenty of people Don’t. Maybe now they will.

DougMcC · Oct 9, 2020

Nicely done demonstration. I have always unfolded and use that brief moment for prop inspection and run two fingers along each blade searching for tactile defects.

DavidT_ NZ · Oct 9, 2020

dirkclod said:
I don’t.
I never have any of mine and never had any issues. I do watch it spin
up and hover a few seconds then I’m off like a crazy ?.
Good idea to do it yes, might I regret I don’t do it one day, possibly .
To each his own ?‍

I’m always willing to heed sensible advice and this is very easy to do - and sensible. I already open the props - but straightening them through the axle? A great tip. I’m in. ??

Captain Lou · Oct 9, 2020

dirkclod said:
I don’t.
I never have any of mine and never had any issues. I do watch it spin
up and hover a few seconds then I’m off like a crazy ?.
Good idea to do it yes, might I regret I don’t do it one day, possibly .
To each his own ?‍

I imagine that it wouldn’t be something that would effect anything right away but might be something that could effect long term ? Wear and tear on motors ? The video was enlightening as to the torque difference...
my thought is ... why not ... a small thing to do and I think manual advises to do it !! It becomes habit after a while !! ?

dirkclod · Oct 9, 2020

Captain Lou said:
I imagine that it wouldn’t be something that would effect anything right away but might be something that could effect long term ? Wear and tear on motors ? The video was enlightening as to the torque difference...
my thought is ... why not ... a small thing to do and I think manual advises to do it !! It becomes habit after a while !! ?

If I paid any attention to everyone of the videos from bloggers I’ve seen over the years I would be scared to even fly.
Unfold yours by all means I just don’t.
Like I said to each his own. ?

Deleted member 114292 · Oct 9, 2020

dirkclod said:
If I paid any attention to everyone of the videos from bloggers I’ve seen over the years I would be scared to even fly.
Unfold yours by all means I just don’t.
Like I said to each his own. ?

Me either - much ado about nothing. I guess the vloggers are running out of click bait.
Unbalanced props are a much bigger problem.

TerryToast · Oct 9, 2020

The Mavic arms, joints and gimbal are designed to handle high stress/speed turns (at 60kph) but not capable of handle minor vibrations. ?

The video is click bait. About the only useful thing he says was “Please subscribe” and “I’m not an engineer”.

hiflyer201 · Oct 9, 2020

TerryToast said:
The Mavic arms, joints and gimbal are designed to handle high stress/speed turns (at 60kph) but not capable of handle minor vibrations.

exactly! total bs He's been flying for many years and he's seen how many motor failures?..just askin
Fly the 2 in gusty air and turn the camera 90 degrees to the side to see the landing gear and then tell me you're worried by a little hopping around at the start.

davefabik · Oct 9, 2020

Take care of your aircraft and it'll take care of you...

Barbara · Oct 9, 2020

Not sold either way, but likely will do. More so because I launched off a table one time, props folded, and watched the drone come close to to wobbling one leg off the table edge during start up.