Flying with a broken propeller above Tartu ?

[Proffy]

After few minutes of flight, Mavic Air start to act weird, continue its movement, instead of just hover on a place, tilting when flying, once its landed I found a crack (approx 7mm long) in a prop. After a lot of cropping I still able to compile a short movie about Tartu. Yay!

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[Starz]

Stock props?

 

[THE CYBORG]

Unlucky or extremely lucky depending on your viewpoint.
Glad to see you landed safely.

 

[Proffy]

Stock props?

Yeap. Is that a known issue?

 

[Starz]

Not that I’m aware of.
I have several DJI products and (knocking on wood) have not had any of those issues.

 

[Proffy]

Here's a pic a of a crack:

 

[dannybgoode]

Here's a pic a of a crack:

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I’m surprised that caused the flight issues you describe. I have inadvertently flown with props in far worse condition and not had any issues.

I would perhaps, as a precaution, review the flight logs to see if there were any other issues. It may indeed have been the prop but there may be a hardware issue with the drone.

Nice footage either way

 

[Starz]

Odd. I would lean towards damage during handling or transport. Is that a possibility?

 

[The Editor]

Yeap. Is that a known issue?

Only if you do not check them pre and post flight.

 

[Proffy]

Unlucky or extremely lucky depending on your viewpoint.
Glad to see you landed safely.

Thanks! Definitely Lucky. Replacing props is much cheaper then replacing drone.

 

[Proffy]

I’m surprised that caused the flight issues you describe. I have inadvertently flown with props in far worse condition and not had any issues.

I would perhaps, as a precaution, review the flight logs to see if there were any other issues. It may indeed have been the prop but there may be a hardware issue with the drone.

Nice footage either way

Khm... In that case maybe it was caused by compas glitch or something like this? Yeah, I’ll better check the flight logs

 

[MavRik]

Great video! Who would have guessed there was a prop issue, nicely done!

 

[dannybgoode]

Khm... In that case maybe it was caused by compas glitch or something like this? Yeah, I’ll better check the flight logs

It may have been the prop but worth ruling anything else out

 

[Proffy]

Great video! Who would have guessed there was a prop issue, nicely done!

Thanks a lot!

 

[Patrick T.]

I’m surprised that caused the flight issues you describe. I have inadvertently flown with props in far worse condition and not had any issues.

I would perhaps, as a precaution, review the flight logs to see if there were any other issues. It may indeed have been the prop but there may be a hardware issue with the drone.

Nice footage either way

I had a crack Similar to that on my Mavic 2 and it happened while landing on my landing pad one of the rear props hit the stake that holds the pad it was a new prop but changed it anyways

 

[Proffy]

I had a crack Similar to that on my Mavic 2 and it happened while landing on my landing pad one of the rear props hit the stake that holds the pad it was a new prop but changed it anyways

Sad to hear. Anyway, now I check props even after flight