How many hours and mileage do you have on your drone?
- Thread starter mattitech07
- Start date
KI5RLL
Well-Known Member
Looked at it on my iPhone first. Just now on the big tablet. Wow the resolution even across the Internet is amazing.
Yes I fly the M3 also since last August. Like holding something out of Star Trek if you think about it. Seems like both the M3 capability and camera capability was science fiction even a decade also. Science fantasy incredible 2 decades ago. Imagine what a Mavic will be like in another 10 years!
Oops back on topic. I mainly do long distance flying on my M3 now and my MA2 before I got this M3. Am over 1800 miles (2897Km) on my DJI profile, all flown since July 2021. I posted further up in this thread my profile screenshot. Max flight ever on the MA2 was 11.5 miles (18.5Km) in a single charge flight, LOS loops. Did 17.6 miles (28.3Km) on the M3 but I plan to better that once I can get back up into high altitudes again like Colorado and Wyoming or northern Arizona. Can fly much longer distances at higher altitude. I travel all 48 states so I can get up there every couple months, weather depending.
Safe Flying,
KI5RLL
All of you have certainly flown you Mav3's much more than I have. I only fly recreation and usually don't fly with more than just one battery, occasionally two, but not for long on the second batt. When I fly I try to get in and out, film or photograph things that look interesting then leave. I guess I'm paranoid.
The longer I stay flying, it becomes inevitable that I am approached by someone. 90% of the time it's usually people who are curious and supportive of the hobby. Most want a drone themselves.
The rest, the other 10% are usually people who had bad experiences with other drone pilots buzzing them or flying recklessly near them. The other 5% of the 10% is some sort of community government employee and occasionally law enforcement.
Law Enforcement interections have become exceptionally rare as of late. I guess the more drone flyers and LE's increased understanding of the FAA rules is reducing my contact with them.
Has anyone else notice cops ignoring drones more often than in the past?
The longer I stay flying, it becomes inevitable that I am approached by someone. 90% of the time it's usually people who are curious and supportive of the hobby. Most want a drone themselves.
The rest, the other 10% are usually people who had bad experiences with other drone pilots buzzing them or flying recklessly near them. The other 5% of the 10% is some sort of community government employee and occasionally law enforcement.
Law Enforcement interections have become exceptionally rare as of late. I guess the more drone flyers and LE's increased understanding of the FAA rules is reducing my contact with them.
Has anyone else notice cops ignoring drones more often than in the past?
DARKSeifer
Well-Known Member
Droning has become one of my main hobbies and the camera that I enjoy the most, I had a Mini2, an Air2S (selled), a Lite+ (returned) and a Mavic 3; I'd like to get the Avata, to train FPV and close to obstacles flying, but I'm waiting for a bundle with the proper controller and the new goggles.
In the long run, I'd like to pick up a VTOL, but are quite marginal atm.
I live in the countryside under uncontrolled airspace, so I usually just fly from my garden. Of course I also like to fly on new places and always take my drone whenever I go out.
Last edited:
KI5RLL
Well-Known Member
Rnl
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2017
- Messages
- 1,484
- Reactions
- 659
- Age
- 60
KI5RLL
Well-Known Member
RRDC Media
Well-Known Member
KI5RLL
Well-Known Member
About half of this on my MA2 and the second half on my M3. Friend I sold the MA2 to has flown it another 500 or so as of a month or so ago. I often fly well over 100 miles in a day on the M3.
I do often fly multiple 14-16 miles single flights back to back.
These Mavics fly a very long time and distance. They are incredible machines ask any Mavic owner. Basic good maintenance. Have not heard of anyone sending one in for maintenance. That is really up to pilot owner. I posted a good thread on in-depth inspection of aging Mavics before but can’t remember the thread title or date.
Just being really conscious and watching/listening to your craft goes a long way in keeping it flying top safety and condition. Thorough pre-flight and post-flight inspections (required anyway). Replacing damaged props. I use a magnifying glass, remove the props, and look at the magnetic coils in the motor housing to watch for any peeling of the varnish on the copper. Or bubbling or soot. Or other signs of running too hot too long. Very carefully turn and feel your motor bearings. And arm shafts. Really do in-depth inspections for issues at set distance/hour intervals. Catch problems early to avoid bigger problems. (A chipped prop causes imbalance, shaking the motor bearing or mount to damage, shaking craft arm mount to damage, shaking to damage the gimbal, and rest of chassis. Leading to bigger and worse damage.)
Best wishes on lots of long and safe flying on your well-maintained Mavic.
View attachment 163766
About half of this on my MA2 and the second half on my M3. Friend I sold the MA2 to has flown it another 500 or so as of a month or so ago. I often fly well over 100 miles in a day on the M3.
I do often fly multiple 14-16 miles single flights back to back.
These Mavics fly a very long time and distance. They are incredible machines ask any Mavic owner. Basic good maintenance. Have not heard of anyone sending one in for maintenance. That is really up to pilot owner. I posted a good thread on in-depth inspection of aging Mavics before but can’t remember the thread title or date.
Just being really conscious and watching/listening to your craft goes a long way in keeping it flying top safety and condition. Thorough pre-flight and post-flight inspections (required anyway). Replacing damaged props. I use a magnifying glass, remove the props, and look at the magnetic coils in the motor housing to watch for any peeling of the varnish on the copper. Or bubbling or soot. Or other signs of running too hot too long. Very carefully turn and feel your motor bearings. And arm shafts. Really do in-depth inspections for issues at set distance/hour intervals. Catch problems early to avoid bigger problems. (A chipped prop causes imbalance, shaking the motor bearing or mount to damage, shaking craft arm mount to damage, shaking to damage the gimbal, and rest of chassis. Leading to bigger and worse damage.)
Best wishes on lots of long and safe flying on your well-maintained Mavic.
Excellent post, thanks!
I am trying to get in the habit of inspecting the drone and propellers before each flight as well as hovering head height to get use to the sounds and sights (before flying off) to hear and see any abnormalities.
I could try myself, but it would be easier if you just explained the steps to get to that info. Does DJI keep it on their servers?
Last edited:
How did you get that screen with miles on it? Even though I have the settings set to imperial, the flight data still shows metricView attachment 163766
About half of this on my MA2 and the second half on my M3. Friend I sold the MA2 to has flown it another 500 or so as of a month or so ago. I often fly well over 100 miles in a day on the M3.
I do often fly multiple 14-16 miles single flights back to back.
These Mavics fly a very long time and distance. They are incredible machines ask any Mavic owner. Basic good maintenance. Have not heard of anyone sending one in for maintenance. That is really up to pilot owner. I posted a good thread on in-depth inspection of aging Mavics before but can’t remember the thread title or date.
Just being really conscious and watching/listening to your craft goes a long way in keeping it flying top safety and condition. Thorough pre-flight and post-flight inspections (required anyway). Replacing damaged props. I use a magnifying glass, remove the props, and look at the magnetic coils in the motor housing to watch for any peeling of the varnish on the copper. Or bubbling or soot. Or other signs of running too hot too long. Very carefully turn and feel your motor bearings. And arm shafts. Really do in-depth inspections for issues at set distance/hour intervals. Catch problems early to avoid bigger problems. (A chipped prop causes imbalance, shaking the motor bearing or mount to damage, shaking craft arm mount to damage, shaking to damage the gimbal, and rest of chassis. Leading to bigger and worse damage.)
Best wishes on lots of long and safe flying on your well-maintained Mavic.
I have 130 flights, 13.2 hours, and 279km and under device management it shows 100 miles/8.03 hours on the Mini 2 SE and 72.5 miles/5.16 hours on the Mini 4 Pro
Last edited:
Looks some great air time for most. I am early in the process with the mini 3 pro. Just over 6 hours
KI5RLL
Well-Known Member
KI5RLL
Well-Known Member
Open DJI Fly app. Touch Profile at the bottom. It opens your profile page. Click “More >” below your total miles/KM on left side. Give it a minute or more to populate your flights. You can adjust ascending or descending order from the columns of data (date, distance, altitude, duration.). Make sure it had time to populate your known flights.
I am still flying the Mavic 3, on the DJI RC. And still have the RCN1 controller. I use the RCN1 to fly with my iPad. Or iPhone. But the DJI RC has its own screen.
Are you flying the DJI RCN1 or DJI RC? Flying on your phone or tablet screen with the RCN1? Apple or Android? Need the most current firmware for ALL 3 devices—the craft, the RC, and your DJI Fly app. The DJI RC (screen included) does have documented problems staying on Metric although Imperial shows in the settings.
The setting to Imperial vs. Metric are done in the settings screen in the DJI Fly app, done with the craft connected and sitting on. Once connected, hit the 3 little dots in the upper right on the fly screen (with camera view as background.)
We can walk you through each step from there but I think you already know that part.
Attached my current flight logs summary. 3254 miles shown and you see the hours and flights. I’ve done around 30 miles over this but didn’t WiFi the RC to upload those logs yet.
Please feel free to ask us anything else you need.
Mike
FCC: KI5RLL Operator
FAA Pt. 107 Pilot
FAA Pt. 107 Administrator
FAASTeam Representative
FAA Registered DronePro
FEMA Logistics Asset
NOAA SKYWARN weather reporter/spotter
Attachments
MARK (LI)
Well-Known Member
Similar threads
DJI Drone Deals
New Threads
-
Air 3 Corsica - Propriano to Bonifacio via mountains
- Started by Pacefast
- Replies: 0
-
3 Mavic 4 Pro Vatnajokull Glacier's Edge Iceland- Started by MikeReidPhotography
- Replies: 0
-
-
Mini 3 Lake Champlain Byway (South Hero, Vermont)- Started by RoarRoar
- Replies: 0
-
3 Penistone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
- Started by CadrePilot
- Replies: 2
Forum statistics
