iPad Mini 5 Overheat!

[StubbornSwiss]

Flew the Mavic Air 2 around mid day today, using the iPad Mini 5. Outside air temperature: 90° F.

Was recording in 2.7K / 30fps. After about 12 minutes flight time, started having issues with the screen frozen/not responding (yes, I was VLOS).

As I got the drone back to me, I got the screen warning shown in the attached image....



Of course, I landed shut everything down and came indoors to let it all cool off.

As an aside, I also later notice (using AirData) that the battery I was using had reached the highest recorded temperature of any of my batteries: 121.1° F.

Just thought I would share this.

Stay safe everyone, and Happy 4th!!

 

[Magilla Gorilla]

Had the same issue with black iPad mini 2 flying in over 100* F
I got a phone cooling fan on Amazon and velcroed it to the hot-spot on the mini 2. That plus staying in shade helped a LOT.

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Have since been using a mini 5, white, and haven’t needed the fan.

Mavic batteries get very hot in these conditions and take a long time to cool off. Out in the desert on UTV’s shade is our only option for battery cooling.

 

[Meta4]

Had the same issue with black iPad mini 2 flying in over 100* F

This issue is commonly reported every summer by Apple device users.
For some reason, it seems to be limited to Apple devices.

 

[HoosierFlyer]

Stay in shade when you fly if you can. If you’re getting direct sunlight on the screen, it becomes a solar panel, becoming extremely hot. The drone itself can withstand a bit more out in direct sunlight because it has constant air circulating over and around it.

 

[Capt KO]

Happened for first time yesterday, mini 4. Surprised me even though Florida.

 

[Brockrock]

Flew the Mavic Air 2 around mid day today, using the iPad Mini 5. Outside air temperature: 90° F.

Was recording in 2.7K / 30fps. After about 12 minutes flight time, started having issues with the screen frozen/not responding (yes, I was VLOS).

As I got the drone back to me, I got the screen warning shown in the attached image....

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Of course, I landed shut everything down and came indoors to let it all cool off.

As an aside, I also later notice (using AirData) that the battery I was using had reached the highest recorded temperature of any of my batteries: 121.1° F.

Just thought I would share this.

Stay safe everyone, and Happy 4th!!

As mentioned above, this is a common issue with iOS devices. The best you can do from a settings standpoint is to have no other apps running in the background, and turn off video caching in the Fly App. This puts less stress on the iPad's CPU.

 

[StubbornSwiss]

Stay in shade when you fly if you can. If you’re getting direct sunlight on the screen, it becomes a solar panel, becoming extremely hot. The drone itself can withstand a bit more out in direct sunlight because it has constant air circulating over and around it.

I know a sun hood can help with glare. I wonder if it would also be beneficial with keeping the iPad itself a bit cooler.

Thoughts?