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Is This a Result of a Warped Propeller?

sli-woody

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Hi Pilots of the World!
So we went out today to do another Mavic Mini video, and as I am flying, I start to notice that the Mini is becoming less stable in the air. I had no warnings or error on screen, but in the end the drone was no longer able to maintain straight forward flight.
It would drift left then right, then left, then right, approx every 20meters, it was almost predictable in movement. Its pretty hard to see from the drone footage in the video this movement, but I replaced all the rear props and one prop seemed very flat compared to the rest. Anyway I re-calibrated the IMU and Compass (I should have tested just the Props first) but the drone appears to be a lot more stable now. If only one of the props is flattened (warped) is this something that could happen or is it more likely IMU ?

 
Almost certainly caused by deformed props:

 
Almost certainly caused by deformed props:


Hey Sar how is your data coming along with the warped props? Can we all put claims in yet to get free Propellers from DJI? ;)
 
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