Lost my Air to the river...couple of questions

[basejumper]

Had my Mavic Air for a few years, use it a lot, its been good.
I foolishly was in sport mode getting low to the water for a nice shot along the river while on the edge of the river in my boat, I then had a brain fart. The angle of attack changes massively when in full speed using sport mode, and due to this, as I moved forward, the front two props touched the water and the drone was gone.

I now have a controller and fly more kit, with no drone.

1. Do I buy another Mavic Air, so that the kit I have is not wasted?
2. Do I upgrade to a Mavic Pro? (If so, can I use my existing controller)

If I get another air and working close to water, I will add some foam pipe and ping pong balls to it, so atleast it will float if I **** up again.

Thanks in advance guys, cheers

 

[MA2 317]

Hello from the Crossroads of America basejumper.

If you upgrade to the Mavic Pro, you can purchase these accessories for it.

Mavic Pro - Rescue Jacket | Phantom Rain

www.phantomrain.org

The wet suit and the rescue jacket will allow to fly in the rain and land on water.

Although I don't fly in the rain, I do fly over water during the summer filming PWC's (JetSkis) on a closed course and don't want to take the chance to lose it.

Let them know you're a Mavic Pilot member for a discount.

Good luck with your shopping and welcome to the Forum.

 

[basejumper]

Hello from the Crossroads of America basejumper.

If you upgrade to the Mavic Pro, you can purchase these accessories for it.

Mavic Pro - Rescue Jacket | Phantom Rain

www.phantomrain.org

The wet suit and the rescue jacket will allow to fly in the rain and land on water.

Although I don't fly in the rain, I do fly over water during the summer filming PWC's (JetSkis) on a closed course and don't want to take the chance to lose it.

Let them know you're a Mavic Pilot member for a discount.

Good luck with your shopping and welcome to the Forum.

Thank you!

Very helpful, those jackets look ideal! I see one for the Mavic Air 2 but not for the original Air, I wonder if its possible to modify it...

Anyway, thanks

 

[BenAir]

Sorry to hear about your loss. do you have mavic care ?

 

[basejumper]

Sorry to hear about your loss. do you have mavic care ?

No, I've had the drone about 4 years.

Do you know if the Air controller will work with any other Mavic drone? Like the Pro for instance?

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Do you know if the Air controller will work with any other Mavic drone? Like the Pro for instance?

No, MA is different connection type (wifi vs M1P / MPP occusync).

 

[KB9Radio]

Thank you!

Very helpful, those jackets look ideal! I see one for the Mavic Air 2 but not for the original Air, I wonder if its possible to modify it...

Anyway, thanks

If you get a Mavic Air you could ask phantomrain about it, if they don't have a jacket for it they could probably make something work. Also, I would think you could pickup a Mavic Pro (the original) with the controller pretty reasonable. Despite all the newer models, they are still some pretty nice and very capable drones.

 

[careless]

Upgrade to Mavic Air 2

 

[basejumper]

No, MA is different connection type (wifi vs M1P / MPP occusync).

Thank you for confirming

 

[basejumper]

Upgrade to Mavic Air 2

Will my existing controller work with that?

 

[MA2 317]

Will my existing controller work with that?

No.

 

[Cymruflyer]

If you upgrade and want to sell your air batteries at a reasonable price, my brother might be interested in that. I would not go to the Mavic Pro, since that is no longer made, I would go for the Mavic 2 Pro or maybe better, the Mavic Air2S as an upgrade from your Air.

 

[dawgpilot]

You don't want to buy another original Mavic Air. DJI doesn't make batteries for it anymore so you'd be stuck trying to find someone still selling old stock of those.

Look into a Mavic Air 2, or maybe one of the Mavic Mini models. You'll need to get new controllers either way.

 

[gordongate]

Upgrade to the Air2S