Mavic 3 Height Reading Issue

[redserv]

Good Day Guys
I seem to be on a roll today. I was discharging my MAVIC 3 Batteries to 60% with my bird on the ground and noticed that the height on the flyApp saying that I am 17 feet in the air. See pics below anyone experience this?

 

[Meta4]

Good Day Guys
I seem to be on a roll today. I was discharging my MAVIC 3 Batteries to 60% with my bird on the ground and noticed that the height on the flyApp saying that I am 17 feet in the air. See pics below anyone experience this?

Your Mavic calculates height by measuring changes in air pressure (just like a real plane does).
It's common and normal for there to be a difference in indicated height over the duration of a flight.
Yours would have read zero when you powered on and gradually shifted as you ran the drone.

Watch it next time you fly.

 

[redserv]

Meta you are spot on. When I started up the FlyApp it was at zero then 3.9 feet and finally stopped at 17 feet..but thanks for that explanation. I was worried for a sec

 

[old man mavic]

@redserv ,hi fellow flyer i saw your other thread about discharging your batteries because you were unable to fly as planned
the way you were doing it with just the motors spinning but not airborne does take a long time as there is very little voltage load being applied to reduce the batteries charge
a quicker way to achieve the end result you require is to hover the drone 3 to 4 ft off the ground,and have the camera recording video as well and also switch the downwards facing landing light on all this will help to drain the battery quicker

 

[redserv]

@redserv ,hi fellow flyer i saw your other thread about discharging your batteries because you were unable to fly as planned
the way you were doing it with just the motors spinning but not airborne does take a long time as there is very little voltage load being applied to reduce the batteries charge
a quicker way to achieve the end result you require is to hover the drone 3 to 4 ft off the ground,and have the camera recording video as well and also switch the downwards facing landing light on all this will help to drain the battery quicker

Thank you so much. I will definitely try that out.

 

[JoelP]

@redserv ,hi fellow flyer i saw your other thread about discharging your batteries because you were unable to fly as planned
the way you were doing it with just the motors spinning but not airborne does take a long time as there is very little voltage load being applied to reduce the batteries charge
a quicker way to achieve the end result you require is to hover the drone 3 to 4 ft off the ground,and have the camera recording video as well and also switch the downwards facing landing light on all this will help to drain the battery quicker

Good suggestions for the OP. Is it possible to turn on the landing light when it isn’t dark? It never occurred to look to see if this is something I can do at will.

 

[old man mavic]

@JoelP ,as i dont own a Mavic 3 i can not deny or confirm your question about the landing light, ,you would have to look in the appropriate settings menus to see if it is possible

 

[Jorge Vergara Latoja]

@JoelP ,as i dont own a Mavic 3 i can not deny or confirm your question about the landing light, ,you would have to look in the appropriate settings menus to see if it is possible

Hello... It is totally possible, it is a matter of selecting the Mavic 3's lower leds to turn on in the DJI Fly App. Luck.!