Mavic 3 Pro realistic flight time

[GadgetGuy]

I take your word for it but I am not going to change the way I fly. I have enough batteries and thus enough flight time to land between 10 and 20%. To me it is about safety and responsibility. Flying down to 5% is niether safe nor responsible, IMHO. But to each his own

Depends upon what type of flying you are doing. Before VLOS, if the location you wanted to explore or shoot panoramas was very remote and far away, you would not have been able to reach and explore and return by merely swapping batteries. If it took 10 minutes to fly there, and 10 minutes to return, with 22 minute flight times to 10% remaining battery (P3P), you would only have had 2 minutes to explore. If you could push it to 0% remaining battery, you were able to double your flight time at the destination, taking 4 panoramas during the flight instead only 2. Knowing where you are flying and what the limits of your batteries are is critical. It only comes from pushing the envelope and repeated testing and experimentation. Not for the faint of heart.

What is safe and responsible depends upon the pilot and their experience. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who hasn't already learned how the drone responds under forced Autoland, and knows how to overcome it, so they don't panic. Knowing how to turn Autoland off also helps. Flying along the coast is always safer than flying 3 miles out to sea, or around the lake instead of across the lake.

With current realistic flight times of 30+ minutes on most current drones, it is no longer necessary to squeeze every last drop out of the batteries. Besides, under VLOS, we are now only flying within a very small circle around the home point.

 

[Filmarik]

I never understand people that lands when its like 20% battery left.

I have gone to zero many times and below 10% most of my flight and i have not seen any big decrease on my dji mini 3 and i have had hundreds of flights.
I dont really care if the battery lasts 2-3 minutes less beccause the batteries are not that expensive to buy brand new.

If the batteries are not that expensive, according to you then why do not you buy enough batteries so you have enough flight time and still land with plenty of reserve left in them rather then running them down to near 0% and stressing about whether your drone makes it back to HP safely or lands somewhere where it might be unsafe?? You are applying strange logic to your argument, if you ask me

 

[hurunge1]

If the batteries are not that expensive, according to you then why do not you buy enough batteries so you have enough flight time and still land with plenty of reserve left in them rather then running them down to near 0% and stressing about whether your drone makes it back to HP safely or lands somewhere where it might be unsafe?? You are applying strange logic to your argument, if you ask me

Beccause if you gonna land with 20%, thats like 23min of flight time in total,but if you go to like 2-3%, you will get around 30min even with older and used batteries.
Makes no sence to only fly 23 min just so you can make rhe battery last longer, beccause if you only fly 23 min, you dont need the battery to last longer than that.

 

[lomposlapos]

Mavic 3 Pro can still fly for a full two minutes after reaching 0% remaining battery

How do you prevent DJI's built-in forced autolanding?

 

[Filmarik]

How do you prevent DJI's built-in forced autolanding?

Apparently by pushing the throttle stick fully up and holding it there...
That suppose to be a smart and safe thing to do, according to those who fly to 0%

 

[lomposlapos]

Apparently by pushing the throttle stick fully up and holding it there...
That suppose to be a smart and safe thing to do, according to those who fly to 0%

The aim is not to fly to zero but to know what to do if unforeseen situation arises that delays landing. Also, rather than just keeping in the air, I am more interested how to still maneuver the drone in close proximity to me or above safe landing ground after the autoland kicks in.

 

[Filmarik]

There are some people on this forum to whom flying down to 0% is perfectly ok practice because: "it extends the flight time by a few minutes". To me it is a dangerous practice.
It is certainly good to know how to override the force/auto landing in case of an emergency but flying to 0% routinely is silly, IMHO.
What else do you need to know?

 

[Wreckhunter]

There are some people on this forum to whom flying down to 0% is perfectly ok practice because: "it extends the flight time by a few minutes". To me it is a dangerous practice.
It is certainly good to know how to override the force/auto landing in case of an emergency but flying to 0% routinely is silly, IMHO.
What else do you need to know?

These pilots would still panic even if knowing what to do when a forced landing starts ,and there you have it lost drone over water,
or land and or crashes.Bad idea to run the battery down to 0% or close to it.

 

[johndrone33]

No way anyone have been able to get 43 min. I did 31 min from 100% to 1% battery.
Feels like a scam seriously

 

[Meta4]

No way anyone have been able to get 43 min. I did 31 min from 100% to 1% battery.

So you were flying in a controlled test environment. at a constant speed of 32.4 kph in a windless environment at sea level, with APAS off, AirSense off, camera parameters set to 1080p/24fps, video mode off?
No climbing, no slowing down or speeding up, no pushing against any wind?

All of those things will contribute to a shorter flight time.

Feels like a scam seriously

It's no scam.
It's a result of testing to take out all the variables that reduce flight time.
How else would anyone be able to compare one drone against another?