Mavic aging

rusm · Jan 26, 2018

Hi. I'm using my Mavic almost a year, flew about 70 hours/1000 km.
So, what the better: use DJI Refresh (it expires soon), or keep flying old Mav? Everything is fine with mine, but I'm worry about motors aging. What is typical lifetime for Mavic motors?
And maybe Mavics have some other well-known aging troubles?

joejaxvic123 · Jan 26, 2018

Does it cover old age?

rusm · Jan 26, 2018

joejaxvic123 said:
Does it cover old age?

No, but mine have some scars from little crashes. They don't affect usability, but should be enough for Refresh.

lannes · Jan 26, 2018

So what your advising is to do a trade in towards the end of the care refresh period, do you need to prove anything to DJI or can you just ask for one ?

WilliamG · Jan 26, 2018

rusm said:
No, but mine have some scars from little crashes. They don't affect usability, but should be enough for Refresh.

Don't think cosmetic damage is covered by Refresh. It would have to be a crash with damage impairing its ability to fly.

dbyantis · Jan 26, 2018

rusm said:
Hi. I'm using my Mavic almost a year, flew about 70 hours/1000 km.
So, what the better: use DJI Refresh (it expires soon), or keep flying old Mav? Everything is fine with mine, but I'm worry about motors aging. What is typical lifetime for Mavic motors?
And maybe Mavics have some other well-known aging troubles?

I would think that getting a refurbished bird is not as good as the "known" one that you already have. Or fly it into a wall?

joejaxvic123 · Jan 26, 2018

dbyantis said:
. Or fly it into a wall?

And make sure to take lots of videos...

ac0j · Jan 26, 2018

Only 70 hours on it?
Wait till you break it in before you worry about replacing it.

Former Member · Jan 26, 2018

WilliamG said:
Don't think cosmetic damage is covered by Refresh. It would have to be a crash with damage impairing its ability to fly.

In addition to the fact that the crash must be unintentional. If you turn off obstacle avoidance and crash it just to get a new one, Big Brother at DJI is watching and they may very well deny your Refresh coverage.

Robert Mitchell · Jan 26, 2018

rusm said:
Hi. I'm using my Mavic almost a year, flew about 70 hours/1000 km.
So, what the better: use DJI Refresh (it expires soon), or keep flying old Mav? Everything is fine with mine, but I'm worry about motors aging. What is typical lifetime for Mavic motors?
And maybe Mavics have some other well-known aging troubles?

Mavics have no known aging troubles. Keep flying (yours is barely broken in) and worry about trouble, when and if it happens.

davmcw · Jan 26, 2018

rusm said:
Hi. I'm using my Mavic almost a year, flew about 70 hours/1000 km.
So, what the better: use DJI Refresh (it expires soon), or keep flying old Mav? Everything is fine with mine, but I'm worry about motors aging. What is typical lifetime for Mavic motors?
And maybe Mavics have some other well-known aging troubles?

About 120 hours and 1000 miles here and still flawless.

pixl · Jan 26, 2018

If you were to accidentally-on-purpose crash your mavic, the way to do it would be while flying backwards and upwards at the same time -- preferably into something quite high-up like a tree canopy over rocks. You'd need to damage it enough that they'll swap it out with a new (refurbished) one as opposed to repairing yours.

Lon Denard · Jan 26, 2018

ac0j said:
Only 70 hours on it?
Wait till you break it in before you worry about replacing it.

You dog! I have over 200 on mine but it still flies really well. I also have the coverage but I'd feel dirty making a fraudulent claim.

Robert Mitchell · Jan 26, 2018

pixl said:
If you were to accidentally-on-purpose crash your mavic, the way to do it would be while flying backwards and upwards at the same time -- preferably into something quite high-up like a tree canopy over rocks. You'd need to damage it enough that they'll swap it out with a now(refurbished) one as opposed to repairing yours.

Geesh... I'm not even going to try to express what's wrong with this.

pixl · Jan 27, 2018

Robert Mitchell said:
Geesh... I'm not even going to try to express what's wrong with this.

The OP has expressed a desire to do this. Not something I'd do personally, but I'm not here to arbitrate ethical behaviour.

Robert Mitchell · Jan 27, 2018

pixl said:
The OP has expressed a desire to do this. Not something I'd do personally, but I'm not here to arbitrate ethical behaviour.

Perhaps that is the problem.

No one is willing to stand up and tell the OP that what is being considered is unethical.

So, I will do that now.

OP, what is being suggested as a method to use your refresh to get another unit, is unethical. You can do it, and you might get away with it but it isn't what refresh was designed for, and it will have consequences for those who follow.