Mavic Air battery mods

Lanj · Apr 9, 2018

Looks like we have couple of MA battery mods out. Has anyone tried or familiar of any of those . One of them is way overpriced even that the battery is included.

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djiboi · Apr 9, 2018

Rather buy an extra battery personally.

Just_nick · Apr 9, 2018

That's a lot of money for a very ghetto/half-*** design. $195 and it velcros a battery on? No, thanks.

cwil193 · Apr 10, 2018

Just_nick said:
That's a lot of money for a very ghetto/half-*** design. $195 and it velcros a battery on? No, thanks.

It’s for RANGE not LOOKS. It might be ugly but it’s an easy strap on that could make this bird fly out to 40k feet.

cwil193 · Apr 10, 2018

djiboi said:
Rather buy an extra battery personally.

For short range photography, yes, but these are not meant for that. These are meant to allow your Mavic to fly out as far as 40k feet away, not to hover 1000 feet in front of you.

cwil193 · Apr 10, 2018

Lanj said:
Looks like we have couple of MA battery mods out. Has anyone tried or familiar of any of those . One of them is way overpriced even that the battery is included.

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DJI MAVIC AIR SMART BATTERY MOD FOR LONGER FLIGHT TIME INCLUDES FREE SHIPPING

I’m planning on buying the adapter, hopefully it will allow 40k feet of range.

dr.k!nGp!nG · May 16, 2018

cwil193 said:
I’m planning on buying the adapter, hopefully it will allow 40k feet of range.

And did you already bought the adapter and tried it out?

Air Beetle · May 16, 2018

completely ILLEGAL in the US - go ahead and screw us all by flying out of sight

CanadaDrone · May 16, 2018

Air Beetle said:
completely ILLEGAL in the US - go ahead and screw us all by flying out of sight

To be fair, you don't need battery mods to fly far out of sight - the stock drones already can fly far out of sight. Somewhere in the 500m range I suspect most people can't even see the drone anymore, but I would agree that the more people that push the limits, the more likely we are to have stricter rules.

dr.k!nGp!nG · May 17, 2018

Actually I'm only looking for to increase my hover time. I'm not planning to do range tests. I just hate to change the battery many times.

InvisibleName · May 17, 2018

CanadaDrone said:
To be fair, you don't need battery mods to fly far out of sight - the stock drones already can fly far out of sight. Somewhere in the 500m range I suspect most people can't even see the drone anymore, but I would agree that the more people that push the limits, the more likely we are to have stricter rules.

The size of this little baby? I lose sight of my MA at any more than 100m!!

CanadaDrone · May 17, 2018

InvisibleName said:
The size of this little baby? I lose sight of my MA at any more than 100m!!

Haha now that I think of it you're probably right - it can be pretty hard to keep track of!

cwil193 · May 18, 2018

dr.k!nGp!nG said:
And did you already bought the adapter and tried it out?

No, I have not for personal reasons but plan on it sometime soon, probably in June.

autoperformance · May 18, 2018

CanadaDrone said:
To be fair, you don't need battery mods to fly far out of sight - the stock drones already can fly far out of sight. Somewhere in the 500m range I suspect most people can't even see the drone anymore, but I would agree that the more people that push the limits, the more likely we are to have stricter rules.

Rule in Canada is made to be broke with the 90 meters limited height. An other law take by someone don't even know what is doing.

Mavflyer · May 18, 2018

autoperformance said:
Rule in Canada is made to be broke with the 90 meters limited height. An other law take by someone don't even know what is doing. In the USA it's 500 Meters. It's ridiculous.

Its 400ft in the US, or about 120 meters.

dr.k!nGp!nG · May 18, 2018

In Switzerland it is on sight. So it depends on how big ur drone is ;-)

swooshdave · May 18, 2018

Air Beetle said:
completely ILLEGAL in the US - go ahead and screw us all by flying out of sight

Illegal? Can you cite the laws?

ChrisW81 · May 18, 2018

swooshdave said:
Illegal? Can you cite the laws?

This is quoted from FAA:

§ 107.31 Visual line of sight aircraft operation.
(a) With vision that is unaided by any device other than corrective lenses, the remote pilot in command, the visual observer (if one is used), and the personmanipulating the flight control of the small unmanned aircraftsystem must be able to see the unmanned aircraft throughout the entire flight in order to:

(1) Know the unmanned aircraft's location;

(2) Determine the unmanned aircraft's attitude, altitude, and direction of flight;

(3) Observe the airspace for other air traffic or hazards; and

(4) Determine that the unmanned aircraft does not endanger the life or property of another.

(b) Throughout the entire flight of the small unmanned aircraft, the ability described in paragraph (a) of this section must be exercised by either:

(1) The remote pilot in command and the personmanipulating the flight controls of the small unmanned aircraftsystem; or

(2) A visual observer.

cwil193 · May 18, 2018

To be honest, it is illegal, but that does not mean I’m going to stop flying far.

max_gert · Jul 4, 2018

Not sure how helpful that is, especially if you trying to get to 40k feet because your going to have a significant amount of extra weight from a lipo pulling it down, which means it’ll require more power to keep it stable and a lower top speed.

On the other hand, in gps mode I barely get 18 minutes on/off flying so it could be an interesting try.