Mavic Air folding props.

[stevegallo]

Hello all. I am a new owner of the Mavic air having been a pilot of a phantom 3 and a spark. My question is, has anyone used the spark props on their mavic air and if so, what were the results? Or, does anyone have knowledge of a folding prop made specifically for the mavic air. Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[msinger]

Spark props cannot be attached to the Mavic Air motors.

 

[designamk1]

Spark props cannot be attached to the Mavic Air motors.

They do fit. But is it advisable?... Probably not

 

[Bigbird48]

why would you want to?

 

[Kilrah]

Spark props cannot be attached to the Mavic Air motors.

They can, people have used them already. I've put them on but not flown.

 

[msinger]

They do fit. But is it advisable?

Nope. They are not designed for the Mavic Air.

 

[stevegallo]

Nope. They are not designed for the Mavic Air.[

Nope. They are not designed for the Mavic Air.

ok, they do fit. just put a pair on and powered up the mavic. trying to find out if they are not recommended, then why not.

 

[designamk1]

Nope. They are not designed for the Mavic Air.

You didn't quote my entire message. It was a rhetorical question

 

[WithTheBirds]

ok, they do fit. just put a pair on and powered up the mavic. trying to find out if they are not recommended, then why not.

Maybe because the size and pitch (resultant thrust/rpm) is different and therefore we can comfortably assume the propulsion system is not designed to work optimally with them.

 

[DagDerniT]

Spark props being smaller than Air's will make the Air's motors turn a higher RPM. This should cause a little decrease in speed but you might get a little better flight time. It will also make it feel less floaty.

 

[theDRONEranger]

I just watched a YouTube video recently on this subject. Home brew bastardized folding props for the MA. His tests seemed to verify reduction of noise at numerous levels and stable flight. Google it for YouTube.

 

[WithTheBirds]

Spark props being smaller than Air's will make the Air's motors turn a higher RPM. This should cause a little decrease in speed but you might get a little better flight time. It will also make it feel less floaty.

Or you might get none of those things.

 

[CanadaDrone]

Why would you want folding props on the Air? The way the Air collapses/folds, the props are not even part of the size equation.

If you could even get spark props on, you would just have a louder, slower drone and it would probably be really hard on the motors.

 

[WithTheBirds]

Why would you want folding props on the Air? The way the Air collapses/folds, the props are not even part of the size equation.

If you could even get spark props on, you would just have a louder, slower drone and it would probably be really hard on the motors.

One certainty is that any props that might be fitted generate a different thrust/rpm than than OEM specified the propulsion system won’t be operating within the designed speed/torque range. Reduced efficiency should be expected along with a preparedness to accept some uncertainty with respect to reliability, particularly concerning the ESC’s.

I can easily fit 35” tyres on my vehicle (supplied with 31”). It will be quieter on the highway as the motor isn’t revving as hard a cruising speeds. It will also use more fuel, apply addition load to the drivetrain above that allowed for in the design, and likely provide an argument to the vehicle manufacturer in voiding my warranty. Additional modifications are required for them to work well.

 

[zoziano]

Be careful the motors are not tuned to run a prop that small. You will blow up your motors faster because they are running at a higher rpm CCleaner Happy Wheels VLC