Mavic Air Sport mode max speed 20mph?

[tekken4masta]

Hi All,

I've searched and searched... I've read all I can about how to turn sport mode on properly, and it still doesn't seem to get past 20-23mph.

- I've enabled intelligent flight modes
- I've turned off beginner mode
- I've switched the controller to sport
- The mode on my screen shows that it's in sport mode
- Updated the firmware this morning, and still didn't change
- I've confirmed the units are in mph and not kph

Everything seems to line up. It should be noted that it does go faster than normal mode which reaches max speed of 14-15mph, so there is definitely an increase, but not the 40mph that most people say they can acheive...

Any ideas that might help? Thanks!

 

[genesimmons]

are u fighting any head winds, that will drastically decrease speed, ive only used sport mode a few times and to be honest i dont thnk ive seen 40mph either, i cant say its more than 20-23 like u see but pretty sure its not 40mph,

 

[tekken4masta]

No, the head winds we're not the problem. After hours of headache I tried it without the propeller guards, and sure enough it flys like a mad man! Wow, I really didn't think they would make that much difference, but glad it's nothing major with my Mavic. Thanks for the feedback though!

 

[ChipDjipro]

in sport mode with very little wind you should get 40 miles an hour.

 

[swooshdave]

No, the head winds we're not the problem. After hours of headache I tried it without the propeller guards, and sure enough it flys like a mad man! Wow, I really didn't think they would make that much difference, but glad it's nothing major with my Mavic. Thanks for the feedback though!