Mavic Carbon Props 8330F

[ElGuapo]

Once you crash your Mavic with the carbon blades, that is on you. Not a DJI problem. If DJI felt that carbon props would be a great idea, don't you think they would have developed and released some?

Not to mention they can cause great bodily harm, more than the plastic ones. It can cut flesh like butter, not that the plastic ones won't but more so the carbon fiber ones.

- DJI has a slew of about 700 engineers - Design, Electrical, Mechanical - to mention a few. They spend countless hours performing research, and testing. For several reasons they have come up with the plastic props, safety being one of them.

- A lot of countries are very strict in regards the use of carbon fiber props in drones. Their guidelines specifically make it a point to use the props that came with the drone as they tend to cause LESS bodily harm during a drone crash in the event a hum is involved.

 

[Pablo]

I bought carbon fibre props when I had a P3A. They were far noisier, inherently more dangerous and offered no other advantages that I could tell. I barely used them and wouldn't be interested in them for my Mavic..

 

[Aeomer]

The only CF props I've seen for the Mavic are in fact just plastic. CF reinforced props have some definite advantages, but not pure CF unless they are from a specialist manufacturer. Remember, you can buy CF props for real aircraft, including helicopters, so CF is not an intrinsically worse material for props, but the manufacturer must be skilled in CF builds.

Do far DJI have not produced CF reinforced props for Mavic, but they have for some of the other platforms!

The ones on Amazon, which I tried, are actually injection moulded, as proven by the fact they have plastic burs.

 

[Squamer]

Not to mention they can cause great bodily harm, more than the plastic ones. It can cut flesh like butter, not that the plastic ones won't but more so the carbon fiber ones.

- DJI has a slew of about 700 engineers - Design, Electrical, Mechanical - to mention a few. They spend countless hours performing research, and testing. For several reasons they have come up with the plastic props, safety being one of them.

- A lot of countries are very strict in regards the use of carbon fiber props in drones. Their guidelines specifically make it a point to use the props that came with the drone as they tend to cause LESS bodily harm during a drone crash in the event a hum is involved.

Honestly they probably chose plastic for the price alone.

 

[Wombat55]

Come on, everyone. Apply some common sense. The reason that manufacturers of full-size helicopters have a great incentive to try to use light-weight composites instead of metal for the main propeller rotor is that those main rotors probably weigh several hundred pounds or more. The advantages of shaving off a lot of weight off of that big rotating part is a no-brainer. But the small propellers of a Mavic??? Can anyone out there articulate why you think that there would possibly be a big advantage of replacing the lightweight plastic propellers of a Mavic with lightweight composite propellers?

 

[Aeomer]

Can anyone out there articulate why you think that there would possibly be a big advantage of replacing the lightweight plastic propellers of a Mavic with lightweight composite propellers?

DJI seem to think there is an advantage for the larger drones. For the Mavic, making a carbon body version could have some advantages, but just the props, not likely.

 

[Genecidal]

Just got some. Was hoping for carbon fibre weave look, but they just look like plastic. Weight is about the same +1gr so I guess carbon reinforced....mixed in with plastic somehow.

 

[armoredsaint]

more like spinning blender blades if it bites your hand, but cool idea and concept.

but it seems a little heavier? how's the sound on it and how balanced is it?

 

[Charles Louis]

Before I try the carbon props in my Inspire one, and flying is very well.
This is also my first time used to Mavic. I flied cautiously

one pair total weight with adapter is 14.56g.
Nice!!

 

[aggillator]

These seem to be real carbon fiber. Just ordered a set. Just curious.
Dji Mavic Pro Carbon Fiber Quick Release Propeller Props (1 Set of 2 propellers) | eBay

 

[Wombat55]

more like spinning blender blades if it bites your hand, but cool idea and concept.

but it seems a little heavier? how's the sound on it and how balanced is it?

The whole point of using carbon fiber composites is that they're supposed to be lighter but with the same or greater strength. If the carbon fiber propellers aren't significantly lighter than plastic ones, then what's the point?

Actually, even if the carbon fiber propellers were significantly lighter than plastic ones, I still don't think that there's much point since the overall weight of the Mavic as a whole won't change by much. Using carbon fiber composites would only make sense if one could significantly reduce the weight of the entire aircraft by replacing the many heavy metal structural parts of the Mavic with carbon fiber composites. Doing that would probably result in better performance including significantly greater flight times. Doing that would be very expensive, though, which is why DJI doesn't do that.

 

[rydfree]

I like to use Carbon Fiber props on my larger platforms , 10" and up prop size , because they do not flex but I also don't expect to crash . We use cheap plastic props on the race quads because we do expect to crash and they break before harming the little motors or the mounts . The Mavic is somewhere in between but I think the stock props are the best choice because those motors are awfully tiny and I think you would do more harm to them and burn out the ESC before a prop breaks . I've looked at the Mavic closely when hovering and I can not see any flex in the stock props that would lend me to believe CF would be any more beneficial .

 

[NoSung7]

These seem to be real carbon fiber. Just ordered a set. Just curious.
Dji Mavic Pro Carbon Fiber Quick Release Propeller Props (1 Set of 2 propellers) | eBay

I ordered these a few days ago. Figured at only 18$ a pair it was worth the risk of seeing if these are the real deal or not. I don't expect much a difference but we'll see. Sometimes someone has to guinea pig.

 

[Soundtekk]

I ordered these a few days ago. Figured at only 18$ a pair it was worth the risk of seeing if these are the real deal or not. I don't expect much a difference but we'll see. Sometimes someone has to guinea pig.

Let us know how you get on please.

 

[RhodyMavic]

Ordered a set while I was in China. It is unclear whether the blades and hub are both carbon. I'll know when I receive them in a couple weeks.

I'm getting them purely for fun. The Mavic isn't a racer. I don't expect any measurable performance improvements merely by saving a few grams of weight. The CF prop profile is identical to the OEM DJI plastic version.

People debating "flex", and concerns about shattering and other such nonsense without having actually tried the props are speaking from zero experience.

The weak point on a Mavic prop is its rivet. No doubt the prop was engineered that way to save the Mavic from unnecessary damage. Engineers use similar techniques elsewhere with fasteners that are designed to snap first (snow blowers come to mind). Better to have a prop snap at the rivet than to create an assembly so strong that it remains intact, spinning, and taking the Mavic around with it.

 

[Rbruz]

This! Also, if there were a CF alternative that was folding, then the stiffness of the blade would be focused on the hub and potentially cause a higher rate of failure. Flexing blades absorb stress from the hub. No flex, hubs become a weak point. Increase strength of hub, stress is transferred to other parts of Mavic. I only fly CF on heli's, but would never consider it on a Mavic.

Except that these fold so when they are spinning and hit something the hinge will help. I am ordering and testing some CF infused plastic props, kinda like the HQ's that rock. Will know soon how they work.

 

[NoSung7]

Got the carbon props in. For sure a lot stiffer. Unfortunately it's raining out so sadly I can't really test them. Tomorrow hopefully.

 

[Soundtekk]

Got the carbon props in. For sure a lot stiffer. Unfortunately it's raining out so sadly I can't really test them. Tomorrow hopefully.

How did you get on.....

 

[Droneymcdrone]

Got the carbon props in. For sure a lot stiffer. Unfortunately it's raining out so sadly I can't really test them. Tomorrow hopefully.

They look the goods, how did they perform?

 

[RhodyMavic]

Except that these fold so when they are spinning and hit something the hinge will help. I am ordering and testing some CF infused plastic props, kinda like the HQ's that rock. Will know soon how they work.

Rbruz, I've never heard of carbon fiber "infused" anything (and I manufactured aftermarket CF auto body panels). Do you mean CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic)? That's basically most of the market for CF, and differ mostly based on the binding polymers and methods used in the manufacturing process.

Beware: there are sets that I have seen for sale that aren't CF--they're solid black plastic--but they're sold as CF. Take a look at NoSung's props. Unless they look similar to his photo, they're very likely not CF. More often than not, the resins are clear to show off the CF weave.

NoSung...very nice! Looking forward to installing mine.

Cheers,

RM