Mavic Deliveries - UK

Mortara7 · Jan 30, 2017

Look what DPD has just Delivered

Ordered on the 17th January

DevonDrone · Jan 30, 2017

Well after cancelling my DJI order and replacing the order with DR it just arrived via UPS in just 4 days

(Fly more package), Now to check the seemingly large list of possible problems it could have!

keiran · Jan 30, 2017

rich146 said:
Nice .Who did you order from Kieran?

I ordered from DJI UK store.

appyarry · Jan 30, 2017

Mortara7 said:
Look what DPD has just Delivered Ordered on the 17th January View attachment 5354 View attachment 5355

ordered my flymore with filters and dji care on 14th and guess what.............nothing, 10 business days my arse!! waited since October with Drones direct, cancelled that because of promise of 10 business days direct with DJI. Not a happy bunny!
Bloody furious in fact.
And rest.... rant over, weather looks rubbish for a while anyway.

cheekymonkeyman · Jan 30, 2017

adminkatana said:
I have flown many times over Pevensey Bay and there isn't a NFZ there. Only seen the odd low flying Chinook from time to time, they seem to favour flying inland over Herstmonceux more. Once every few months kind of thing.

The one big NFZ to look out for is mentioned on noflydrones.co.uk (but not DJI's app) and that's the Space Geodesy Facility. It's a very large laser attached to a telescope that tracks the locations of Satellites. It's run by NERC and operates all year round. The laser is situated within the estate of Herstmonceux Castle. You can't fly over the private estate without permission from the Castle anyway, so stay away from that general area and you'll be fine!

Thanks for your advice adminkatana. I saw the laser warnings on 'altitude angels' (another great app) and would of course avoid that region. I took a drive down through Pevensey levels and Normans bay this weekend and the expanse of unpopulated coastline ... looks ok to me and having read all the info I can there does not appear to be a drone limitation.... or any reason for one. That said the weather wasn't conducive due to high winds so I remain an altitude virgin despite having my wonder machine at the ready. It will be a couple of weeks before I'm back down there so just researching a few inland areas nearer home south of the Gatwick no fly zone and am thinking ditchling area... if you have any other suggestions near the a23 corridor I'd be very grateful. Thanks again!

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YoshiK1 · Jan 30, 2017

DevonDrone said:
Well after cancelling my DJI order and replacing the order with DR it just arrived via UPS in just 4 days (Fly more package), Now to check the seemingly large list of possible problems it could have!

What's all the issues that exist?

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HeavensAbove · Jan 30, 2017

YoshiK1 said:
What's all the issues that exist?

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If you trawl this forum you'll find multiple PICNIC issues.

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Matisse13 · Jan 30, 2017

MavicPro2 said:
I'm just in the process of returning my 1 week old Mavic from DR to the European repair center in the netherlands for gimbal warnings and jelly video. apart from the utter dissapointment that I have to send my loooong awaited mavic back and its going to miss a trip to the alps this week, up to now Ive had no issues with customer care or from where I bought my mavic.. why would there be, they are all from the same factory!?

I hear turn around is less than 6 working days from the Netherlands

Luff84 · Jan 31, 2017

Luff84 said:
I've just ordered direct. Will update on the arrival time

Arrived yesterday (29/01) which is 9 business days, fly more package.

MavicPro2 · Jan 31, 2017

Matisse13 said:
I hear turn around is less than 6 working days from the Netherlands

Well they have had it since friday morning according to UPS and the repair tracker states they havent even accepted it yet, so thats blown the 6 days out of the water. You sure that wasnt 6 weeks?

YoshiK1 · Jan 31, 2017

HeavensAbove said:
If you trawl this forum you'll find multiple PICNIC issues.

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[emoji23] I've never found someone else who says PICNIC, were now best friends; you know that?.....right?.....lol

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Ceejay · Jan 31, 2017

Yeah !!, Just had a call to say that my Mavic Pro Combo is being delivered tomorrow !!,
GOOD OL "BUZZFLYER" !!!
knew I could count on yer !!
LOL, what's the weather like here tomorrow !, manual read !.
P.S. If anyone living in East Anglia is looking for a Mavic Combo, they are showing on the website
www.buzzflyer.co.uk
as "IN STOCK"

Not for long , I bet !!!!

Dw911 · Jan 31, 2017

Ceejay said:
Yeah !!, Just had a call to say that my Mavic Pro Combo is being delivered tomorrow !!,
GOOD OL "BUZZFLYER" !!!
knew I could count on yer !!
LOL, what's the weather like here tomorrow !, manual read !.
P.S. If anyone living in East Anglia is looking for a Mavic Combo, they are showing on the website
www.buzzflyer.co.uk
as "IN STOCK"

Not for long , I bet !!!!

Not long at all , now says pre order then goes to 404 no page found.
Guess you got to be lightening fast

Ceejay · Jan 31, 2017

Dw911 said:
Not long at all , now says pre order then goes to 404 no page found.
Guess you got to be lightening fast

NAA!, you need to click on the MAVIC in the Menu list to the left hand side, you are right, if you click LOGO on front page, you will get what you said,
I just checked, and are defo in stock !!
They obviously have problem with that section of the webpage.

thaladore · Jan 31, 2017

kaotix said:
Same boat here, it's out for delivery today
Where in the Midlands are you? I'm Worcester area.

Not far off, I'm just south of the centre near smelly oak, love the little guy!!!!

How you getting on?

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Pedro · Jan 31, 2017

cheekymonkeyman said:
Thanks for your advice adminkatana. I saw the laser warnings on 'altitude angels' (another great app) and would of course avoid that region. I took a drive down through Pevensey levels and Normans bay this weekend and the expanse of unpopulated coastline ... looks ok to me and having read all the info I can there does not appear to be a drone limitation.... or any reason for one. That said the weather wasn't conducive due to high winds so I remain an altitude virgin despite having my wonder machine at the ready. It will be a couple of weeks before I'm back down there so just researching a few inland areas nearer home south of the Gatwick no fly zone and am thinking ditchling area... if you have any other suggestions near the a23 corridor I'd be very grateful. Thanks again!

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Ditchling Beacon and Devils Dyke are fine to fly at, you'll occasionally see a glider or two from Ringmer running past and of course loads of paragliders at the Dyke when there's a northerly blowing.. Stanmer Park is fine too as is Waterhall both of which are close to the A23 near Brighton.

cheekymonkeyman · Jan 31, 2017

Pedro said:
Ditchling Beacon and Devils Dyke are fine to fly at, you'll occasionally see a glider or two from Ringmer running past and of course loads of paragliders at the Dyke when there's a northerly blowing.. Stanmer Park is fine too as is Waterhall both of which are close to the A23 near Brighton.

Brilliant advice. 2 more to add to my list - thank you!

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safala89 · Jan 31, 2017

so guys between here and the official DJI forum it looks like people who have ordered in the UK in the last week are getting there mavic in UNDER 5 days from order to arrival via official DJI website. looks like they have some in a warehouse in reading apparently so if you are still waiting give it a go if you have been waiting months until now. Just a heads up hope this helps someone.

HeavensAbove · Jan 31, 2017

YoshiK1 said:
[emoji23] I've never found someone else who says PICNIC, were now best friends; you know that?.....right?.....lol

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I never use PICNIC in a work context, too many users are able to work the internet now...

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MavicPro2 · Feb 1, 2017

FFS. here we go. I sent my long awaited brand new out of the box mavic back to DJI for assessment for gimble and jello issues and just recieved a qote for £266 to repair.................!??! WTF! I had read that DJI service was utter shite but never believed it, oh how I do now. they have said that I can use one of my DJI refresh options for £80 but screw that, its never been crashed or damaged in any way so why should I!! I can see this being a long and drawn out argument.. not happy at all