Mavic in Manual mode

Koelkop · Sep 17, 2018

Hello all,

Has any of you tried flying your mavic in full on manual mode?

sar104 · Sep 17, 2018

I don't think there is any way to get it into actual manual mode (no FC stabilization at all). The most you can do is ATTI mode (attitude and altitude stabilization). That works fine with a simple parameter modification to the mode switch mappings.

Koelkop · Sep 17, 2018

sar104 said:
I don't think there is any way to get it into actual manual mode (no FC stabilization at all). The most you can do is ATTI mode (attitude and altitude stabilization). That works fine with a simple parameter modification to the mode switch mappings.

Actually you can, same way you change the switch from sport to atti mode you change it from sport to manual. Instead of 3 for atti you change it to 0 for manual. Tried it today but it is a real handful

. Switched back to gps a lot to get it to calm down, you can do flips in manual but i'm not brave enough to try that yet

sar104 · Sep 17, 2018

Koelkop said:
Actually you can, same way you change the switch from sport to atti mode you change it from sport to manual. Instead of 3 for atti you change it to 0 for manual. Tried it today but it is a real handful. Switched back to gps a lot to get it to calm down, you can do flips in manual but i'm not brave enough to try that yet

OK - thanks for that information. I had originally wondered if there was a control switch setting for manual, but I was not willing to just try random values. How did you identify it? I tried flying the Phantom 2 in manual. I never mastered it though.

Mossiback · Sep 17, 2018

You don't mention which Mavic you are inquiring about, but you can put the MP in Atti mode by covering the top rear in aluminum foil.

Koelkop · Sep 17, 2018

sar104 said:
OK - thanks for that information. I had originally wondered if there was a control switch setting for manual, but I was not willing to just try random values. How did you identify it? I tried flying the Phantom 2 in manual. I never mastered it though.

Saw a video of a mavic doing flips and found out its number 0 after a bit of searching.

Mossiback · Sep 17, 2018

Mossiback said:
You don't mention which Mavic you are inquiring about, but you can put the MP in Atti mode by covering the top rear in aluminum foil.

But it does make it more difficult to control so why would you want to?

sar104 · Sep 17, 2018

Koelkop said:
Saw a video of a mavic doing flips and found out its number 0 after a bit of searching.

I saw a video of a P4 (I think) doing the same, and I was puzzled how that was achieved. Now I know. Thanks again.

Koelkop · Sep 17, 2018

Mossiback said:
You don't mention which Mavic you are inquiring about, but you can put the MP in Atti mode by covering the top rear in aluminum foil.

I did it with my Platinum, just need the old dji assistant 2 v1.1.2 to get to the parameters. I'm on fw .400

Koelkop · Sep 17, 2018

sar104 said:
I saw a video of a P4 (I think) doing the same, and I was puzzled how that was achieved. Now I know. Thanks again.

If you try it just be very gentle with it

sar104 · Sep 17, 2018

Mossiback said:
But it does make it more difficult to control so why would you want to?

The challenge? Certainly not for smooth video.

sar104 · Sep 17, 2018

Koelkop said:
If you try it just be very gentle with it

Yes - I've not forgotten how it flies in manual. I'm sure that the Mavic will be equally wild.

Mossiback · Sep 17, 2018

sar104 said:
The challenge? Certainly not for smooth video.

I suppose. Just make sure to do it in a wide-open area. Failure is expensive.

Koelkop · Sep 17, 2018

Mossiback said:
But it does make it more difficult to control so why would you want to?

You are talking about atti mode? That is different to manual mode, atti mode is very controllable compared to manual

Koelkop · Sep 17, 2018

sar104 said:
Yes - I've not forgotten how it flies in manual. I'm sure that the Mavic will be equally wild.

The part that surpised me the most is that it goes up the moment you switch over

sar104 · Sep 17, 2018

Koelkop said:
The part that surpised me the most is that it goes up the moment you switch over

It's also fundamentally unstable, and requires constant corrections to stop it from tilting and accelerating away in unexpected directions.

GringoLoco · Sep 17, 2018

I wouldn't do it, but out of curiosity can you set up a Mavic to handle like a race drone? No experience with them, but from I've seen in drone racing instructional videos they're controlled very different, even being in mode 2. The video I saw they keep forward speed even with your right thumb off the stick. I'm guessing too heavy for flying like that?

sar104 · Sep 17, 2018

GringoLoco said:
I wouldn't do it, but out of curiosity can you set up a Mavic to handle like a race drone? No experience with them, but from I've seen in drone racing instructional videos they're controlled very different, even being in mode 2. The video I saw they keep forward speed even with your right thumb off the stick. I'm guessing too heavy for flying like that?

A quad in manual mode will not do attitude stabilization, so once you have used the right stick to apply pitch or roll, it will stay like that. You have to apply opposite stick to bring it back to level, and even more to stop it.