Mavic Mini Drops out of the Sky

Gkinghrn · Feb 19, 2020

Suspect there may just be some faulty drones out there..hope it gets fixed..keep us updated

Fisher Hirsch Photography · Feb 19, 2020

Gkinghrn said:
Suspect there may just be some faulty drones out there..hope it gets fixed..keep us updated

will do

Kazzaaz · Feb 19, 2020

Same thing happened to me with a faulty M2Z.

A Legitimate Near-Flyaway with My Fourth M2Z

I lost two M2Zs back before I took flying seriously. The third I lost in an apartment fire last month. This week I bought my fourth with the insurance check and almost lost that one too. The weather was pretty bad but I was pretty eager to take the drone out for a test flight. Really was just...

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sar104 · Feb 20, 2020

Kazzaaz said:
Same thing happened to me with a faulty M2Z.

A Legitimate Near-Flyaway with My Fourth M2Z

I lost two M2Zs back before I took flying seriously. The third I lost in an apartment fire last month. This week I bought my fourth with the insurance check and almost lost that one too. The weather was pretty bad but I was pretty eager to take the drone out for a test flight. Really was just...

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That may or may not have been the same problem - yours appeared to be related to the barometric sensor, but you stopped providing data before it was pinned down. The OP here is probably dealing with compass or MM prop lift issues, but hasn't provided any flight logs at all so this is complete speculation.

xspwhite · Feb 20, 2020

Fisher Hirsch Photography said:

TELL them you want a refund because you can get a refurbed EVO for $599.00. Maybe they'll fix it or send you one that works, but I do hope you get it worked out.

Also, thank you for the heads up on these faulty little drones. Its terrifying to read but I think all aircraft companies have made mistakes and manufactured some lemon type products from time to time. Boeing has made some pretty good stuff in the past, but their 737 MAX was the absolute pits.

I suggest if you want to stick with dji then look into a used/refurb air or pro platinum.

Good luck son.

Capt KO · Feb 20, 2020

Please post your flight logs if you still have them. I have the same problem and I'm starting to believe that many if not all of the Mini's have it. Mine is not as severe yet, and usually only happens over water. But I'm starting to notice changes over land as well which I believe is from the props. Good luck and stay in touch.

Kazzaaz · Feb 20, 2020

sar104 said:
That may or may not have been the same problem - yours appeared to be related to the barometric sensor, but you stopped providing data before it was pinned down. The OP here is probably dealing with compass or MM prop lift issues, but hasn't provided any flight logs at all so this is complete speculation.

I think the Z-axis accelerometer was at fault after I saw BudWalker's graph with the integrated data.
But the sudden drop / regain of control in this video was very similar to my situation.

I guess we will never know for sure. Sorry for not being able to provide the .DAT - I could not get my device to record it no matter what I did and had to send it back before we could reach a conclusion. (still can't, even after the post warning about not syncing flight logs... seems to have nothing to do with the missing .DAT for me)

Bbarr · Feb 20, 2020

Kazzaaz said:
I think the Z-axis accelerometer was at fault after I saw BudWalker's graph with the integrated data.
But the sudden drop / regain of control in this video was very similar to my situation.

I guess we will never know for sure. Sorry for not being able to provide the .DAT - I could not get my device to record it no matter what I did and had to send it back before we could reach a conclusion. (still can't, even after the post warning about not syncing flight logs... seems to have nothing to do with the missing .DAT for me)

Try this , connect your RC to the AC . Don’t start the motors . Look in your dat folder and I will bet you have a dat file .

jep4755 · Feb 20, 2020

xspwhite said:
TELL them you want a refund because you can get a refurbed EVO for $599.00. Maybe they'll fix it or send you one that works, but I do hope you get it worked out.

Also, thank you for the heads up on these faulty little drones. Its terrifying to read but I think all aircraft companies have made mistakes and manufactured some lemon type products from time to time. Boeing has made some pretty good stuff in the past, but their 737 MAX was the absolute pits.

I suggest if you want to stick with dji then look into a used/refurb air or pro platinum.

Good luck son.

I sent mine back because I had 3 android devices and none of them would work with the app
and after seeing all these post I'm glad I did .
I just purchased a Mavic Air kit on ebay $650 can't wait to get it .

David2111 · Feb 21, 2020

After similar control issues I sent the drone back to DJI, they said it was fine. I posted the flight log on the phantom.help site and kind people here diagnosed the issue. I sent their findings to DJI who replaced the drone. The bottom line is that there are control/propulsion problems and as far as I am concerned the Mini is for sale. Going back to my Mavic Air.