Mavic Mini flips back when trying to take off

[stmavicone]

Hey, I wonder if you can help.

When I turn on the mavic mini, it started up, and the propellor whizz. However, when I give it more power to take off, the drone flips back and crashes. It seems like there is uneven power being given to the propellors? I have tried to do an IMU and compass calibration. Any thing else I can do?

Any help to diagnose and fix?

Thanks

 

[Thomas B]

Hey, I wonder if you can help.

When I turn on the mavic mini, it started up, and the propellor whizz. However, when I give it more power to take off, the drone flips back and crashes. It seems like there is uneven power being given to the propellors? I have tried to do an IMU and compass calibration. Any thing else I can do?

Any help to diagnose and fix?

Thanks

Be sure the props are on the correct motors. Sounds like they aren’t.

 

[stmavicone]

Thanks, they are. But I will try change the props and see if it helps.

 

[Thomas B]

Thanks, they are. But I will try change the props and see if it helps.

Maybe the arrangement is in the full online only manual from DJI... get it here:

https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/DJI_Mini_2/DJI_Mini_2_User_Manual+EN.pdf

Please let us know if that fixes it. TIA

 

[EyesWideShut]

Hey, I wonder if you can help.

When I turn on the mavic mini, it started up, and the propellor whizz. However, when I give it more power to take off, the drone flips back and crashes. It seems like there is uneven power being given to the propellors? I have tried to do an IMU and compass calibration. Any thing else I can do?

Any help to diagnose and fix?

Thanks

Welcome to the Forum!

Here's a link to the Mini User Manual - see page 18. The two styles of props and each motor arm are marked with (or without) little arcs. Also make sure both props on each motor match.

 

[Detritalgeo]

The only way this can happen is if the props are mixed up or if there was a repair and the motors were hooked up incorrectly.

 

[stmavicone]

It's strange - I have never taken the props off since new. I'll try change the props and see if that helps it....

 

[DanMan32]

Has it flown correctly before?

If it's flown correctly before and props were never removed, then something seems wrong with AC.

 

[stmavicone]

Yeah, it was flying before.
What is the AC? Any idea how I could fix it?

 

[msinger]

Yeah, it was flying before.

Did you crash it or damage it in some other way since it was flying properly?

 

[DanMan32]

Yeah, it was flying before.
What is the AC? Any idea how I could fix it?

AC = Air Craft as opposed to the remote control (RC) or the mobile device running the app.

 

[KB4MTO]

Are all 4 motors turning? It sounds like you lost a motor or the ESC is bad.

 

[Fly it like you stole it]

I had exactly the same issue with my Mini. It turned out I needed to reset the IMU as it got totally screwed up. Reset to factory settings and now flying OK

 

[boblui]

Can you dig out the log file of the flight having such problem ? instructions can be found here ( bottom of the page ) : DJI Flight Log Viewer | Phantom Help

 

[stmavicone]

Thanks so much. I will look into resetting to factory settings. DO you just do it through the app?

 

[stmavicone]

Thats really strange. I tried again today did a IMU, Compass and Remote Control Calibration, and Reset the remote control (I think) and it worked!

The latter two were the new action that I did. Maybe the remote control had become uncalibrated?!

Thanks so much for all you help everyone. How would I do a factory reset if I needed to in future?