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Mavic Mini flips back when trying to take off

stmavicone

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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
 
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.
 
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.

Prop markings.jpg
 
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Has it flown correctly before?

If it's flown correctly before and props were never removed, then something seems wrong with AC.
 
Are all 4 motors turning? It sounds like you lost a motor or the ESC is bad.
 
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Thanks so much. I will look into resetting to factory settings. DO you just do it through the app?
 
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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?
 

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