Thanks for that.
They could just supply a NEW compliant standard battery that keeps the takeoff weight to 249g, just like they have done with the Mini 4 Pro, which does not broadcast RID, when flown with the Mini 4 Pro regular battery labeled 249g. I would happily pay for such a battery to get what I ordered.
The version I’ve downloaded was saved 19th September 2025. I’ve had the online version for a while but it gets refreshed regularly. DJI obviously want to hide the date as the new document has the same V1.0 25.09 as the original.
I wonder if my bringing this contradiction to their attention last Wednesday led to the change, because, as of last Thursday, Nick was claiming it should not be broadcasting, and yesterday Janie claimed it is working as designed, clearly unaware that the obvious contradiction in the User Manual ever existed.
Try yesterday. Sorry, I did some editing of the earlier post while you were replying!
O.K. WELL..What if lets say the new standard battery weighs 100 grams (just a number not real) and your mini 5 weighs 150 grams , your good....... BUT what about your neighbor whose mini 5 weighs 160 grams? If they cant build them all to weigh exactly the same they are "spinning their wheels"
Thank you!
My 3 standard batteries run from 69.85 to 70.33g, the drone is 182.23g so they need to get the weight of batteries down (for me) to 67.77g, basically lose 2.5g.
Exactly. We could even do that ourselves by carefully removing a couple of plastic strips from the existing M5P batteries. It will provide some ventilation for heat dissipation. Point is, even if the weight is under 250g, DJI is unilaterally compelling it to broadcast RID, whether the FAA requires it or not, just like they did on the Mini 3 Pro, but not the Mini 4 Pro with its regular battery.
This whole variability thing is a smokescreen by DJI to try and have it both ways. They overloaded the Mini 5 Pro and it came up a few grams shy of being under 250g. Instead of retooling and solving the problem, they decided to let their marketing department spin it for them and sell it "as is" anyway, knowing that the EU has a 3% tolerance, and that they have decided not to sell it in the U.S. where there is no tolerance.
Glad I got the Plus kit as I don't mind the RID and the registration; I value the increased flight time and I have a ton of Mini 3 Pro extended batteries too.
You have to remember who their target market is. People who just want to fly their drones and not worry them being exposed to the environment.
DJI says you cannot safely use Mini 3 Pro or Mini 4 Pro batteries in the Mini 5 Pro. Voltages are slightly different and even though it will launch, it will throw low power errors during flight that can lead to forced landings. Not good.
