Thanks and no offense taken.
I live out in wide open spaces, so I feel this is safe for my needs. If I don't like the modes, I'll return to default settings. You are quite right, this thing fly's itself. I am open to better ideas to accomplish my goals.
That's awesome, see that's a great reason for the need to go faster, I wondered why not just get a race quad, but then that wouldn't meet your needs. I'll throw my two cents in then if you don't mind. I started off flying DJI type drones, then switched to DIY race/freestyle, then retired started side business doing aerial photog, but still fly the quads for fun. In the quad world, the guys that build just for speed, (I think some guy just broke the world record using a 7" quad w/12s battery, 200mph!) They only use bi blade, which is pretty much standard for DJI, but the biggest difference is they are super light weight and thin as possible without coming apart. The shape or twist type props are all debatable and usually a preference, but they all agree thin and light is the way to go. The other thing speed quads and long distance pilots, for efficiency, do is fly props out, that mean that your CCW props spin CW and the CW spin CCW. It's hard to explain why it's more efficient, I'll attach link that explains it very well.
Physically reversing motor direction is easy if you're used to mods and taking your drone apart. All brushless motors have three wires going into them from the ESC, all you have to do is cut and swap/resolder any two of them, doesn't matter which ones. Problem is the software, with quads, most ESC's use BLheli software, and downloadable configurator, if you don't want to swap wires, you can do this all in BLheli. If that's not an option, and physically swap wires, you still have to go into BetaFlight and tell the flight controller the props are reversed. I know the new
DJI fpv air unit is compatable with BetaFlight but I am not sure about the Mavic, or if DJI assistant has a feature to change flight controller settings. I know they make motors for the Mavics that are compliant with BLheli, but not sure if the stock motors are.
Lastly, I stumbled on this by mistake, looking for green or yellow props to match a skin I got for mavic pro, they were very inexpensive so I ordered them not expecting much. When I got them, felt cheap and flimsy, again I was like, that's what I expected. Put them on and flew them, and I tell you what, they were sooooo smooth feeling, I didn't get the torque I do with other blades, but It felt great. I put it in sport mode and with no other mods, got it up to 40/41mph. I've recently got a few more and balance checked them, and they are dead on out of the package. They also weigh about a 1-1/2 grams less than stock DJI props, at 5.82g compared to 7.18g of DJI. Those are average weights too, I measured 6 of each kind, and the DJI props had a variance of 0.12g, these cheap ones only had variance of 0.08g, and that was only because one came in at 5.89g, the others were all exactly dead on at 5.81g. I'll leave a link for them too, they are the 8331F for mavic pro, I am pretty sure they make same ones in the 8743 prop for the
Pro 2. Whoever manufactures them, they are the only ones with the silver tips, not a line, those will be the light ones. Hope this helps, good luck and let us know if you try them, happy flying!
Explanation from a long range guy
Explanation from JB, he's top youtube guy for race/freestyle quads
Props
Allows the DJI Spark drone to take off in both flat and uneven ground conditions. Toe-out landing legs increase the stability of SPARK. Propeller guards + landing gear protection combo for DJI SPARK, double protection to eliminate potential hazards, good for beginners and junior users.
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