I apologise for posting another thread on what seems to be a common problem, but I do have a specific question about it.
I took my refurb Mavic Air out for its first flight today, in 23c weather with no wind, and thirty seconds after takeoff, while flying slowly forwards and upwards, I notice the "Motor current error. Check your propellers and fly with caution" message in the app. I keep my eye on the aircraft and it appears to be flying perfectly normally, not making any unusual sounds or moving erratically. I do a slow, clockwise circling descent and land. I check the propellers as instructed, but notice the rear-right motor is significantly hotter than the others, but all propellers appeared to be seated properly and undamaged.
I try a second flight and the same situation occurs, so again land carefully. The same motor is still hot to the touch, not painfully so but I wouldn't want to hold my finger on it for very long. The aircraft was flying for no more than 6 minutes between the two flights and only performing very gentle maneuvers. I've since searched the DJI forums and have seen plenty of other people reporting the error message (since the .400 firmware update, which came pre-installed on mine), but nobody has mentioned the hot motor. DJI reps have claimed that it's just an error with the app and that it's safe to ignore, but at least in my case the hardware seems to be affected.
Has anyone else with the same error message noticed any of the motors being hotter to the touch than the others? It does suggest that this motor is working harder than it should be, though I can't see any obvious physical reason for it - it rotates just as easily by hand as the others do. I suspect I'll need to RMA the aircraft anyway (I'm not confident flying an aircraft when there's likely a problem with one of the things keeping it in the air), but I'd be interested to see whether this is a symptom of the firmware issue or whether my case is unique. I'm going to perform just a basic hover test tomorrow to see if it happens when the aircraft isn't moving, using one of the spare propellers.
I took my refurb Mavic Air out for its first flight today, in 23c weather with no wind, and thirty seconds after takeoff, while flying slowly forwards and upwards, I notice the "Motor current error. Check your propellers and fly with caution" message in the app. I keep my eye on the aircraft and it appears to be flying perfectly normally, not making any unusual sounds or moving erratically. I do a slow, clockwise circling descent and land. I check the propellers as instructed, but notice the rear-right motor is significantly hotter than the others, but all propellers appeared to be seated properly and undamaged.
I try a second flight and the same situation occurs, so again land carefully. The same motor is still hot to the touch, not painfully so but I wouldn't want to hold my finger on it for very long. The aircraft was flying for no more than 6 minutes between the two flights and only performing very gentle maneuvers. I've since searched the DJI forums and have seen plenty of other people reporting the error message (since the .400 firmware update, which came pre-installed on mine), but nobody has mentioned the hot motor. DJI reps have claimed that it's just an error with the app and that it's safe to ignore, but at least in my case the hardware seems to be affected.
Has anyone else with the same error message noticed any of the motors being hotter to the touch than the others? It does suggest that this motor is working harder than it should be, though I can't see any obvious physical reason for it - it rotates just as easily by hand as the others do. I suspect I'll need to RMA the aircraft anyway (I'm not confident flying an aircraft when there's likely a problem with one of the things keeping it in the air), but I'd be interested to see whether this is a symptom of the firmware issue or whether my case is unique. I'm going to perform just a basic hover test tomorrow to see if it happens when the aircraft isn't moving, using one of the spare propellers.