Well, I picked up a barely used Mavic 2 Pro. It showed only 10 cycles on the battery (which was charged when I picked it up), not a scratch on the controller (which still had the plastic screen protector from the factory still on it), and I was told that it was only flown twice. It had the latest firmware on the AC and the RC.
The box (which matched the AC for serial #) had a 2018/10 date code. According to the data files, the first flight was in September of 2019. There were 8 flight files (only going back a month), but around 49 other files (I forget the name given in DJI Assistant 2 for the second set next to the flights) that went back to September of 2019.
Based on what I believe I was reading it looked like he messed with options and stuff with the drone on, but only flew it a few times. The built-in memory was full and had a few pictures and videos (the pics were of the floor and one outside shot that was taken at the same time he flew it near the lakefront with a corresponding video from the same time, along with a test video outside where he lived). So it would seem that he was most certainly truthful that it only had a couple of flights.
The controller is a RC1A so I will get flight data on my phone/tablet while using the M2P, which is a bonus.
Now, the question I have is in regards to the battery. It checked out with 10 cycles on it via the DJI Go 4 app. Today when I was calibrating the gimbal and checking it out, it was not recharged since I got it and today it was showing 11 battery cycles. Why is that?
I did not recharge it. It was shut off with about 38% battery yesterday (when it showed 10 cycles), started again with the same amount of charge. Why would the battery go from 10 cycles to 11 cycles without a recharge?
Also, in regards to the battery, since it is a late 2018 battery, does anyone know if it is susceptible to the "swollen battery" syndrome that many 2018 Mavic 2 batteries had? Or is there a known "cut-off date" for the "known bad" ones?
In regards to the gimbal, I noticed it didn't look like it was facing EXACTLY forward (in relation to the front nose of the M2P). In playing with the adjust gimbal function I noticed a -1.0 to -1.2 adjustment made the camera "line up" with the front/body better than the 0.0 non-adjusted setting. Is this a known issue and something I always have to account for? (With my Phantom 4 Pro v1 I never had it "off" where I had to adjust for it, thus my inquiry)
I figure I won't know 100% for sure until I build a grid, align the drone to the grid and then check to see if the camera is pointing "dead straight" ahead. Or, does it even really matter?
The box (which matched the AC for serial #) had a 2018/10 date code. According to the data files, the first flight was in September of 2019. There were 8 flight files (only going back a month), but around 49 other files (I forget the name given in DJI Assistant 2 for the second set next to the flights) that went back to September of 2019.
Based on what I believe I was reading it looked like he messed with options and stuff with the drone on, but only flew it a few times. The built-in memory was full and had a few pictures and videos (the pics were of the floor and one outside shot that was taken at the same time he flew it near the lakefront with a corresponding video from the same time, along with a test video outside where he lived). So it would seem that he was most certainly truthful that it only had a couple of flights.
The controller is a RC1A so I will get flight data on my phone/tablet while using the M2P, which is a bonus.
Now, the question I have is in regards to the battery. It checked out with 10 cycles on it via the DJI Go 4 app. Today when I was calibrating the gimbal and checking it out, it was not recharged since I got it and today it was showing 11 battery cycles. Why is that?
I did not recharge it. It was shut off with about 38% battery yesterday (when it showed 10 cycles), started again with the same amount of charge. Why would the battery go from 10 cycles to 11 cycles without a recharge?
Also, in regards to the battery, since it is a late 2018 battery, does anyone know if it is susceptible to the "swollen battery" syndrome that many 2018 Mavic 2 batteries had? Or is there a known "cut-off date" for the "known bad" ones?
In regards to the gimbal, I noticed it didn't look like it was facing EXACTLY forward (in relation to the front nose of the M2P). In playing with the adjust gimbal function I noticed a -1.0 to -1.2 adjustment made the camera "line up" with the front/body better than the 0.0 non-adjusted setting. Is this a known issue and something I always have to account for? (With my Phantom 4 Pro v1 I never had it "off" where I had to adjust for it, thus my inquiry)
I figure I won't know 100% for sure until I build a grid, align the drone to the grid and then check to see if the camera is pointing "dead straight" ahead. Or, does it even really matter?
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