Long time flyer. (P2V, P2V+ and P3P). Approximately 900 total miles and over 500 just on the P3P, Last week the ESCs on the P3P developed major faults and video transmission went to hell. Sent off to Hani who has already fixed everything and is already sending it back to me. (YAY Hani). In the meantime, my darling wife of 45 years decided to get me a new toy for my birthday. Enter the Mavic Pro purchased from B&H (who we have always used to purchase camera and drone equipment and are AWESOME). The Mavic arrived today via UPS in a severely damaged shipping box and a slightly damaged manufacturer's display box (heart sunk). Opened the box and inspected the drone and controller. Only problem was the gimbal guard and cover had both separated from the AC. After reporting the damage to the driver AND to B&H, I decided to test for flaws.
Before flight I downloaded the newest FW and calibrated every possible sensor, IMU, gimbal and compass, The only thing I didn't bother with was the video sensor calibration since I didn't see any issues reported by the DJI GO4 app. 3 hours later I took it out for a test flight and it behaved amazingly. Uploaded the flight record to AirData and had no flaws.
This thing is simply amazing. Portability is fantastic. Cant wait to fly the props off of it. Its going to take some time to get used to the video settings and press to focus but what fun is it if you can't learn new stuff.
Looking forward to a long happy relationship with the Mav and now I have two great camera platforms to work with.
See y'all around in the air.
Clear skies
Cheers.
Jeff
Before flight I downloaded the newest FW and calibrated every possible sensor, IMU, gimbal and compass, The only thing I didn't bother with was the video sensor calibration since I didn't see any issues reported by the DJI GO4 app. 3 hours later I took it out for a test flight and it behaved amazingly. Uploaded the flight record to AirData and had no flaws.
This thing is simply amazing. Portability is fantastic. Cant wait to fly the props off of it. Its going to take some time to get used to the video settings and press to focus but what fun is it if you can't learn new stuff.
Looking forward to a long happy relationship with the Mav and now I have two great camera platforms to work with.
See y'all around in the air.
Clear skies
Cheers.
Jeff
