New Owner here

AZrrt · Aug 23, 2017

Hey everyone.,

Just ordered me a Mavic and look forward to flying this thing. Im used to flying my dads P4 but I thought id get my own and try the Mavic Pro out. I will be flying with a Galaxy S8. I do have an iPad mini and iPad pro but they may be too big.

Any tips for when I first get this set up?

Appreciate the help

Bunny Too · Aug 23, 2017

AZrrt said:
Hey everyone.,

Just ordered me a Mavic and look forward to flying this thing. Im used to flying my dads P4 but I thought id get my own and try the Mavic Pro out. I will be flying with a Galaxy S8. I do have an iPad mini and iPad pro but they may be too big.

Any tips for when I first get this set up?

Appreciate the help

Howdy from Wyoming AZrrt, welcome to the community, plenty of fine folk and excellent information here.

AZrrt · Aug 23, 2017

Whoops..had i paid more attention I would have seen this forum for newbies lol

Thank Bunny

msinger · Aug 23, 2017

Welcome to Mavic Pilots!

AZrrt said:
Any tips for when I first get this set up?

Here are some items you might find useful:

Mavic Manual & Release Notes (the manual does not come in the box)
Firmware Update Instructions
Most Common Pilot Mistakes
MavicHelp.com (lots of Mavic tips & accessories)

LuvMyTJ · Aug 23, 2017

Hello,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Mavic Pilots forum.
I hope that you will be able to use the forum to further your safety knowledge and for the exchange of innovative ideas and as a resource for current developments in Mavic quadcopter’s.
Enjoy! Thumbswayup

*MAVIC MANUAL: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/mavic/20170418/Mavic+Pro+User+Manual_V1.6.pdf

dirkclod · Aug 23, 2017

Welcome to Mavic Pilots .
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching .

AZrrt · Aug 23, 2017

Thanks everyone

MChittum · Aug 23, 2017

Welcome,

I went from the S5 to the iPad mini 4. Much, much better! I have not had any issues at all. Happy flying to you, too!

CamoGreg · Aug 23, 2017

Welcome dude ! Hope you will have pleasure with your MP !

Both your iPads are fine to fly [emoji6] check the forum you will find a lot exemple ! Don't hesitate if you have question !

AZrrt · Aug 23, 2017

Will I be able to fly just fine with the galaxy 8 + or can I use my ipad mini?

CamoGreg · Aug 23, 2017

IMO use your iPad mini ! iOS is more stable than android.
And you will have a better view of your flight.
Just check for a mount that you like

Jixxerz · Aug 23, 2017

AZrrt said:
Hey everyone.,

Just ordered me a Mavic and look forward to flying this thing. Im used to flying my dads P4 but I thought id get my own and try the Mavic Pro out. I will be flying with a Galaxy S8. I do have an iPad mini and iPad pro but they may be too big.

Any tips for when I first get this set up?

Appreciate the help

I fly with the Mini 4, I made my mount for it myself out of spare parts and old hands free car kits I had.
Here is my personal experience. Again I'm not saying one thing is better than the other thing so I don't want to start a debate here.
I bought my Mavic pro back in December 2016 when they were still really hard to find. I have over 300 flights 600 miles and 50 some odd hours on the MP. I have owned two P4's also. I actually just sold one of my P4's because once I got the Mavic that was all I ever flew. I have used iOS on all three drones with never even the slightest problem. My Mavic pro has performed flawlessly from day one on every firmware version and has given me no trouble whatsoever. In fact the only time I have ever had any problems was while I was experimenting with android, and before you guys say anything I am well-versed on android operating systems also. Call me lucky or say I just ended up with a well built Mavic.........but whatever it is I am still running my original props that were on it when I bought it back in December, never even come anywhere close to anything resembling a crash in over 300 flights. So based on my experience as long as you stick with something running a current iOS version you will be fine. My daughter is 13 years old and has never flown anything remote controlled of any kind. She watches me fly my drones a lot. I handed her the controls to my Mavic one day and let her fly out the rest of the battery around 15 minutes or so. And going off of nothing but what I told her to do, within five minutes she looked like she had been flying the MP for months. She actually brought it in and landed it herself too.

MavicBouvier · Aug 23, 2017

msinger said:
Welcome to Mavic Pilots!

Here are some items you might find useful:

Mavic Manual & Release Notes (the manual does not come in the box)

Firmware Update Instructions

Most Common Pilot Mistakes

MavicHelp.com (lots of Mavic tips & accessories)

This has to be the most pertinent list that every new owner should know about.

I have been flying for a few years now (PH2) and I have bookmarked some pages.

Many thanks to msinger for it.

Samson 811970 · Aug 24, 2017

AZrrt said:
Will I be able to fly just fine with the galaxy 8 + or can I use my ipad mini?

Hi AZrrt... I have the s8 (not the +), and it works moderately well with the dji go app. I've had a few crashes (of the app, not my Mavic) during flight, and it only takes about 15 seconds to fire it back up...that's certainly not excusing dji from giving us a less-than-stable app, but it does not detract from my enjoyment.

I'm a relatively new pilot, so maybe I don't know better.

My advice: stick to performance mode, keep it line of sight until you get your feet wet, and above all, RTFM! [emoji3]

ENJOY!

Jixxerz · Aug 24, 2017

Samson 811970 said:
Hi AZrrt... I have the s8 (not the +), and it works moderately well with the dji go app. I've had a few crashes (of the app, not my Mavic) during flight, and it only takes about 15 seconds to fire it back up...that's certainly not excusing dji from giving us a less-than-stable app, but it does not detract from my enjoyment.

I'm a relatively new pilot, so maybe I don't know better.

My advice: stick to performance mode, keep it line of sight until you get your feet wet, and above all, RTFM! [emoji3]

ENJOY!

That's another thing AZrrt, and thanks for reminding me Samson because I forgot to mention it earlier. Out of my now approaching 400 flights on my Mavic alone, DJI GO has never crashed on me once during flight. Now don't get me wrong I've dropped video, all contact completely, had some hiccups here and there........but the app has never crashed. The only things I have ever used to fly with are.

128 GB iPhone 6s Plus
256 GB iPhone 7 Plus
128 GB iPad Mini 4

No app crashes
No Mavic crashes

To each his own but I'm sticking with Apple

L.L. · Aug 24, 2017

Welcome from another newbie.

I'm an Android guy all the way but when it came time to figure out what to utilize as the main tablet for the Mavic, it was iOS all the way with a iPad Mini 4. Honestly, I don't trust the Android app with much more posts about crashes on the Android side of things. In all of the research, i did not see a single post about crashes on iOS so that decision was easy.

Ymmv but I chose iOS for the Mavic even though Android is still what I prefer for other things. Good luck and be safe.