Hello Hello from Germany. I am Markus and almost 51 years old.
Since about May 2017, I occasionally fly the Mavic Pro (alone, with my girlfriend or friends) in Schleswig-Holstein near Denmark. For this we travel mostly with the bike to locations in the immediate vicinity of our home. Not quite 50 flights have been completed so far, but it is always fun to go on tour with this great aircraft.
For me, the Mavic Pro has proven to be an extremely reliable aircraft because there were no critical events throughout the time of use.
Unexpectedly, I leave at this point all the experience gained with the DJI-Go App, as well as all in the past taken updates.
Even the five original batteries (1 + 2 Fly more + 2 Extra) have so far lost only an average of 2.5 percent of their original capacity after around 16 months. All capacity measurements were done with equipment from ISDT and a suitable Mavic adapter cable.
Incidentally, I found out that the intelligent batteries of the Mavic also accept extremely low charging currents from about 0.5 amps.
However, the charge and discharge currents were constant at 0.26C / 0.52C (1A / 2A) in the consecutive tests, which of course does not meet the real requirements. In flight operations, the requirements are significantly higher and fluctuating greatly.
Anyway, no battery is bloated so far, and still the average flight times are pretty good at 21 minutes.
Maybe someone is interested in my personal handling of the batteries, so I explain briefly below:
- The batteries are charged at least 12 hours before the scheduled flight, and fully recharged at the latest 6 hours after the flight.
- I do not leave any batteries discharged for the stated period of time, and the automatic discharge down to storage voltage (3S / 11.4V) always starts after 24 hours.
- I never charge hot and extremely cold batteries.
- Stored batteries are never charged above 1C (3.8A), at best, they are filled again at 0.26C (1A), because I hope it helps the balancing.
- The usual storage temperature of the batteries is here at about 22 degrees Celsius, and I do not use them at temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius.
- I use complete charge cycles if possible, although this is not mandatory for lithium batteries (LiHv).
- I almost never use the Mavic's sport-flying mode, as it stresses these small batteries extremely.
- I do not fly in very windy situations.
In September this year, I got two new Powerextra batteries. I received these two replicas for the price of an original DJI battery. Due to the price, I dropped any concerns, and so far after two flights per battery I am pleasantly surprised. Both batteries had an initial capacity of about 3930mAh.
So, that was it for now...Enjoy flying everybody...
Since about May 2017, I occasionally fly the Mavic Pro (alone, with my girlfriend or friends) in Schleswig-Holstein near Denmark. For this we travel mostly with the bike to locations in the immediate vicinity of our home. Not quite 50 flights have been completed so far, but it is always fun to go on tour with this great aircraft.
For me, the Mavic Pro has proven to be an extremely reliable aircraft because there were no critical events throughout the time of use.
Unexpectedly, I leave at this point all the experience gained with the DJI-Go App, as well as all in the past taken updates.
Even the five original batteries (1 + 2 Fly more + 2 Extra) have so far lost only an average of 2.5 percent of their original capacity after around 16 months. All capacity measurements were done with equipment from ISDT and a suitable Mavic adapter cable.
Incidentally, I found out that the intelligent batteries of the Mavic also accept extremely low charging currents from about 0.5 amps.
However, the charge and discharge currents were constant at 0.26C / 0.52C (1A / 2A) in the consecutive tests, which of course does not meet the real requirements. In flight operations, the requirements are significantly higher and fluctuating greatly.
Anyway, no battery is bloated so far, and still the average flight times are pretty good at 21 minutes.
Maybe someone is interested in my personal handling of the batteries, so I explain briefly below:
- The batteries are charged at least 12 hours before the scheduled flight, and fully recharged at the latest 6 hours after the flight.
- I do not leave any batteries discharged for the stated period of time, and the automatic discharge down to storage voltage (3S / 11.4V) always starts after 24 hours.
- I never charge hot and extremely cold batteries.
- Stored batteries are never charged above 1C (3.8A), at best, they are filled again at 0.26C (1A), because I hope it helps the balancing.
- The usual storage temperature of the batteries is here at about 22 degrees Celsius, and I do not use them at temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius.
- I use complete charge cycles if possible, although this is not mandatory for lithium batteries (LiHv).
- I almost never use the Mavic's sport-flying mode, as it stresses these small batteries extremely.
- I do not fly in very windy situations.
In September this year, I got two new Powerextra batteries. I received these two replicas for the price of an original DJI battery. Due to the price, I dropped any concerns, and so far after two flights per battery I am pleasantly surprised. Both batteries had an initial capacity of about 3930mAh.
So, that was it for now...Enjoy flying everybody...
