Official Mavic Air Range Leaderboard!

JB999 · May 28, 2018

StokeyBry said:
Wow, I wish I could achieve that distance.
My best is 2,500m although in an urban area and only owned it for 2 days so I've yet to fly it in the field.

2500 m in urban areas with a stock set up is not so bad. Keep pushing Thumbswayup

JB999 · May 28, 2018

Jotne said:
Remember hi is using a modified drone. Several external battery and I guess he uses some to get antenna signal to get more in one direction and his is for sure in FCC and not CE mode.

Not several external batteries, one is all the MA can carry without negative effects on the airtime. Yes i, use 4Hawks Raptor XR antenna, with 14dBi on 5,8gHz.

Thoarax · May 28, 2018

With the wind out, into the wind back, 4hawks SR

Long Ranger · May 28, 2018

Ok pilots, I see we have a couple of new entries.
Board updated!

JB999 · May 29, 2018

13114 meters, Total 26244 meters

Long Ranger · May 30, 2018

JB999 said:
13114 meters, Total 26244 meters

View attachment 39017 View attachment 39018

Very nice run JB! You are getting close to the limits of the MA.
Do you think it's possible to make it to 14?

lolo780 · May 30, 2018

The Mavic Air really could use longer arms to improve efficiency. And some weight can be dropped: top cover, fan, as many sensors as possible, battery case, drill lightening holes everywhere...

FEMit · May 30, 2018

lolo780 said:
The Mavic Air really could use longer arms to improve efficiency. And some weight can be dropped: top cover, fan, as many sensors as possible, battery case, drill lightening holes everywhere...

#speedholes

lolo780 · May 30, 2018

FEMit said:
#speedholes

Get out the drill/dremel and shave off those grams.

FEMit · May 30, 2018

lolo780 said:
Get out the drill/dremel and shave off those grams.

those are some nice speed holes!

Long Ranger · May 30, 2018

lolo780 said:
Get out the drill/dremel and shave off those grams.

How much weight is removed by this method before structural integrity is compromised? That is the question!

JB999 · May 31, 2018

The screen recording from my 13,1km flight the other day.

Cj719 · May 31, 2018

Not too bad all stock on 5.8 heavy WiFi area. @Drone Master

comthre3 · May 31, 2018

JB999 said:
The screen recording from my 13,1km flight the other day.

Amazing run once again. Can you walk me through the steps you take?

So What I do is turn on the main battery of the drone, then connect my external battery. cuz when I connect the battery directly it turns on without even if the drone battery is off. Also can you please tell us whats the best way to connect the battery. I mean in terms of placement and all. I'll upload a photo of my setup later on today.

On a different note, I flew in 38-degree weather yesterday, the battery temp went up 89 degrees. Then I started getting a barometer error. I don't know if that caused permanent damage to the drone or not. Ill test it later.

JB999 · May 31, 2018

Long Ranger said:
Very nice run JB! You are getting close to the limits of the MA.
Do you think it's possible to make it to 14?

Yeah im getting closer and closer to the limit for sure, i think 14 is possible. There are a few more details to combine into the same flight that may take it to 14 or even a bit further...

JB999 · May 31, 2018

comthre3 said:
Amazing run once again. Can you walk me through the steps you take?

So What I do is turn on the main battery of the drone, then connect my external battery. cuz when I connect the battery directly it turns on without even if the drone battery is off. Also can you please tell us whats the best way to connect the battery. I mean in terms of placement and all. I'll upload a photo of my setup later on today.

On a different note, I flew in 38-degree weather yesterday, the battery temp went up 89 degrees. Then I started getting a barometer error. I don't know if that caused permanent damage to the drone or not. Ill test it later.

Yes, thats the correct way, the main first and then connecting the external. I place the battery cross the body, although long side the body is probably better to minimize the drag, but you need to turn off the downward sensors for that, something i have not done yet...
89 degrees seems a bit to hot to be healthy....

Long Ranger · Jun 1, 2018

Wow, I read that @JB999 had lost his MA in a attempt to push for further range. Luckily, he recovered his aircraft 9000M away from home point.
Kudos to you JB. Live to fly another day.
Let us know what happened. Would like to see your logs on that deal.

Maybe video.

comthre3 · Jun 1, 2018

Glad to hear that he'd got it back.

JB999 · Jun 2, 2018

Long Ranger said:
Wow, I read that @JB999 had lost his MA in a attempt to push for further range. Luckily, he recovered his aircraft 9000M away from home point.
Kudos to you JB. Live to fly another day.
Let us know what happened. Would like to see your logs on that deal.
Maybe video.

Yeah, thats right i lost my MA for a while yesterday, actually thought it was gone until i realised that it went straight down from the point where i lost signal, so i went there and there it was just lying in a woodarea with out s scratch.
Have not been able to read the log files yet, if some one know how, please let me know. I have the files but CsvView do not accept the files...
Unfortunately the screen recording was also corrupted for some reason, i will also try to recovery that file
Anyway, soon back in the air...[emoji106]