Prop Life? When To Replace.

[erkme73]

One important thing to note is that each prop is locked on the motor with three small legs. I had a very minor crash into a wall during an indoor flight test. There wasn't even a scuff on any of the blades, and the MP flew just fine immediately afterwards. Since the MP was new to me at the time, I pulled one of the blades off to see how the locking mechanism works. Dumb luck had me pull the one blade off that had internal, non-visible damage. One of those three legs had snapped off. The broken piece was still inside the motor hub. The blade was holding on with only 2 legs. It didn't seem to affect the performance at all. Me discovering the damage was a purely incidental finding.

Lesson learned: Even if there appears to be zero damage to the props, take them off of the motor to inspect the underside. Flying with only 2 out of three legs may work... for a while...

 

[SussexBedouin]

One important thing to note is that each prop is locked on the motor with three small legs. I had a very minor crash into a wall during an indoor flight test. There wasn't even a scuff on any of the blades, and the MP flew just fine immediately afterwards. Since the MP was new to me at the time, I pulled one of the blades off to see how the locking mechanism works. Dumb luck had me pull the one blade off that had internal, non-visible damage. One of those three legs had snapped off. The broken piece was still inside the motor hub. The blade was holding on with only 2 legs. It didn't seem to affect the performance at all. Me discovering the damage was a purely incidental finding.

Lesson learned: Even if there appears to be zero damage to the props, take them off of the motor to inspect the underside. Flying with only 2 out of three legs may work... for a while...

I too crashed my Mavic, hit a small tree branch I hadn't noticed.

I lost a prop. When I got the Mavic back and turned it over, the tip of one of the locking legs fell out of the motor. I believe these locking legs might be a weak point, and will be my main point of inspection from now on.

By the way, the rest of the Mavic was absolutely fine, tough little bird.


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[younumpty]

Will these se fit the Mavic? If so, where do you purchase? Any advantage or disadvantage with these vs OEM?


Ghostrider215

Too funny LMAO


Fly safe...

 

[Heavysledz]

Will these se fit the Mavic? If so, where do you purchase? Any advantage or disadvantage with these vs OEM?


Ghostrider215

way too big to fit the Mavic Pro plus the mounting design is totally different.

 

[ghostrider215]

way too big to fit the Mavic Pro plus the mounting design is totally different.

Got it. Thanks


Ghostrider215

 

[amalia saputro]

Well that's a possibility but not a certainty. Certainly not something I will be worrying about.

The Mavic’s motors are not all on the same plane. Will this affect its flight performance? No.

What happens if the propellers are not fully unfolded before flight? Once the rotors start spinning, the centrifugal force will automatically push the propellers into the correct position, so you don’t need to worry about not having unfolded them perfectly.

This guy cuts an inch of a prop DJI Mavic Pro Drone Extreme test
and it is rock solid, he flies it with virtually its own weight of water hanging below a prop Rock solid. While you are saying that a lack of hinge friction WILL cause it to ahem "Search" ?? I dont buy it sorry.

What about the small freeplay betwen mavic propeller and motor... I have litle freeplay on propeler when i hold the motor and move the propeller right and left.. Is that normal or change propeller? Never crash never hit something, etc, so no damage on prop... Only the free play on motor and propeller,