Remote stick removal confirmed

[dsd317]

I received my Mavic Oct 31 (ordered Sept 27) and couldn't remove the sticks. i pulled pretty hard but didn't want to damage it.

Well... i guess the differences with our sticks are from typical manufacturing tolerances.

 

[Shield2160]

I received my Mavic Oct 31 (ordered Sept 27) and couldn't remove the sticks. i pulled pretty hard but didn't want to damage it.

I also received my Mavic in November & ordered on September 27 and my sticks do not remove. So i bought this stick holder for $6.00 from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXS1JDA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and it's great.\View media item 283

 

[NOLA-J]

****UPDATE****

I fixed it.

I did the controller stick re-calibration about 3 more times and it finally worked. So why did it not work the first time----- I was doing the calibration all wrong. Silly, I know, but they key to proper recalibration is to roll your sticks around, like tracing a box, but very very slow. I was spinning them around super fast because I thought it was making the white trace line appear faster. Nope. Once I watched this video:

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It finally worked.

Needless to say I am very relieved and back to thinking this little machine is amazing once again. The let down broken tech can give you dives deep into your soul, so I am thankful for the internet and the people trying to help. Y'all are awesome.

Also: The moment I re-calibrated it gave me a magnetic field error. So this made me think everything had gone bananas, but little did I know, I was putting the mavic on an unopened package in my den. In the box: a magnetic knife holder to hang knives and metal in your kitchen.

It's been a rollercoaster of emotions.

 

[Nathan Hoover]

Glad you got it working. Nice video! I had never seen what that looks like, so thanks.

 

[don.ilutions]

Super plastic / polimorphus

It works

 

[Shep]

I can confirm. Sticks are removable, and can be easily inserted back again. However, I have two concerns:

1. Will repeatedly removing them wear the sockets which over time?
2. Will the act of pushing them back in affect the internal mechanical mechanism? (note: pushing them back in require a bit of force)

I think the answer to both of these concerns is, "Yes" over time. How much time is yet to be verified.

 

[Pedro]

I really want them to be removable. It would make sense for them to be removed, considering the compact design of the Mavic. But there is no way the controller I have right now was designed to be removed. It just didn't budge, and now I am dealing with the potential loss of the controller.

So I now have a second Mavic (temporarily) and the sticks on this controller will definitely not budge..