A couple of months ago, I decided to sell my Mavic Pro and put the money to a Mavic Air. The main reason was image quality, and in particular, the 'Watercolour Effect' that plagued so many MP owners. I'd learned that you could fix this problem by setting sharpness at +1, but this just didn't seem to be a satisfactory way of dealing with an image problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place. The Air, with its increased video processing speed of 100MBps, seemed to offer better image quality all round.
I was also attracted by the APAS system: if I did a Litchi waypoint mission, I thought, and the craft met a tree, it would fly over it or around it and thus complete the mission, rather than just hovering until the battery ran down.
So I got the Mavic Air, did lots of flights, and I just wasn't happy. My main problem was the WiFi constantly either cutting out for a few seconds, or else losing transmission completely and triggering RTH. When you find yourself hoping and praying that RTH will work, that isn't good.
The other problem was the noise. The Air is supposed to be one decibel quieter than the Pro, but subjectively, it's ten times louder. Drone-hating is only ever going to increase, and I can tell you, nearly every time I started the craft up anywhere where there were people - even hundreds of yards away - I'd cringe, and wonder if I was going to get a lecture on how inconsiderate we droners are.
So I've sold up, and will soon be buying another Pro, since I can't afford to wait for the Pro 2. I only hope the Watercolour Effect has been well and truly dealt with by now.
Are there any other 'Air-back-to Pro' people out there?
I was also attracted by the APAS system: if I did a Litchi waypoint mission, I thought, and the craft met a tree, it would fly over it or around it and thus complete the mission, rather than just hovering until the battery ran down.
So I got the Mavic Air, did lots of flights, and I just wasn't happy. My main problem was the WiFi constantly either cutting out for a few seconds, or else losing transmission completely and triggering RTH. When you find yourself hoping and praying that RTH will work, that isn't good.
The other problem was the noise. The Air is supposed to be one decibel quieter than the Pro, but subjectively, it's ten times louder. Drone-hating is only ever going to increase, and I can tell you, nearly every time I started the craft up anywhere where there were people - even hundreds of yards away - I'd cringe, and wonder if I was going to get a lecture on how inconsiderate we droners are.
So I've sold up, and will soon be buying another Pro, since I can't afford to wait for the Pro 2. I only hope the Watercolour Effect has been well and truly dealt with by now.
Are there any other 'Air-back-to Pro' people out there?