Hi, it's illegal.
But have you try to drive your vehicle at 140km/h?

New mini update in the app (V.01.00.0500)

Finally they added manual settings for video

and also new resolution and frame rates



This post has been edited by MichaelJohn: Apr 23 2020, 09:22 PM

I also updated and all went well. Time to practice and learn shooting better video.

new to drones, decided on the Mavic Mini due to low price point & features.

I read through the thread on using 5Ghz to boost the signal ... tried but I didn't get much difference from 2.4Ghz. Residential area, line of sight can't go more than 100m before signal breaking and RTH

any suggestion on signal booster ? or is something faulty.

Hi, the Mavic Mini is also my first drone, and my skill & experience was getting better and better after 3 months+.

I was having weak signal earlier especially in my residential area. During this MCO period, I have tried extensive flight test in front of my house (terrace house) for several direction.
Finally, I was manage to fly the MM to Height 120m & Distance 1500m in one of the direction only, in "AUTO" 5.8GHz channel. True, the app shows me it was on 5.8GHz but MM did fly to 1500m (although the spec said max. 500m at 5.8G).

The rest of direction couldn't reach to max of 500m, and i strongly believe due to LOS.
Bear in mind, LOS mean a straight line, signal interference will occur if there is a tree (or other object) in between you and the drone. The further the distance, the angle of LOS is reducing. Fly higher to increase the LOS angle.

what I learnt from:
1) Remote Controller Antenna Best Practices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7M9JtfVwQE
2) Use parabolic signal booster, this will significantly improve the signal. I bought from https://shopee.com.my/product/22737987/5918095680.
3) Switch my phone to airplane mode during flight.

Fly safe at home.

This post has been edited by skymade: Apr 25 2020, 10:30 AM

thanks ! any idea if I can DIY the antenna booster ? having trouble getting things delivered during MCO

and yes the phone is in airplane mode. I've a spare S7 which I use solely for this Mavic.

LOL, DIY the antenna booster using a simple cans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPgB1auyCo.
I also use an S7 solely for my MM. The brightness is great, but small screen for an old man like me. Plan to get a tablet mount for bigger screen.

How you get auto 5.8mhz... Yours FCC or CE version? Mine when crowded area most of the time get really bad signal unless I change to 5.8mhz but stuck within 500m range

This post has been edited by Deani_77: Apr 26 2020, 12:26 PM

Mine was CE version and the AC decided to choose a 5.8GHz channel in auto mode, when I start flying from my front car porch.
However, it will auto choose 2.4GHz if I am indoor, due to I have massive setup for 5.8GHz home wifi.

I could reach 1500m at 5.8GHz with the 3 points mentioned in my earlier post. Similar result if I manually choose a 5.8G channel.

Thus, I believe if you are in an open area (LOS) without much interference, you could achieve a better distance.

P/S: I never try on fakeGPS.







This post has been edited by skymade: Apr 26 2020, 02:05 PM

Does anyone use "Sunnylife" ND filter? Would like to listen to some comments before purchase it.

https://shopee.com.my/Sunnylife-Mavic-Mini-...2107.5010247929

Yours was CE version. No wonder you get good range in 5.8mhz mode...

No offence, but CE version should have shorter range than FCC version.

My mistake... I thought CE was US version and FCC was the other version

This post has been edited by Deani_77: Apr 27 2020, 05:52 AM

Hi all, been always wanted to get a drone and Mavic Mini is the best deal.
But somehow nowadays kept raining so it kinda hold me awhile to get it now.

Anyway, I watched youtube about the new firmware with the new settings and also there's a video about motor error.
Anyone encountered the problem yet?

Reading from the comments on Youtube, several MM owners also experienced the problem after the update.

Here's the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQ99gvijLg


Wanna monitor closely before buying it.. hehe

Cheers!

This post has been edited by alister88: Apr 27 2020, 11:23 AM

Hi, difficult to answer your question with a "yet".
My update was fine and touchwood,I wish not having the problem in the future.

Just a reminder to all drone operators (including the Mini) in Malaysia



Source

This post has been edited by MichaelJohn: Apr 27 2020, 09:11 PM

then we can not fly mavic mini in Malaysia even for fun and need to get approval from pdrm and CAAM?


I am thinking of buying mavic mini fcc tomorrow via lazada.
But still dont know either fcc or ce is good for malaysia environmenrt. Need help.

Wait for mavic air 2 announcement, then get mavic air at huge discount 😁

Mavic mini is fine and all but i hate the fly app

A question to any big bros here, what does Class G airspace mean? According to US FAA, Class G is anywhere but Class A, B, C, D and E. Thus, if we follow this, does it mean we cannot fly at all?

Few days ago they were saying hobbyists were on standby and some even reported people breaking MCO & etc. Now it is illegal for hobbyists to fly.