DJI Mavic Air 2 Teardown: A Look Inside DJI’s “Best Drone EVER”

[@marnickbar4794]

First drone teardown Ive ever seen. Im exited Ifixit!

[@iFixitYourself]

Now we're excited!

[@marnickbar4794]

@@iFixitYourself awww 😝

[@bruhdabones]

“Exited”

[@meganwyatt1607]

Qaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@jvmauricio107]

That xray shoot of the drone looks like a scary post apocalyptic cyborg.

[@iFixitYourself]

💯can't unsee it now!

[@DobermannJeff]

:D

[@ray-charc3131]

No use. What is for?

[@slevinshafel9395]

@@ray-charc3131 to see where metals are like wires and screw drive. So you dont have to guess where is still locked(like hide screw drive) or dont cut it accidentaly. It is nice tool.

[@Adrian-jn9ov]

The Music should be quieter

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

The music shouldn't be there at all (I'm not a fan of background music).

[@pierrick1705]

yeah i hate music cause it prevents me from watching at a faster speed!

[@KhanjanYT]

Everytime

[@massimiliano1306]

@@SlartiMarvinbartfast just use rtx voice.

[@jgurtz]

Sounded fine to me 🤷‍♂️

[@GastoNet]

How this guys can make a teardown video in 4 minutes??? It's insane, that's why they are the best.

[@iFixitYourself]

We appreciate that!

[@hugodeandres1497]

Because it’s not a step by step video

[@JAKOB1977]

You gonna have a field day when you someday get familiar with an editing program.. get real they could make it in 10 seconds.. it all depends what you will include.

[@LeicaCat]

6/10 seems awfully low for such an easy disassembly.

[@ddegn]

I was thinking the same thing. I think iFixit gets too hung up on solder and glue. Both are viable assembly options. Anyone adventurous enough to try to fix their own drone should learn how to solder.

[@idontcare7961]

@@ddegn Exactly and its not like soldering irons are expensive, you can literally buy them for less than 10 bucks. And its not that difficult either just a clean surface and good temperature setup and anyone could do the basics.

[@kunstbanause]

I agree, this drone is easily a 7. Should it disassemble itself for a 10, wtf?!

[@dennisvanmierlo]

I also agree. A 6 is way to low. 8 out of 10 is much better. Look at how accessible these solder points are.

[@savejeff15]

@@kunstbanause it repeares itself at 10/10

[@originalmianos]

6 out of 10 for a drone sure but that thing looks super simple compared to a phone.

[@rileywags]

6/10?? 11/10...

[@jgurtz]

yup, soldered motor connectors pretty bad. Immediately makes repair into a "techie" thing vs. connectors.

[@originalmianos]

Except no one would ever just use a connector for the motor connections for a quadcopter. There is too much current combined with the vibration at the motor. Maybe connectors on the end of the cable for the board, away from the motors, which they do do. It's common for these toy quadcopters to provide spare motors with the cable pre soldered to a wire with a connector that you have to thread through the arm.

[@motorsportislife9598]

Soldering a so easy connection only require a soldering tool (20 in ebay) and a bit of tin... nothing special in ma mind

[@Kayshots]

Jason Gurtz-Cayla my 30$ drone had connectors. Trust me it’s not that great. After 1 hard Landing (Stuck in a tree and fell 6 meter) the connectors broke and there was no way to connect them without replacing the wires with new ones. So soldering is stronger and will last longer as these drones will last up to 7 years

[@a4andrei]

This is a 7 or 8 out of 10, any day! And compared to a phone, it's an 11/10. Nice video but background music was a bit too loud and drowned the already fairly quiet voice.

[@chiefdenis]

Exactly, i was going to say an easy 7 that looks really repairable, something extremely rare with modern tech, still respect their rating though

[@TheFlaffyDaffy35]

It’s nice about a small intro, and detailed short video. not the first 10 minutes of a youtuber bragging, sob story, ad campaign, then random bs and ends it with 3 seconds of the actual video topic. He gets straight to the point, love it

[@theopee1]

That was awesome I would love to see more drone tear downs

[@EverythingDigital5779]

“Even though they dominate the market they continue to innovate at every price point” *Apple has left the chat*

[@eyeofthetiger6002]

Can Apple get into the drone market now or is it too late? I wish they would as it would certainly provide DJI some healthy competition!

[@jgurtz]

So true 🤣 Paging the Rossmann group!

[@johnricang8791]

At least they dont release half bake products. Im talking about Samsung's ultrasonic fingerprint.

[@krismurphy7822]

@@johnricang8791 it works well lol apple is known from releasing beta-products

[@nasseralkhelaifi1853]

First laptops to totally use USB-C, afterburner cards, cases that are totally silent even on full load, iPhone cameras are one of the best phone cameras, iPhone SE2, Retina Displays, Mac Pro Display, Radeon Pro Vega II Duo, etc... They don't innovate at litteraly every price point, but they still manage to do better than others.

[@anajit]

Tnx

[@akizer0]

a 6/10 score. This is much more easier to repair than an iphone 11 (which also 6/10 ifixit score)

[@oliviergoggins]

Comparing a drone to a phone might be not a great option?

[@muzikmon2267]

WHAT SIZE HEX SCREW TO TAKE OUT THE SMALL 2 SCREWS AT THE FRONT OF THE GIMBAL.. Those screws are smaller than the 1.5 mm Thank you great video!!

[@LouisDallara]

Great one I look forward to one on gimbal repair

[@lbgstzockt8493]

More Xray images would be amazing to see in the future!

[@heydonray]

Subbed. I like the quick and dirty format.

[@SimoPortti]

3:30 hold up. The landing leg on my mavic air 2 broke and the two connceting cables from the led got disconnected. Do I need to open the propel thing also if I want to connect new leg and the cords to the led?

[@brokensword2621]

wow I didn't know drones have so much technology inside them. this is so great

[@giffardjustin]

Can we have a full tear down video of the controller? Also maybe a teardown of the mini 2?

[@RDroneUY]

Hi, where is the ADS-B receiver module located? You didn´t mentioned it. BTW, Thanks for the video!!!

[@stevenreilly7169]

Are you able to show where the ADS-B sensor is? UK version didn't get Airsense due to supply shortage. Keen to see if it's a clip in module we could add at later date or if it's a chip on main board - curious to see if I just have a big space where it should be.

[@willwright8066]

Any links or guides to acquiring spair parts would be nice to see. Somthing like the availability of official or non official parts eg Ebay, amazon, chinese etailers. That sort of thing. Could also be apart of the scale. From apple parts to pc parts.

[@glennmiller394]

Please do more. These videos are helpful. Maybe not today, but at some point in time.

[@FoxHotelLima]

Where is the ADS-B module (Airsense) located? There doesn’t seem to be any talk about this? and EU Air 2 teardown looks to be identical!

[@austntexan]

3:22 do you know what size these screws are? They hold the baseplate down on top of the motor. Thanks!

[@RTRRey]

I've seen a lot of drone teardowns but yours is top notch, showing the x-ray... Wow awesome.

[@Neslekkim]

How do one get spare parts?, some small parts on the gimbal is broken after a crash, the gimbal itself works still after snapping it together, but would be nice to replace some of the broken plastic covers.

[@smallbizconnection5628]

Great video. Would be great, however, if you could actually find the parts. Cannot locate a replacement gimbal assembly for this. Any ideas where to look?

[@rumamukherjee1738]

Nice to see the teardown video. Keep making more of this.

[@eduardongc]

Hello, excellent video, can you confirm where exactly the compass is located? Thanks

[@pengw4955]

very helpful video! can you please point me to the location of IMU sensor? I need to replace it soon...

[@DJLsbVapes]

No disassembly of gimbal and camera sensor? Shame

[@sebastianmarin6342]

hey do you know where I can buy parts for the mavic air 2? I need the camera arm bracket.I can't seem to find any for this model. Thank you

[@jakedavid2523]

great video! Im trying to add an external battery. Do you happen to know if those 2 holes on the esc near the battery connector a positive and negative battery input?

[@Geotubest]

Interesting. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

Something I dont think was mentioned. The Motor // Arm soldering points are actually spaced pretty far apart, making it easy for even a novice at soldering to be able to do it easily. Most DIY focused FPV drone electronics arent done in such a way. You are lucky to get a mm or two between pads, here we see like 1/4 inch. Dont like that they didnt put a plug for the arm motor combo, but I get that it adds weight and they wanted to save every 0.1 gram here.

[@KaneLono]

Question about the bottom cover on the Mavic air 2... There are two round sensors on each side of the LED. When you take the bottom cover off, do those have glass in them or are they just empty holes? In other words, is there supposed to be glass covering the glass sensors? Thanks

[@tandrov]

Bruh that drone cam is even better than the camera I have on my phone.

[@gorbunovalex]

Являюсь владельцем данного чуда... спасибо, за подробный разбор dji mavic air 2

[@theasin_old]

собираюсь потом купить. попрошу у родителей сначала Mavic mini.

[@radioknowledge0]

helpful teardown 😍

[@jordansharwood]

Definitely do more drone teardowns! This one was great!

[@MrBladedshadow]

Is there a way to open only the top cover without removing any electronics ? It seems I have something rattling in my drone (probably a screw ) and would like to get it out without risking damaging my drone. Thx a lot

[@dgretlein]

More quad tear downs, plz. Specifically, the Mavic Mini.....and maybe a comment on whether the Mini image sensors and firmware can be upgraded.😊

[@LeeKobe1]

Excellent video! I'll be disassembling my MA2 soon. Replacing the front sensor module. Hope that clears my "Front Sensor Failure" error. I like the drone but when parts fail for know good reason, you have to wonder about low quality components. Love how it manually flies though.

[@coachfredz70]

Is it easy to tear down the landing gear stand? Just concern, if I need to replace this part, does the LED come out easily or do I need to desolder the wires to remove it from the housing?

[@ambyferns7803]

I tried to use this process on my DJI air 2s to remove the gimbal from the body. The gimbal data cable came out easily from the mother board just as seen in the video, but the video cable does not. seem like the plug and socket of the video cable are different. At least in my drone there was no space to place the pry tool under to release the cable. Please be very careful when trying to get the video cable disconnected, you may end up spoiling the socket on the motherboard. Just a heads up from my experience.

[@phxJohn2010]

Where does the rear sensor connect to? There are two connectors on the bottom, what do they attach to?

[@pangxuekai2151]

Recently crashed my mavic air 2 into the tree and the gimbal's now stuck. After inspection, it looks like one of the cable connecting the gimbal to the drone was cut... Do you have any suggestions on how to fix it/get a gimbal replacement?

[@coachfredz70]

Is it easy to tear down the landing gear stand? Just concern if I need to replace this part, does the LED come out easily or do I need to desolder the wires?

[@DroneManAerialPhotography]

Guys your channel is very usefull. I recently buy my dji mavic air 2. Hope to connect woth your channel forever!!!

[@shmookins]

2:10 That's the cutest heat-skin and fan ever.

[@samgab]

Thank you. But I wish you’d shown more of, or even done a full video on, the new design controller tear down. I’m interested to see more of the insides of that. I’ve seen the X-ray picture of it, but it’s not easy to make out everything without more angles.

[@rexmonte1628]

What is the piece called that he pulled out at 1:31?

[@burkietaa6998]

Do the gimbal teardown please, as i need to replace the gimbal cable on my air 2 pleaseeeeeee 🙏

[@DroneNYC24]

Bro, that’s really cool! You made it look relatively easy!

[@mallal8051]

Bonne vidéo ! Vous avez l'air de bien connaitre ce drone , je peux vous poser une question en français ?

[@SpudinatorYOW]

I guess all I have to say is thank you. Thank you for making an amazing drone teardown video when it's so frustrating to get DJI to do it.

[@bmw7182519]

How would the error, "IMU error" please calibrate, be fixed? Calibration finishes successfully with a green check mark but the error never goes away. Mavic 2 Pro, 2 months old and has done this since I got it.

[@SirRichardofkent]

I have to replace a front arm in mine. Thanks for the breakdown. Waiting on tools and part. what is the fixed blade driver please?

[@Distrax]

thanks allot guys, helped me fixed my drone!!!! C U in the sky

[@sirtubemaster]

One of my 1.5mm sensor plate screws is not drilled so I can’t remove it. Any ideas how to take it off? All other 5 came out no problem but the one has no hole! Agh

[@saiprateekpatnaik7973]

Could you please make a detailed video explaining all the parts of a drone. would help me a lot .

[@michaelgoode9555]

I'd like to see a Mavic Mini teardown as this is the drone where I am probably going to start my drone life.

[@Thatdamdroneguy]

If you have a drone with 1 of the 4 motors magnets feel a lot weaker then the other 3 would you change it the with no errors or anything just feels like the magnets are weak when you spin by hand compared to the other 3

[@agspram]

Recently drone is becoming populair especially DJI product in the world as a hobby or other purpose. There are many trouble due to pilot error. Would you please to more posting how to repair or fix generally drone trouble such as broken gimbal camera, broken arm and motor repair, and others. Thank you for your helping.

[@reesamy6228]

What size hex screwdriver do you use to open the lower body?

[@DavidinEssexUK]

Where was the Airsense module?

[@MisterSoul2008]

Very interesting! Ever thought of unscrewing the new Mini 2? It would also be very interesting what is installed, also in comparison to the Mavic Mini.

[@alishanmao]

were you able to put it back together? :D hahahah good job there

[@kpdelaney6460]

X-ray is so cool! Do that for more vids 👍

[@iFixitYourself]

Can do! Thanks for the feedback :)

[@gmax876]

How was I not subscribed to this excellent content!?

[@Djsmiley77]

Can you please do teardown of Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 13 inches for US market. I am so wondering if there is a possibility to upgrade RAM? Thanks in advance.

[@bluelivesmatter8502]

These videos are so much informative and professional that i'm just confused about less view count.

[@mitch7851]

nothing to see here it’s because of the voice over

[@prinztamme]

What do you think about tearing down the News Magic Keybord for the new iPad Pro?

[@magicvines3d832]

Mavic air 2 has two antennas inside front legs. Which antenna is receiving and which is transmitting? Thanks.

[@BitSmythe]

Is it possible to change the LEDs? I don’t know why drones have red to the front - somebody please explain. Normal aircraft are red=left, green=right, white=rear. As a private pilot, I find the drone colors confusing.

[@JAKOB1977]

Well done Ifixit that you completely jump over the main entry consumer drone of them all. Mavic Mini. whatever, logic has newer been this channels guidance.

[@TheFlyingBusman]

I like it. Looks most repairable. For those without a soldering iron, go buy one, a decent iron is cheap enough so get learning to solder on a few scrap boards. About time more people learned to fix things anyhow instead of throw it away.

[@Ranjithvp77]

Plz do mavic mini 2 teardown

[@jameslee1345]

May I know when you remove the screw for panel facing down 1:13 , do you have to remove 2 seals that will void warranty? I don't see any seal but I want to confirm as after I sent in for warranty claim, I was informed by service centre that my seal is missing and will not entitled for warranty. So unfair! Wonder anybody experience this from DJI service centre

[@battery_wattage]

If you look at one of the screws when new, it has what seems to be a glob of epoxy over the screw cavity. This is one of the known ways DJI determines if your warranty is void. Unfortunately it can be picked out with a finger nail fairly easily.

[@jameslee1345]

@@battery_wattage just be careful, This toy is for outdoor, you can lose this epoxy and lose your entitled warranty

[@oscardasilvapereira1472]

Hi my friend thanks for this tutorial i have one question concerned the famous air sense th is present in hardware our it is just one software system?

[@ingjaviervelazqueztorreon]

What kind of screwdriver to remove the gimbal please?, it was’nt clare for my ear THANKS

[@peterh8198]

can the gimbal be replaced/repaired without purchasing an entirely new camera?

[@yt1234567100]

Good VDO, love it. 5 stars How about Mavic Mini disassembly?

[@jonkeau5155]

I need a tear down of the gimbal itself, I’m swapping in a new gimbal and have to swap the image sensor and cable among other parts ($130 is way cheaper than $300)

[@klaudyuxxx]

How did you remove the LED protection cover from the end of the ARM ?

[@ponticelli]

Very cool video! It's amazing seeing how the Mavic Air 2 is done...! Now I know I could change the gimbal in case I need a replacement!

[@JosephActivate]

This is a really relieving information!

[@joekaspar8004]

What the different between 1529 and 2106 for the main core i have the 2106 version can i change it with 1529 thank you !

[@Atlas_FPV]

surely once you remove the solder of the motor from the board you can pull the wires out through the leg? so you wouldn't need to remove or resolder the motor end.

[@randomtech615]

Does it have humidity tabs so they know if it made contact with water?

[@noahtemple8312]

I'm wanting to buy a broken Mavic air 2. The seller says that there was a piece of string tangled in the motor when he started it and it burnt the motor out. Is it worth buying?

[@ShahZahid]

that board to which the motors r connected to is an ESC so if u ruin it a replacement will be expensive

[@ahyonvlogs]

Thats outstanding tech.. !!

[@sojanmiah]

can you add 2 battery for long time flight or can you show us how to add 2 battery together for long time flight

[@MinhAnh]

Nice video

[@Ishesh_s]

can you attach mavic 2 pro camera in mavic air 2🤔🤔🤔

[@nasim3269]

I am watching this after building my own drone.

[@brianaoliver2675]

Nice teardown video. Good to see how well built the Mavic Air 2 is. Thanks!

[@Natemare13]

When you opened the heatspreaders to see the actual chips (as seen at 2:35), was there any thermal paste under there or were the chips bare with no thermal paste/pads touching the metal heatspreader covers?