DJI Mavic Pro Range Test

[@tonygriffis]

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[@aodrones3527]

Nice flight, Main thing is you made it back

[@cavaleir1]

So could you fly the Mavic say 2 miles land it at a friends house then take off from their return back to you?

[@holleyroc007]

Hello. Could you please tell me how can I fly mine that far. Break it down for me please sir

[@ronaldquint]

Wow that was incredible! That really is in a different league. You went 3 miles out and came back and landed perfectly. Watching this was like I was there. Thank you.

[@ferret1337]

i just unboxed mine! you cant contain the excitement! nothing beats the feeling of getting your first mavic pro

[@vg5157]

Well, Congratulations Tony because you and Michael Kincaid are the only ones going that far testing the range of MP ,great job !

[@MichaelKincaiddontroughit]

Fidelito in South Florida 😎👍

[@deeyung]

I flew mine 1.2 miles and tried landing it at a desired spot, but when I got down so low, it lost signal and Return-to-Home kicked in and it came right back. So... it was scary that I lost signal but awesome seeing how good the RTH worked. The video is on my channel titled "DJI Mavic Pro / Range Test (1.2 Mile Flight!).

[@MrMosinNagant1937]

I don't know about that, theres a guy in florida that uses a mavic to chase cruise ships, he goes out pretty far.

[@simio1337]

Do you have a KZbin link?

[@tonygriffis]

simio1337 m.kzbin.info

[@mavenpilot]

Great signal at 5km away!!! Can't wait to have one!!

[@charliesheen2958]

Michele Vagnetti wie viel km hat des insgesamt Reichweite ich versteh den nicht ganz

[@GRockBlues]

Michele Vagnetti 17200 feet is only 3.25 miles

[@BowWowPewPewCQ]

17200 ft = 3.26 m = 5.24 km

[@burtininkas]

Michele Vagnetti was it controlled with wi-fi and live video stream to phone???

[@tonygriffis]

Cyrex Mavic uses Ocusync to transmit control and video via 2.8, not same as Lightbridge but similar to internet wifi, yes live video stream to tablet. For technical specs you need to go to DJI website

[@patrickg875]

Not Sure if Anyone mentioned this but don't forget that there may have been a tail wind leaving and a headwind coming back and that will increase the ground speed going away but decrease the ground speed coming back. I am sure the battery and distance calculation from DJI may be in a no wind condition. Its common Aviation. It may have been a calm wind on the ground but I guarantee it was not a calm wind above the tree line. FYI. This will throw the battery calculation to get home off and you may end up running out of battery before you land.

[@insurancemann1]

Outstanding video and flight. Thanks so much for posting! I've been waiting for some real life, long range Mavic tests.

[@warren52nz]

Mine arrives tomorrow!!! That range is incredible especially at that frequency and with you on the ground. There must be all kinds of obstacles between you and the drone at 3 miles out!

[@ascites87]

This video make me want to have it now

[@richardoky]

You can't have it now the soonest would be in January 2017

[@ascites87]

richardoky why took so long?

[@wldwarrior]

They are shipping now.

[@Ocelotty1]

Should get mine today (fingers crossed)

[@IbadGrammarX]

*see price*no thank you

[@MortonsontheMove]

Thanks! I was wondering if it would run out of battery before range. Amazing little drone, cant wait to get my hands on one!

[@ALTN8NRG]

Great test of the battery and range! Very informative. I ordered the Mavic too. It's nice to see its real world capabilities.

[@Kryplogic]

Awesome video! Towards the end, I didn't breathe until you landed. Way to press the envelope!

[@terryandteresa]

I ordered my Mavic yesterday. I cannot wait!! There are old gold and garnet mines tucked into the mountains above Palm springs California. I'm going to use my mavic to find them along with ancient native american sites. Very useful tool that will save me a lot of hiking that's unneeded!! Watch for my videos of the sites I find!

[@ARealPersonNotABot]

I'm sure you know this, but if you tap the screen, the Mavic will focus sharpening the picture

[@MiltonSmith]

My son just got his. I have been flying it. Since I fly racing drones I was a little skeptical about the range so your range test is interesting.

[@ScubaVapes]

Great Range Test..That is the best I have seen thus far..Good thing you used sport mode to get out there faster..I was really suprised at the signal strength because I have watched other videos that lost alot of signal at just 1 mile.

[@SEVNTIGERS]

Scuba

[@Valhalla764]

Fantastic safe flight thumbs up 👍

[@smeagolyetti4101]

come check out my Solo 3DR video, it flew 40,000 foot.

[@ZZ-zu9nc]

Wow this is incredible just purchased mine today looking forward to starting to learn !

[@ktutubechild]

That was really awesome, I'm buying one soon!

[@pf7887]

This s the BEST video I have seen yet! I'm looking getting a drone and this was part of my educational lesson thanks!

[@Hollyweirdification]

Absolutely Amazing!!!!! I cannot wait to get my DJI Mavic Pro!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!

[@speeedy_rc]

Well done brother. Great flight! Now lets get that thing modified and out to double that distance.

[@Bellairvideo]

Hi Tony....sadly no Walmart but I get my fix every year or so when we visit the good 'ol USA. We do have Costco here but absolutely no Mavics yet. Regards my friend Noel

[@Drmerlin604]

Great stuff... I would have been getting really nervous below 25%... Very helpful...

[@dexter7425]

So excited to get my new Mavic for Christmas!

[@Yonghing]

thank you so much for risking ur drone on the test ! must be heart beating haha thats so far wow awesome, cant wait to get mine

[@MGRogue]

Judging from this video, the Mavic Pro definitely reaches a further distance without any sort of signal loss compared to the Phantom 4, thanks to the new OcySync technology.

[@FaithwalkerTodd]

With fuel we use the one third rule. A third out, a third back. And a spare third for safety.

[@tgarratt]

"Sweaty Palms" I laughed so hard - Just got mine and I'm still scared to let it get outside of my yard

[@gedgar2000]

To maximize range given a given battery capacity, I have the feeling that from a throttle position standpoint, you'd want to go against a headwind with higher power (presumably going out against the wind), which would give a higher airspeed, than coming home with a tailwind. With the tailwind, reducing power somewhat (vs the headwind leg) is probably best. This would have the result of driving the outbound and inbound ground speed closer to each other than would a constant throttle position. My reasoning is that this is how you get maximum glide range in a glider in wind: Add half the wind speed to your best glide airspeed in a headwind, subtract half the wind speed with a tailwind until you get to the glider's min sink air speed, where you don't go any slower. The reasoning becomes obvious as a headwind gets stronger and stone: To make any forward progress at all may mean max forward airspeed (full power in the quad), and in a howling tailwind, the quads max range speed (in time aloft, which will be faster than a hover) will keep it aloft longer to take advantage of the tailwind. And I bet this could be approximated by equalizing the outbound and inbound ground speeds. Just a thought that I'm sure is valid to some degree.

[@alabaska182]

You shouldn't run the battery under 20%, it will increase the internal resistance of a lithium polymer battery which will decrease the flight time on future charges. The sweet spot is keeping it just a tad above 20% and when you store the battery for say 1-2 months + keep it at around ~ 3.8V/Cell (or 40-50% charged) in a cold room, some people throw it in the refrigerator too.

[@Rob-pb8tp]

Great video, thanks so much. Looking forward to buying one of these, my first drone.

[@smeagolyetti4101]

come check out my Solo 3Dr video, it flew 40,000 foot.

[@liquideffex2]

Just bought mine today and I haven't flown it yet! I can't wait to try this!!!!

[@quentinbush]

Absolutely incredible. Excellent video and a very daring pilot.

[@nasarami]

Awesome flight last few seconds had me on edge. LoL well Well Done. Subbed!

[@duckfuckars]

Nice video, hover your mouse over the videos timeline (red loading bar) for a nice kind of timelapse VERY cool :))

[@KenKneknaneek]

Wow great demo and distance. I guessed you would have 15 percent battery left when you were still mile and half out lol..Good job. Happy Flying !! GrampaKenCanada

[@tipslm7252]

Keep it up buddy doing good job screw the drone police.

[@fpvrange536]

Nice range on stock

[@Raptor50aus]

Excellent 5.2km is excellent so the battery is the limitation I get the same with my P4

[@hahaleris]

What an amazing drone. Very smart, very stable.

[@garyheurich6835]

Thanks for the reply, Tony. I'll check into it.

[@AmayaZelaya]

Great video Tony!

[@IBRA8000]

It is realy awsome drone, Thank's for sharing

[@tpfrk8977]

I know from experience with my p3p if the smart rth tells you to go back.. you should listen. If attempting a real long range flight I think the best thing to do is to always start off flying into the wind so you can return home quicker. I would ideally attempt a long range flight into a really light headwind and not to fly long distances on windy days. Nice video!

[@EvangelistaDrone]

Como não deixar um grande like no canal do amigo belas imagens continue assim meu amigo o que depende mim estamos juntos

[@Stevo1981]

Great Video - Cannot believe how great the range is.

[@alobaker]

Taking off from Walmart!! You sir are an Inspiration

[@dexter7425]

I'd be so scared of running out of battery, doing an emergency landing, and then somebody a couple of miles away takes the drone! Good thing you've got that GPS.

[@jusdsun8319]

Thanks for sharing Tony! Excellent demonstration!

[@noeysfastrc3291]

Sir you are the man, that was some very interesting flying and range test. Very impressive quad. 👍👍

[@havelockvetinari9395]

Hi, very interesting test, I am seriously thinking about buying the Mavic Pro. One comment, you mentioned that the Trackimo does not interfere with the on board GPS. I work as an offshore surveyor and I use multiple DGPS (Differential GPS) systems) symultaniously, we often have up to 10 independant systems working side by side. You should never get independent GPS systems interfering with each other. The way GPS works is that the receivers passively receive signals from the satellites so the only way they would interfere would be if one of your systems was transmitting on the same frequencies used by GPS which is not allowed by law. These are 1575.42 MHz - L1; and a second at 1227.60 MHz L2. So what I am trying to say is you do not need to worry about interference. Also the Video system transmits at 2.4 GHz so that is nowhere near the frequency of GPS. I see the controller also operates at 2.4 Ghz so I would be interested to see how they stop the video and the controller interfering, but as can be plainly seen from your video, they obviously do not. Have fun :-)

[@tonygriffis]

Havelock Vetinari Thank you, good to know

[@l33bracurself41]

Good concept but by time Mavic pro goes 4.3 miles there won't be enough battery to RTH ie return to take off point

[@romanzhahov]

L33 BR4C3Y Drone were carrying tracker.

[@l33bracurself41]

what's carry a tracker got 2 do with what I said

[@kotik9254]

For maximum range fly at about 25mph anything more is inefficient. Also the pilot in this vid flew straight up then hovered before setting off, that wasted power and reduced range.

[@mikeholt7881]

Yup! Guy in the UK did 7.1km using aroung 40kph/ 25mph.......

[@planesstevee]

That was awesome mate thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!

[@jerryel2]

Good job and you have more guts than I have. I've gone way out there but no where near that far but I fly over recently cleared water district land to the east of me when attempting distance runs so it's easier to find. My Mavic has been shipped and due in 7-10 days so my P3A will be retiring I hope along side my P2. I'm hoping Flytrex will come up with an adapter for the Mavic as it saved me once already with the P2 when it took off, throttle wide open, on me for some unknown reason. Led me right to it. It was pretty much destroyed but the GoPro 3+ Black was undamaged. Glad to see you didn't violate any altitude restrictions on you record attempted flight. I did notice the spotters you had along the route. :)

[@jasminelynch9240]

What date you ordered?.

[@tonygriffis]

Jerry Ellis On September 27 as soon as I could get on DJI website

[@jerryel2]

I originally ordered on Oct. 15th at Amazon through the storefront for "Koonst" or something like that. Then they sent an email that DJI had delayed the shipment to Dec. I canceled that order. So I started looking around for other vendors on Amazon on Nov. 3 and just happened to come across one that had 2 left with shipping in 2 days. In 2 days I got a notice that it had shipped and expected delivery was Nov. 5th to Nov. 15th. Both orders were for the "Combo" package. When I checked the same page an hour later there was no more available until Dec. 15th. I think I was just lucky to come across that vendor on Amazon at the right time. However, they didn't issue a tracking number even though they say it shipped. So we will see.

[@jasminelynch9240]

Lucky you, i ordered the combo Oct. 7th and still waiting, wai...................

[@jerryel2]

I've never figured out how Amazon pops up different vendors for the same product. Sometimes it says to click for other suppliers but DJI products don't seem to do that. So try searching for other vendors randomly and maybe you can find one that has them in stock. From the Mavic Owners Forum they are saying the "combo" packages are delayed till 12/15 so many are just ordering the Mavic only from different suppliers. Try Best Buy too. They seem to keep track of how many are in stock and when new shipments are coming and they are usually correct according to reviews. I was just lucky that a different vendor popped up who had 2 in stock. It could have been because someone else cancelled. A lot of that is going on and frees one or two up. I buy through Amazon because I've never had a problem returning ANYTHING. You just need to be firm and they give way. :)

[@stasiszx10r57]

wow thats very impressive. Thank you for up loading this video im going to get my own mavic pro as soon as I can thank you.

[@anthonymalone6533]

That was rather intense. I'm definitely buying it in a day or so

[@reviewcountriescitiestraff171]

thats awesome range. its good to know that my company is selling that mavic pro and we can be proud of that

[@johnmccay6691]

Great test guess that's about the range with that battery seems to have more range than battery or all the range you will ever need.

[@An.Individual]

Making allowances for hovering, he used 33% battery going out, 51% coming back. Good idea to turn around when he did.

[@Tallguysrc]

just got mine yesterday cant wait to fly her.

[@GaryOutdoorsLiving]

Wao. Great flight!! Looking forward to getting my mavic pro for in a couple of weeks.

[@MILLERS066]

Edge of my seat on the trip back lol

[@terryandteresa]

I'm going out right after this video to do a long range flight. I fly almost daily but rarely go more than 500-600 yards away. I never need to fly that far for real estate video. Wish me luck!!

[@tonygriffis]

N'th DEGREE DRONE Do it in an open unpopulated area without towers and wifi interferences, and if possible from an elevated position so that you maintain clear line of sight. Good luck and fly safe!

[@TermitesRGood1]

Dont Forget that battery life doesn't include the Reserve to bring it back home... i would say its more like 20-24% battery life. so it can make its way back if someone pushes 19,000 feet.

[@joshengland5486]

4.3 miles isn't agressive when referring to its a controller range. you could've kept going, but the onboard battery wouldnt have allowed for a full return. the battery wouldve allowed for that range, but it wouldve required you to retrieve it. the battery made a safe 6.5 mile journey but it could not have made a safe 8.6 mile journey. battery range is much lower than the controller range and two independent points

[@JWhetstone02]

So here I am doing some research for a new drone and came across this video at random. What are the chances that as soon as the drone takes off, I recognize the location. This is awesome, and thanks for the range test.

[@Xerodude]

Good test of the Mavics range.

[@MasterYota1]

I watched this video a couple times and I just realized he is going way faster than the 40 miles an hour that Dji claims. The Mavic pro two zoom goes 45 miles an hour and that’s supposedly the big selling point that and the extra half a mile of range.

[@themikeymikechannel2947]

AWESOME VIDEO TONY!!!!

[@StargazerFS128]

That was a nail biter man, you have some guts, good to know what it's max range is though, great test!

[@chris_rider]

I wonder how much additional flight time we could get by reducing speed to 35 MPH? kinda finding the most efficient speed/flight time for long range missions

[@lowhombre]

Wow, that is awesome! Thanks for the video.

[@ugonnaalozie6811]

that music was so damn relaxing and fucking soothing I loved it so I subscribed and your videos are very nice;);););)

[@chrisowens7284]

Carry on what you are doing buddy stupid drone police people commenting on here everyone in this world breaks the law eg people speeding. Some people here sounded like they have never ever broken any laws.

[@dbaadl7829]

Insane this drone is a dream

[@logger470]

Great video, very informative and nice flying

[@bpunlimited]

With range like that you wouldn't want to lose it!

[@janetairlines1351]

Amazing. I have the air. This occusync seems superior. Cant wait for the mavic pro 2

[@mudracer007]

I'm looking into making a purchase now wow this thing is awesome nice video

[@w.o.w2801]

thank you again Tony for advice, I think mavic best choice.

[@tonygriffis]

Volod Kesh You will be pleased. you can order at click.dji.com/AG_iW83fKej_pO3v9Kk?pm=link

[@muhammadfazaannindra.gxiip8648]

I can troll friends at school from my home with this.

[@everfreeeeee]

very nice testing but feel so danger of your mavic haha

[@muzikmon2267]

4.3 miles is not it's the actual real spec under perfect conditions at a certain speed.. that means no wind.. Also remember you had it in sport mode you may come back faster but you're using more battery overall. I would have kept it about 25 miles an hour max..

[@lucamela]

Very helpful video!! Thanks!!

[@furballkimfpv9365]

Great flight Tony. I could never get that google map to work on my android tablet. I tried everything. I even called DJI and got oh we don't support google map no more. Thanks for the footage and test. I have a simple channel in case your interested.

[@martinjm1]

great vídeo! Thanks

[@brettritzmann2937]

Not bad! Good distance!!Note: I always bring tissues with me when I have to blow my nose..

[@tonygriffis]

Brett Ritzmann but I would need an assistant to hold the tissue, probably hard to find

[@MikeandLisasExcellentAdventure]

Nice! I flew mine out 3 miles and put the video on KZbin also.

[@markg999]

Pretty impressive and that didnt even look like the greatest place for a long range flight like from a high up spot.

[@Andre-xe8tj]

Wow!!! Unbelievable.

[@Bellairvideo]

G'day Tony, Well done, great test! Still awaiting my pro combo in Australia. The only disappointing thing is that I would have loved to go into the Walmart for a shopping spree ha Ha. Regards & thanks mate

[@tonygriffis]

Bellairvideo Don't you have Walmart in Australia? Too bad you can't walk into Walmart and buy your Mavic! Thanks for your kind comments

[@oneeyedrone4293]

not to be a smart ass but it looks like the mavic warnings were spot on, not conservative as well. Good thing you turned it back when you did :) Great safe flight.

[@peterhewitson71]

Thanks very interesting video . Pete Western Australia

[@SilvioRSantosP13]

Gostei do brinquedo... Parabéns pelo vídeo.

[@jedrone9721]

very nice!!! if you reduce your speed you will flight more time!!! I love this test.

[@tonygriffis]

Jerome ouellet I've reduced speed and flown longer time but not farther distance. The maximum distance sweet spot is probably about 28mph which doesn't maximize flying time. DJI uses hover time for the 27 minute advertized time, which goes zero distance and uses 100% of battery, which isn't realistic in real life flying when you're going for Max distance and forced auto land kicks in at 10% battery

[@Bigok15]

OMG so thrilling to watch ^^ it was very close 😂

[@webstercat]

If you wanted to present this without all the menu bars showing? I understand the practically and importance but in the final post it would be nice to view without the menu, If you need that. Thanks! Good Job!

[@urieldanini]

Excelente video sobre el alcance del Mavic, el Phantom 4 tiene menos alcance pero me imagino que no se pierde la imagen de la pantalla o si

[@rogerhargreaves2272]

Nice one! Had to convert this to metric though to understand the stats