The DJI maverick Platinum is the update to the wildly successful DJI maverick I
purchase my Fly More combo 90 days
let's have a look at what's of the box
The first thing you notice about the drone is a physical size. Toaster . Drone
Toaster. Drone. Toaster. Drone.
It has an exceptionally
small footprint that is comparable to a DSLR or portable speaker. The Platinum is
the same size as a previous version with the legs expanding from the body. Beyond
the platinum finish there are only two updates with this version the noise and
flight type. The Platinum gets an additional three minutes flight time per
battery and it's 60% quieter
It has a bunch of features to make it easier to fly and prevent you from
losing or crashing it. Takeoff is similar to unlock in an iPad you just swipe to
the right.
Unlike cheaper toy-level drones the Mavic uses GPS to know its position
if you take your hands off the controls it doesn't drift in the wind or
crash to the ground it just hovers smoothly when you're learning to fly
there is a beginner mode that limits a distance and height of the drone as well
as the speed that it will move at. This combined with the autonomous hover makes
it easy to learn how to fly you don't need any previous drone experience. The
Mavic also has front sensors that high light when you were getting close
to an object the colors changed from green to yellow to red as you get closer
and the drone will slow down as he continued to get closer and an alarm will even
sound
the controller uses your smartphone as a display so you can see what the drone
sees it also displays a series of useful information such as a map you can use to
fly home. The Green Line shows a direct path back to the take-off point the
dynamic power bar shows you how much time is left on the battery and there's
a H when you need to return home you can also see the strength of the
controller and of the satellite connection at the bottom of the display
the height and distance of the drone relative to the take-off point to shown
and at the top the current camera settings
the controller symbol allows you to enter a series of smart modes I found
most of these modes were fairly useless for example tap fly lets you touch the
display to direct the drone without use of a controller the mode I found
genuinely helpful were active truck which lets the drone follow an object
and perform a perfect cinematic circle around it. Tripod which is good for
taking photos this drastically reduces the speed of the drone and allows some
minor adjustments. Cinematic mode is my default mode, it creates much smoother
pictures as you're flying and sports mode is great for getting around high speeds
if you want to follow a car or you're battling against strong winds this
mode should have enough power to drop in sports mode the drone can maintain 40
miles per hour
perhaps the most powerful smart feature is the return to home if you have lost
track of the drone or you just want to autopilot home
there is a return to home button on the controller the drone records the point
of takeoff when you press the return to home button it elevates to a safe
altitude travels directly back to that point and lowers safely to the ground by
default if the drone loses connection with the controller it also returns home
this feature even kicks in if the battery's low.
While I love the Mavic
it's not without its weaknesses DJI releases regular updates for the drone
if you fly only once a month you'll probably need to update every time you
fly the updates are often more than 100 megabytes and can take over an hour to
install this is a significant barrier to having a quick flight. The camera is the
equivalent of a good smartphone camera. It films in 4k so outside in good light the
footage looks amazing but in low-light situations the camera
does struggle
The senses as I mentioned before on the front of the drone
so they're very good at stopping hearing things as in going forward but if you
move it left or right up down backwards there's no real senses to stop impact.
The camera has the ability to rotate up and down but not left or right to shoot left
or right the entire drive needs to rotate and unless this has done very
gently the smoothness of the footage is destroyed. The worst issue that I
continue to encounter is a phone display disconnecting this is particularly scary
if you're flying over a cliff above the ocean I've been using the Samsung s7 but
it doesn't seem to affect everyone with this phone but it is a semi-regular
problem for me normally all reconnect after 10 seconds
or so but a few times I've just had to use a return to home button and turn the
entire drone on and off
is a Mavic Platinum the right drone for you? Well it depends what you want at
around 2000 Australian dollars it's exceptionally expensive this is
especially true when considering that the DJ air and spark offer similar but
not as good performance for a significantly reduced cost outside of
the DJI family there turns available for well under $500 that are faster and
tougher than Mavic
The Mavic is a right drone for me the handling is fantastic the footage
looks amazing I have a range of up to five kilometers it's just a fantastic
piece of technology and I think is telling that what Will Smith started his
YouTube channel his team bought a DJI Mavic.
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