More and more people are deciding to buy a drone for their own use or for companies for professional use. In recent years, sales of these products have grown due to the versatility of drones. The DJI Mavic Mini is a drone model with special features such as 249g, maximum speed of 13 metres per second, flight time of half an hour, built-in stabiliser and camera, option to insert microSD card and many more advantages.
What is the Mavic Mini?
The DJI Mavic Mini was released on 30 October 2019 and was designed with the purpose of having a lower take-off weight of 250 grams. The DJI Mavic Mini electronic device weighs exactly 249 grams.
It is always necessary to find out about the regulations in your country before flying the drone, it is possible that with the DJI Mavic Mini you may not need a license to fly it, or even in some countries it may be considered a toy due to its weight and dimensions, but it is possible that in some countries you do need a license to fly it.
Will the weight of the Mavic Mini exceed 250g when using a microSD card?
One of the key features of the Mavic Mini is that it will not exceed 250g in weight. When a microSD card is inserted, it will not exceed this amount either, as long as the recommended cards are used. The weight of the drone is less than 250g including battery, propellers and recommended SD card. The recommended cards are:
16GB: SanDisk Extreme, Lexar 633x.
32GB: Samsung Pro Endurance, Samsung Evo Plus, SanDisk Industrial, SanDisk Extreme V30 A1, SanDisk Extreme V30 A2, SanDisk Extreme Pro V30 A1, SanDisk Extreme Pro V30 A2, Lexar 633x, Lexar 667x.
64GB: Samsung Pro Endurance, Samsung Evo Plus, SanDisk Extreme V30 A2, Lexar 633x, Lexar 667x, Lexar 1000x, Lexar High Endurance, Toshiba EXCERIA M303 V30 A1, Netac Pro V30 A1.
128GB: Samsung Evo Plus, SanDisk Extreme V30 A1, SanDisk Extreme V30 A2, SanDisk, Extreme Plus V30 A1, SanDisk Extreme Plus V30 A2, Lexar 633x, Lexar 667x, Lexar 1000x, Lexar High Endurance, Toshiba EXCERIA M303 V30 A1, Netac Pro V30 A1.
256GB: SanDisk Extreme V30 A2.
What is the maximum flight speed of the DJI Mavic Mini?
Before flying the drone, certain factors must be taken into account that the drone owner must be aware of at all times. The current regulations must be taken into account and you must know in which areas you can fly a drone and in which areas you cannot. The European drone regulations that came into force on 31 December 2020 affect all types of drones, regardless of their weight and size. It sets out all the rules that must be followed to fly these technological devices, so the recommendations and rules mentioned in this document must be followed in order for the flight to be legal. You must also take into account the restrictions of the areas and locations where you plan to film. There are places where video recording and image capture is prohibited.
The average speed of the Mavic Mini is 8 metres per second, but this depends on the flight mode in which the device is configured, as it has three different possible flight modes: sport mode, position mode or CineSmooth mode. Therefore, the maximum speed it can reach in normal atmospheric conditions is 13 metres per second in Sport mode. It is recommended that if you are flying a device like this for the first time or are just learning to fly, do not use this mode until you are more comfortable and experienced in flying. Sport mode can be really fast! In position mode you will get up to about 8 metres per second and in CineSmooth mode you will get up to 4 metres per second.
The maximum ascent speed is 4 metres per second in Sport mode, 2 metres per second in Position mode and 1.5 metres per second in CineSmooth mode.
On the other hand, the maximum descent speed will be 3 metres per second, 1.8 metres per second and 1 metre per second depending on which mode you are in. All this is subject to favourable weather conditions.
Although it is worth noting that the DJI Mavic Mini’s maximum wind resistance is 8 metres per second at scale 4. It should be noted that it is not a good idea to push the drone to its limits of flight range, video transmission range or maximum battery life, as this could cause problems for the drone.
How big is the Mavic Mini?
The size of the Mavic Mini depends on whether it is folded or unfolded and with or without propellers. Therefore, the following is the size of the Mavic Mini in either position:
Folded: 140 × 81 × 57 mm (length × width × height).
Folded: 159 × 202 × 55 mm (length × width × height)
Unfolded (with propellers): 245 × 289 × 55 mm (length × width × height)
Do DJI Goggles work with the Mavic Mini?
Currently, DJI Goggles are not compatible with the Mavic Mini, as this product has only recently been introduced to the market and the Mavic Mini drone is used with the new DJI Fly app. Currently, this app is compatible with Mavic Mini and Mavic Air 2, but there are plans to add support for more drones. The goggles that are compatible with DJI Mavic Mini are the FPV goggles.
