Thanks for posting this video, I'm the Chief drone pilot for my fire department and recently purchased a Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual. For my water and ice rescues I would usually use my Inspire 1 for deploying my inflatable life jackets, setup time is far greater than using the Enterprise dual. I usually deploy a Mustang Throwing Stick (self inflating life ring) which weighs 439.4 grams. Your trial shows me I can handle it which is great. Nothing like a rapid deployment drone with carrying capabilities. Thanks Again, Rick S. Patchogue Fire Department, NY.
Here's a hot tip for those doing lifting tests. Lift a chain. Have a bunch of chain piled on the ground. The lifting capability can now be determined by the number of links that you can suspend above the pile - assuming the links are of uniform weight and you know that weight.
My friend was asking me the other day how much my mavic 2 pro could lift. I didn't have an answer and I couldn't find one. Thank you for doing this test. I watch all your videos
Interesting test for weight lifting capacity. Haven’t seen this done yet, so its pretty cool to see you doing it. The only thing I would be worried about is burning out the motors as it adds a lot of stress to them.
Great video. I love the disappearing truck at 2m40s. I just love your videos. All the thought and then the work, and then editing, rendering and then posting. Many thanks. Much appreciated. Keep safe and healthy.
Don’t know if anyone told you, but the Mavic mini has a payload setting. You use it when you have the propeller cage on. That may change your results. 🤷🏼♂️
Great educational video. I have a Mavic Mini and have not tested its full lifting capability. I do however, have almost every attachment there is for the Mini. From landing skids, extended gear, and floats. Have multiple strobes and six LED spotlights on the front. Most of my configurations weigh in at 94 grams. It handles well with this weight but would not want to push it anymore. Glad to see that it could lift almost twice this much. That puts me in the 50% of Max lift. Feel more comfortable now hauling that extra Weight. Thanks for the informative video. I will place this info in my FYI "between the ears" file.
Good video for those who are into battery modding. I know some folks have already connected two extra batteries to Mavic Pro without a problem, which is close to 400-500 grams of extra weight. But carrying extra weight on and pulling it from under might be a different experience. Also, adding extra weight while cardboard box is on the ground vs when it is up in the air might also influence the test results. Anyway, it's always great to watch your drone experiments. Keep up the good work! Stay safe! Cheers!
It will kill the hobby aspect. Remote ID laws are around the corner. All to make way for amazon delivery drones. It’s a very unconstitutional move just like the 2018 FAA reauthorization act was for the drone hobby.
thank you for that demo. I want use a drone to fish with and this helped with my decision as to what drone to use. My bait, sinker and bopper is less than one pound which makes the mavic pro the best choice. Your video helped a lot. Thanks again.
Folks should realize that each motor has a limited power or thrust..... the more of the finite power used to lift means less power available to maneuver or maintain controlled flight. Thanks for putting this video together!!
I have always thought that the power to weight ratio of the Mavic Air was possibly the best. I suppose that makes sense with the amount of wind it can handle.
Nice! If there is one thing this video demonstrates, it's that you can attach fancy lights, strobing light domes, etc and not affect the flight of these drones, as long as you don't overload them, and they are placed correctly for balance. Very cool :-)
Great video my drone brother. LOL. This was fun to watch. Thanks so much for sharing this great video with us brother. You just gave me soo many ideas to make videos. God bless and stay safe. I have been subscribed to your channel for a very long time. You have a Big fan a Big supporter here brother. God bless. Have a great weekend Captain. Thanks for all you do and please keep flying.
Cool test, Russ! I'll bet they'll carry more when they're moving. A friend sprays crops by helicopter and says when fully loaded he can't take off on throttle alone. He has to be moving, grabbing new air. He lands on a platform on top of a tank truck he refills from, then slides off frontwards as he takes off. He showed me a video - pretty scary!
Very nice comparison Russ, thanks for the effort and share. Not sure why I need to know that my M2 can carry 1lb of cargo, but maybe someday I'll use that for something. Thanks again!
I must be in one hell of a weird mood today because the first thing I thought of when seeing that box hanging from the underside of the Mav Mini was taking hamsters on simulated hot air balloon rides. Imagine fuzzy little whiskery noses poking out of holes at 500'...
Hey Ross You are Amazing.Thanks for your Tip,tricks, Advice's and professionalism.I bought my First Drone last year when i was working during the Summer in Minnesota. Its Mavic Pro simply i cant afford something better.The reason to buy a drone was simple,I am from Bulgaria Living up in the Mountain of Pirin surrounded by three mountains.Amazing Nature ,Miracle winter really high Summits.I wanted to start filming my home mountains froma different point of view and i thought that a drone will be nice idea I have Sony a7ii but i wanted to start filming from above.You were the man who explained to me everything that i should know .For me is hard to understand English (not my first language ) but you speak very understandable, slowly and you know a lot of things about Drones. I want to tell you Great Thanks man keep going with you health and luck.
This is a video that I am glad to watch. I'm happy you did this. That's why I subscribed to this channel. Thanks Russ. What railroad runs on the tracks across the street?
Wow, didn't realize this is almost a year old, thought it just came out, well still great video. I did this about 5yrs ago and below are the numbers I got. Before you read them though, they're gonna seem high. I'm recently retired from 25yrs as a firefighter, we were doing this test when me and another guy were just starting a drone program at our dept, and didn't even have a dept. drone yet, so we were using my personal Mavic Pro 1. Now is the motor speed warning you mentioned, same as the ESC warning? We tested a little different, we used after market low noise props, but that form factor is standard on later models. Mavic Pro's props are a tad smaller at 8331 compared to 8743 on the Pro 2. We also didn't quite do the hover test, more if it started to drop naturally we would give it a little throttle and if it would stay with under 20% throttle we'd keep going. But if ESC warning came on we landed immediately because I didn't want fry one. We used water in a small plastic bag for weight, since we did medic calls too we had some expired non-needle 20cc syringes, and a gram is 1/100th shy of being one cc exactly so we could add down to 1 gram technically, but we usually did it at 10-20 grams at a time. Anyway here was our results... Mavic Pro, March 2016, wind out of the East, at 12mph, Temp 52F 11C. No warnings, no visible stress to the Mavic hovering on own - 810g/1.78lb/28.5oz No warnings, sporadic little wobble, no longer could sustain hover more than 5sec. - 865g/1.90lbs/30.5oz ESC warning 12sec after launch, wobble but still sporadic, no sustained hover - 902g/1.98lb/31.8oz Landed almost immediately on last one and motors were hot to the touch. This was all done for an estimate of how many, if any, flotation devices and what kinds it could carry. We have a lot of water rescues due to river and many lakes in our area we cover. Dept ended up getting a Matrice 600 the next year, but until then we set our SOG (standard operating guideline) at a load weight during rescue ops, at 750g/1.65lb to be safe, with a max of 908g/2.00bs in a IDLH (Immediate Danger to Life or Health) situation at the pilots and safety officer on the scene's discretion. We did that last part because out cheaper plain flotation device that could be dropped to a person not in too much distress and could wait for water rescue team, weighed right at 1.5lbs. similar flotation device but with 100ft of super light weight Prusik cord that would stay attached to quad, so we could pull someone back to shore was exactly 2lbs. Like he says, don't try this at home, even though this was pre 107 for me, we were on fire dept property in open field away from roads and people, several other experienced drone pilots were there and as per our training SOG, everyone wore eye protection and a helmet.
Interesting video. What I'm wondering, companies like Amazon are wanting to use drones for delivery. Are they having custom made drones or is there a certain drone that is available that will lift more ?
Thank you very much for testing this and posting the results! Tomorrow I plan to launch my Mavic 2 Pro with my Insta 360 X3 mounted underneath. The combined weight of the mount and the camera are 202g so I should be good. I'll let you know.
I really enjoy your videos. Thank you. Have you ever found a way to carry something and be able to release it while in flight like a fishing line. Look for a wY to do it electronically
@@m4rio547 The tension on the rope changes as the length changes. That affects the drone's ability to lift. If it's a light solid attachment that keeps everything at 1 place, it'll be able to lift more
Thank you for doing a great job, as I'm wondering which drone to buy for my fishing hobby, I want it to carry hok far away from shore, and carry crabbing trap to distance. DJI is too expensive, I'm thinking to have JJRC or similar else instead, referring to the ratio you give body weight to cargo weight. Thank you again.
Russ, I found I had to press my Rode fur windshield into the slot until I heard a light click. If yours is fairly new like mine, like as in purchased over the last three or four months, they were supposed to have resolved that issue.
Hey Russ, fun test! Curious on how you connected that to the drone? Do you know if there is a way to tether a small banner onto a drone and fly it around? Thx
Great vid Rus. No matter how hard I try, but the combination of a scale, cellophane bags, payloads, and of course the general mention of the unit "gram" inevitably has me thinking of something rather different than: "How do I deliver this roll of toilet paper to my friend who lives just down the road, and while I'm at it, how many grams of toilet paper might I deliver in one drop...?" XD Nevertheless, and thanks to your test, we now know that 5-8 rolls (3 layer/2 layer) of toilet paper can be confidently transported from A to B, in this case using a mavic 2 pro.
As tim060176 says it is interesting what people will do during a period of lock-down. What I was more impressed with, is your ability to make the first two trucks on the road to disappear before they actually passed your place - although your powers seemed to diminish after that - I look forward to seeing a tutorial in the near future once you have mastered the skill.
I used sport mode on my Mavic Pro 2 and lifted 27 ounces. I managed to fly it 1200 yards and dropped the load without any problems.
Excellent!
Perfect 👍👍👍
So as a drug dealer I can easily ship an OZ no problem within 5 miles.. This is good to know.
I was just going to say he needs to switch to sport mode. You know he isn't since you hear collision avoidance going off.
The original mavic pro can lift 2 lbs
Why hasn't anyone included that in the test?
;)
Thanks for posting this video, I'm the Chief drone pilot for my fire department and recently purchased a Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual. For my water and ice rescues I would usually use my Inspire 1 for deploying my inflatable life jackets, setup time is far greater than using the Enterprise dual. I usually deploy a Mustang Throwing Stick (self inflating life ring) which weighs 439.4 grams. Your trial shows me I can handle it which is great. Nothing like a rapid deployment drone with carrying capabilities. Thanks Again, Rick S. Patchogue
Fire Department, NY.
That's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen : an American using metric weights!!!!! Welcome to the rest of the world.
We tend to use metric when measuring under a pound :-)
@@zebrapleco7895 No we don't
Lol! Because I always get a tongue lashing from all my non-domestic subs when I don't!
@@51Drones funny. You have to make videos not only for 350 Mil. Americans but also for nearly 8 billion other people😁
rs parker that is exactly what i wanted to say. Thanks for using metric finally
Here's a hot tip for those doing lifting tests. Lift a chain. Have a bunch of chain piled on the ground. The lifting capability can now be determined by the number of links that you can suspend above the pile - assuming the links are of uniform weight and you know that weight.
Really glad you used grams instead of quarter-sandwiches as weight unit
Your neighbor called, he wants beer delivered now!
the mavic 2 can barely lift a beer. tested that a couple weeks ago. lol
Saw a video in FB about delivering beer to neighbour by RC car. :)
@@SeanOzz Guess it's back to TP for Russ. OR, get a bigger drone. lol
@@hiden1980 Now that's a great idea.
@@SeanOzz how big was that beer. Cause i flew a beer over to my son . With the mavic pro!
Every drug dealer is gonna watch this lol
To do drug trades bc of quarantine
XTS_eddychtylus xD
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Measuring in grams def not about coke
Facts 💯 🤣
My friend was asking me the other day how much my mavic 2 pro could lift. I didn't have an answer and I couldn't find one. Thank you for doing this test. I watch all your videos
Interesting test for weight lifting capacity. Haven’t seen this done yet, so its pretty cool to see you doing it. The only thing I would be worried about is burning out the motors as it adds a lot of stress to them.
Great video. I love the disappearing truck at 2m40s. I just love your videos. All the thought and then the work, and then editing, rendering and then posting. Many thanks. Much appreciated. Keep safe and healthy.
I appreciate the appreciation!
Lol
Don’t know if anyone told you, but the Mavic mini has a payload setting. You use it when you have the propeller cage on.
That may change your results. 🤷🏼♂️
That limits it's range and height
This knowledge might come in handy during these days in isolation, if we have to make some small deliveries to our neighbours. 😉
Haha! For example! 😅
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Finally a good, interesting and new review of these Mavics and which might become handy :) .
Great educational video. I have a Mavic Mini and have not tested its full lifting capability. I do however, have almost every attachment there is for the Mini. From landing skids, extended gear, and floats. Have multiple strobes and six LED spotlights on the front. Most of my configurations weigh in at 94 grams. It handles well with this weight but would not want to push it anymore. Glad to see that it could lift almost twice this much. That puts me in the 50% of Max lift. Feel more comfortable now hauling that extra Weight. Thanks for the informative video. I will place this info in my FYI "between the ears" file.
Thank you for the practical demo of weight lifting. I need this information for my college project and your video helped me.
Thanks Russ. Keep 'em coming.
Good video for those who are into battery modding. I know some folks have already connected two extra batteries to Mavic Pro without a problem, which is close to 400-500 grams of extra weight. But carrying extra weight on and pulling it from under might be a different experience. Also, adding extra weight while cardboard box is on the ground vs when it is up in the air might also influence the test results. Anyway, it's always great to watch your drone experiments. Keep up the good work! Stay safe! Cheers!
I have a feeling drones would be delivering weed in my neighborhood soon 😂
I’m starting my own drone weed delivery business soon 😂
It will kill the hobby aspect. Remote ID laws are around the corner. All to make way for amazon delivery drones. It’s a very unconstitutional move just like the 2018 FAA reauthorization act was for the drone hobby.
@@TKO593 absolutely correct
thank you for that demo. I want use a drone to fish with and this helped with my decision as to what drone to use. My bait, sinker and bopper is less than one pound which makes the mavic pro the best choice. Your video helped a lot. Thanks again.
Folks should realize that each motor has a limited power or thrust..... the more of the finite power used to lift means less power available to maneuver or maintain controlled flight.
Thanks for putting this video together!!
Great comparison, I just got a Mavic Mini... Love it!
Just the video i was looking for, thanks!!
Love this channel glad I found it. ❤️
Different and cool test video! Good job, Russ.
Contact Rode warranty dept. They have an updated wind muff for the wireless go that they will ship you for free. I got mine and it works much better.
love your vids i just started watching and i just got a mini 2 your channel really helped
Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
I have always thought that the power to weight ratio of the Mavic Air was possibly the best. I suppose that makes sense with the amount of wind it can handle.
I was actually looking for this video
Nice! If there is one thing this video demonstrates, it's that you can attach fancy lights, strobing light domes, etc and not affect the flight of these drones, as long as you don't overload them, and they are placed correctly for balance. Very cool :-)
Great video my drone brother. LOL. This was fun to watch. Thanks so much for sharing this great video with us brother. You just gave me soo many ideas to make videos. God bless and stay safe. I have been subscribed to your channel for a very long time. You have a Big fan a Big supporter here brother. God bless. Have a great weekend Captain. Thanks for all you do and please keep flying.
Cool test, Russ! I'll bet they'll carry more when they're moving. A friend sprays crops by helicopter and says when fully loaded he can't take off on throttle alone. He has to be moving, grabbing new air. He lands on a platform on top of a tank truck he refills from, then slides off frontwards as he takes off. He showed me a video - pretty scary!
Very nice comparison Russ, thanks for the effort and share. Not sure why I need to know that my M2 can carry 1lb of cargo, but maybe someday I'll use that for something. Thanks again!
Thanks for testing this bro!
Great test Russ, congrats and take care friend.
Interesting video - keep up the good work!
Great video!! Thanks for doing that research!!!
I must be in one hell of a weird mood today because the first thing I thought of when seeing that box hanging from the underside of the Mav Mini was taking hamsters on simulated hot air balloon rides. Imagine fuzzy little whiskery noses poking out of holes at 500'...
That IS Funny . Your hamsters may echoey the ride 😻
That weed must he damn strong... home delivery ?
@@ejoneswales Don't I wish
The prop guards on Mini are 40 grams, so it's designed to comfortable fly at around 300 grams mark. So 2 ounces of grass should be standard delivery.
Just the kind minutia that I find interesting also! Subscribed
Thank for your testing.
Hey Ross
You are Amazing.Thanks for your Tip,tricks, Advice's and professionalism.I bought my First Drone last year when i was working during the Summer in Minnesota. Its Mavic Pro simply i cant afford something better.The reason to buy a drone was simple,I am from Bulgaria Living up in the Mountain of Pirin surrounded by three mountains.Amazing Nature ,Miracle winter really high Summits.I wanted to start filming my home mountains froma different point of view and i thought that a drone will be nice idea I have Sony a7ii but i wanted to start filming from above.You were the man who explained to me everything that i should know .For me is hard to understand English (not my first language ) but you speak very understandable, slowly and you know a lot of things about Drones. I want to tell you Great Thanks man keep going with you health and luck.
So happy to help!
Thanx for the test! 👍🏼
I'd love to see the difference between a fully charged battery and a battery which is down to 25%, specially with the mini
Very interesting video! Thank you for saving my own motors 💪🏼❤️
Interesting data, thanks. You catch a good drone.
Cool video Russ! very interesting! Mavic 2 Pro is a BEAST!!!
Good video Russ! Thanks!
Now fly it down to the drive-up window at the bank, with a note asking them to exchange the coins for dollar bills...
I like the way you think geezer!! : )
The coins are worth more at this point
thank you very much for the educational content
I am happy with the Mavic Air, that was great. Be safe Russ and talk to you soon. I love the Tiktok video 😊👍
Thanks For the Video it was great
Thanks for citing the environmental conditions - very good point.
Another good video Russ
Love it soo much!!!
Thank you for the video
Exactly what i needed info on the mini for drone fishing, its fine for light baits which is what i want thanks,
Thank you so much for the information I’m trying to do a little video with my drone picking up my Piñata
thanks from europe for working with gramms. thats nice of you.
I enjoyed your beautiful and wonderful video.
Good comparison👍👍👍
This is a video that I am glad to watch. I'm happy you did this. That's why I subscribed to this channel. Thanks Russ. What railroad runs on the tracks across the street?
I just made a beer delivery video last night. Good timing!
Just because you use metric system and your video are so cool I'll subscribe. Stay safe. Regards from Lisbon Portugal
Wow, didn't realize this is almost a year old, thought it just came out, well still great video. I did this about 5yrs ago and below are the numbers I got. Before you read them though, they're gonna seem high. I'm recently retired from 25yrs as a firefighter, we were doing this test when me and another guy were just starting a drone program at our dept, and didn't even have a dept. drone yet, so we were using my personal Mavic Pro 1. Now is the motor speed warning you mentioned, same as the ESC warning? We tested a little different, we used after market low noise props, but that form factor is standard on later models. Mavic Pro's props are a tad smaller at 8331 compared to 8743 on the Pro 2. We also didn't quite do the hover test, more if it started to drop naturally we would give it a little throttle and if it would stay with under 20% throttle we'd keep going. But if ESC warning came on we landed immediately because I didn't want fry one. We used water in a small plastic bag for weight, since we did medic calls too we had some expired non-needle 20cc syringes, and a gram is 1/100th shy of being one cc exactly so we could add down to 1 gram technically, but we usually did it at 10-20 grams at a time. Anyway here was our results...
Mavic Pro, March 2016, wind out of the East, at 12mph, Temp 52F 11C.
No warnings, no visible stress to the Mavic hovering on own - 810g/1.78lb/28.5oz
No warnings, sporadic little wobble, no longer could sustain hover more than 5sec. - 865g/1.90lbs/30.5oz
ESC warning 12sec after launch, wobble but still sporadic, no sustained hover - 902g/1.98lb/31.8oz
Landed almost immediately on last one and motors were hot to the touch. This was all done for an estimate of how many, if any, flotation devices and what kinds it could carry. We have a lot of water rescues due to river and many lakes in our area we cover. Dept ended up getting a Matrice 600 the next year, but until then we set our SOG (standard operating guideline) at a load weight during rescue ops, at 750g/1.65lb to be safe, with a max of 908g/2.00bs in a IDLH (Immediate Danger to Life or Health) situation at the pilots and safety officer on the scene's discretion. We did that last part because out cheaper plain flotation device that could be dropped to a person not in too much distress and could wait for water rescue team, weighed right at 1.5lbs. similar flotation device but with 100ft of super light weight Prusik cord that would stay attached to quad, so we could pull someone back to shore was exactly 2lbs.
Like he says, don't try this at home, even though this was pre 107 for me, we were on fire dept property in open field away from roads and people, several other experienced drone pilots were there and as per our training SOG, everyone wore eye protection and a helmet.
Excelente video. Saludos!
Nice video sir...&... thanks for sharing knowledge.
I don't know Russ... you came pretty close to taking out an eye doing this! I still have no plans on delivering with my Mavic!
great video buddy👍👍
Awesome videos!
just a tip for next time (it's been done already many times but anyway): use a water in some plastic bottle. much easier and precise.
I was wondering if you could test the Mavic minis "payload mode" to see how much of difference that makes to payload capacity.
Yeah good idea
pretty sure it turns on automatically if it can sense more weight on the motors. idk though.
Great experiment ☘️
Good experiment👍👍👍
Awesome test
Interesting video. What I'm wondering, companies like Amazon are wanting to use drones for delivery. Are they having custom made drones or is there a certain drone that is available that will lift more ?
Great video, might use my new Mini 2 to replace my Phantom 3 for fishing. 😎👍
Thank you very much for testing this and posting the results! Tomorrow I plan to launch my Mavic 2 Pro with my Insta 360 X3 mounted underneath. The combined weight of the mount and the camera are 202g so I should be good. I'll let you know.
awesome test
Hey Russ! RODE has updated wind muffs for the wireless go. Just give them a call!
Instant like before I even watched it 👍
I’ve always wondered about this
Nice comparison
congrats on 100k
fantastic video...you are really creative ....
Thanks for sharing cheers take care and stay safe 👍
Excellent video,
Special deliveries! How awesome.
I really enjoy your videos. Thank you. Have you ever found a way to carry something and be able to release it while in flight like a fishing line. Look for a wY to do it electronically
The length of the rope makes a large difference as well
No it doesn't
The longer the rope is, the more it swings, so it puts more load on the drone.
@@m4rio547 The tension on the rope changes as the length changes. That affects the drone's ability to lift. If it's a light solid attachment that keeps everything at 1 place, it'll be able to lift more
Mario Vrdoljak ...the longer the rope, the more it weighs!
Thank you for doing a great job, as I'm wondering which drone to buy for my fishing hobby, I want it to carry hok far away from shore, and carry crabbing trap to distance. DJI is too expensive, I'm thinking to have JJRC or similar else instead, referring to the ratio you give body weight to cargo weight. Thank you again.
Russ, I found I had to press my Rode fur windshield into the slot until I heard a light click. If yours is fairly new like mine, like as in purchased over the last three or four months, they were supposed to have resolved that issue.
Hey Russ, fun test! Curious on how you connected that to the drone? Do you know if there is a way to tether a small banner onto a drone and fly it around? Thx
I would be afraid of the tether getting into the back props. I just used a zip tie around the drone, and then attached a small carabiner.
I suppose the relatively low "power index" is due to the folding mechanism on the Mini and M2P.
Very good test !!! Like 🇧🇷
Great vid Rus. No matter how hard I try, but the combination of a scale, cellophane bags, payloads, and of course the general mention of the unit "gram" inevitably has me thinking of something rather different than: "How do I deliver this roll of toilet paper to my friend who lives just down the road, and while I'm at it, how many grams of toilet paper might I deliver in one drop...?" XD
Nevertheless, and thanks to your test, we now know that 5-8 rolls (3 layer/2 layer) of toilet paper can be confidently transported from A to B, in this case using a mavic 2 pro.
Excellent video! How about an update with the Mini 2?
nice one 👍🏻
As tim060176 says it is interesting what people will do during a period of lock-down. What I was more impressed with, is your ability to make the first two trucks on the road to disappear before they actually passed your place - although your powers seemed to diminish after that - I look forward to seeing a tutorial in the near future once you have mastered the skill.
😂😂😂
I was thinking . You might introduce a fishing line called “BRAID” 10/20 # . Offers very little wind resistance
Fun test!
Interesting enough I did this with my Mini the other Day.
Reliabley it can lift a total of 160g. So I was surprised yours did the 25g plus.