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The Mavic Mini is the perfect drone for everyday "battle". Check out the best Mavic Mini indoor flight tips and setup for beginners and experienced pilots. From setting up your DJI Fly to preparing for indoor flight, we cover it all in this article!
Despite the allure of the great outdoors, bad weather and other uncontrollable factors can make it difficult to enjoy your aircraft. Although not flown indoors unless absolutely necessary, the Mavic Mini offers a safe and reliable way to practice flying in controlled space. With the right pre-flight procedures, flight modes, and app settings, you can take your adventure safely indoors. Let's get started with the insider flight tips!
Tips before the flight
flysafe is the number one anxiety when flying indoors. Before turning on your Mavic Mini, make sure you follow these pre-flight tips first.
1. Use the propeller guards
The 360 propeller guards are a requirement for indoor flight, whether you are a beginner or an experienced pilot. The lightweight guard fully protects you and everything around you, preventing the propellers from hitting objects. With the propeller guards, the Mavic Mini it offers a maximum flight time of 18 minutes, which is enough time to roam indoors.
2. Map your environment
Wherever you plan to fly, a good understanding of your surroundings will help you fly safely. After you've prepared a safe, controlled space, it's helpful to visualize or map out your flight path before you start flying.
3. Prepare your room
Check the area, move any large objects away from the center of the room, pay attention to any hanging light fixtures and prepare an empty space for takeoff. In addition to letting everyone know where and when you plan to fly, move your pets to another room where you won't be flying.
4. Check the lighting conditions
This tip may sound simple, but it's absolutely necessary if you have to fly your drone indoors. Only fly during the day in well-lit areas, do not attempt to fly at night. While indoors, the GPS signal may be lost, which means Mavic Mini will rely on vision position sensors. Drone sensors work best when there's plenty of light in the room, so we can't stress enough how important this tip is.
5. Enable CineSmooth
The next tip is to go into the DJI Fly app and change the flight mode to CineSmooth. This indoor-friendly mode will slow your drone down, giving you all the precision and control you need to fly safely indoors. You can also adjust the gimbal control sensitivity, which gives you more control over your images when flying.
6. Enable hover
While RTH is an extremely useful feature to use when flying outdoors, remember to select the hover option in the DJI Fly app if you are flying indoors. This causes the Mavic Mini to hover using the vision sensors if there is signal loss.
7. Adjust exposure levels
We're back at DJI Fly with our final tip before takeoff. Adjust exposure levels in the DJI Fly app to ensure you get the best visibility from your smartphone. Try different settings to make sure your flight is safe and your photos look great.
Flight Tips
Now that your preflight planning and setup is complete, you're ready to take off. But before you get to the remote control, here are some basic tips for flying your drone indoors.
1. Manual takeoff
While auto takeoff is another handy feature of the Mavic Mini, which is ideal for any outdoor adventure, indoor flight requires a whole new approach. Use only manual takeoff, which ensures you have full control of your drone.
2. Monitor the status of the drone
Keep checking the DJI Fly app for real-time status of the drone. Always pay attention to the battery life of the drone and the strength of the signal connection. Indoor environments can affect your connection, so fly indoors with caution.
3. Minimize your movements
While the Mavic Mini offers several types of QuickShots, do not attempt to use any of them internally. Your movements should be slow and simple. Practice short straight lines and minimize yaw movements for a safe flying experience.
4. Stay away from objects
Avoid flying anywhere near ceilings, walls and other objects.
Conclusion
The Mavic Mini is a excellent mini drone, offering many features suitable for indoor flying. Weighing less than 250 grams and supporting sports camera capabilities, the Everyday FlyCam is the ideal drone to continue your creative adventures indoors. Whether you want to spend a few hours of practice flying, or are stuck indoors due to bad weather, flying indoors can be safe and enjoyable. Get your Mavic Mini today, follow our indoor flight tips and get ready for a new world of indoor adventure!
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