Anyone using the new carbon fiber props? - Mavic Pilots

Hello everyone, just a quick question, is anyone using the carbon fiber props that have been available on ebay for the mavic air?

Mine just came in and I balanced them up and first flight I am noticing major radio interference on both bands and it is definitely the props, put the original props back on and it is gone. Its so bad range is less than 20 feet and there is signal loss and its such a shame because they perform wonderfully. I did notice the motors being a little hotter and that was expected with them being heavier than usual but the stiff blades do make a nice noticeable difference in flight but I'm just curious if anyone else had the same results of major radio interference issues? All I can figure is it's the weird way they affixed the mount to the prop itself using two metal screws into a metal rivets, see attached picture for mount. Unfortunately the rivets that the screws are turned into are really in that mount so I dont think I'd be able to remove all the metal and use some good epoxy.

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No, because carbon props are a waste on these drones. I have yet to see a single set that were equivalent to the stock props, let alone lighter. In fact, every one I've seen has been heavier, and that means you get reduced flight time. Also, I highly doubt you truly noticed a difference, and a blind test would probably show this, too. All of the limitations of the drone are electronic, so the props are going to produce negligible results until you modify the parameters. These drones are capable of 2-3x the ascent rates that you normally see, but that can mean premature failure and instability that could cause a crash.
Also, the QC on most of them are shoddy at best, and they introduce points of failure by cheaping out with things like screws.

What other carbon fiber props have you seen for this bird? Can you point me to them because as far as I can tell these are the only type currently on the market. Carbon fiber props arent really supposed to be lighter, they are meant to be firmer. Yes, one can absolutely notice the difference, its pretty much night and day compared to the very flexible paper thin plastic props that come with the bird. No more max motor issues with the firmer props.

Hello everyone, just a quick question, is anyone using the carbon fiber props that have been available on ebay for the mavic air?

Mine just came in and I balanced them up and first flight I am noticing major radio interference on both bands and it is definitely the props, put the original props back on and it is gone. Its so bad range is less than 20 feet and there is signal loss and its such a shame because they perform wonderfully. I did notice the motors being a little hotter and that was expected with them being heavier than usual but the stiff blades do make a nice noticeable difference in flight but I'm just curious if anyone else had the same results of major radio interference issues? All I can figure is it's the weird way they affixed the mount to the prop itself using two metal screws into a metal rivets, see attached picture for mount. Unfortunately the rivets that the screws are turned into are really in that mount so I don't think I'd be able to remove all the metal and use some good epoxy.

Good Morning:
I would like to do a study on your Carbon Fiber "interference" situation.
I have equipment that can pin point and show interference being generated by the DJI and other electronic equipment.

See my study on P3P & P4 signals at the link below.
Always Airplane Mode

My guess is that the spinning carbon fiber props are generating EMI, Electro_Magnetic_Interference in the frequency spectrum being used by the Controller and Drone. Will you please give me the source information to purchase a set of the props? I want to make sure I have the same props that you are using. Or if you want, I will purchase the ones you have to do the study, from you.

I have been planning on doing a study of the Mavic Air signals, as I know they will be very different from the P3P/P4 study that I did a year or so back. Being that the MA uses WiFi for communications, I believe there is probably a high incidence of interference between our Cell Phones, and Tablets, as well as local WiFi communications from a wide range of devices.
Thanks,
GR

Carbon fiber conducts electricity. I wonder if they are inducing some sort of current when they spin which affects your WiFi connection.

This is what I am thinking in combination with the metal screws it looks like the little rivets they are turned into are made of copper or brass and that probobly contributes to some funky electrical things happening having that spinning right above the motors.

I'm definitely not using them anymore, it was just one of them $10 things you gamble on, no huge deal but man, it looks like they have been selling like hot cakes on ebay, gonna be lots of disappointed people.

Good Morning:
I would like to do a study on your Carbon Fiber "interference" situation.
I have equipment that can pin point and show interference being generated by the DJI and other electronic equipment.

See my study on P3P & P4 signals at the link below.
Always Airplane Mode

My guess is that the spinning carbon fiber props are generating EMI, Electro_Magnetic_Interference in the frequency spectrum being used by the Controller and Drone. Will you please give me the source information to purchase a set of the props? I want to make sure I have the same props that you are using. Or if you want, I will purchase the ones you have to do the study, from you.

I have been planning on doing a study of the Mavic Air signals, as I know they will be very different from the P3P/P4 study that I did a year or so back. Being that the MA uses WiFi for communications, I believe there is probably a high incidence of interference between our Cell Phones, and Tablets, as well as local WiFi communications from a wide range of devices.
Thanks,
GR

Sure, I pmed you that info. Just let me know if there is anything else I can do.

Hello everyone, just a quick question, is anyone using the carbon fiber props that have been available on ebay for the mavic air?

Mine just came in and I balanced them up and first flight I am noticing major radio interference on both bands and it is definitely the props, put the original props back on and it is gone. Its so bad range is less than 20 feet and there is signal loss and its such a shame because they perform wonderfully. I did notice the motors being a little hotter and that was expected with them being heavier than usual but the stiff blades do make a nice noticeable difference in flight but I'm just curious if anyone else had the same results of major radio interference issues? All I can figure is it's the weird way they affixed the mount to the prop itself using two metal screws into a metal rivets, see attached picture for mount. Unfortunately the rivets that the screws are turned into are really in that mount so I dont think I'd be able to remove all the metal and use some good epoxy.

Same situation here on my MA, but with slightly different props. I was trying out the props from a Spark and decided to grab a set of carbon fiber ones to see if the extra stiffness might compensate for the shorter props.

As soon as it got to hover height the video started flickering and errors were popping up every few seconds. At about 10 feet away it totally cut.

Swapped back and forth between original props, non-cf Spark and the cf Spark props and it was pretty clear something was up with the carbon fiber set.

Even tried a higher quality (well ok, 3x more $) set of cf props a friend had on his Spark. Same effect.

No effect on flight controls. Just loss of video. I also noticed in the wifi status screen that all channels were at 0. Not one channel was activate.

Striking cf props for the Air off my list.

Regards,
Mike

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