Just saw our drone survey hit 500 flights without a single crash... that's a lot of trust in one battery

We started using a DJI Mavic 3E for site topo about 18 months ago. The number popped up in the flight log this morning and it really hit me... we've sent that thing up over 500 times on different jobs. That's 500 times we didn't have to send a guy up a sketchy slope or into a muddy ravine. It's also 500 times we trusted a single, small battery pack to not fail mid-air over a busy site. The tech is amazing, but seeing that count made me think hard about our backup and battery check steps. Has anyone else had a moment where the sheer volume of use made you double-check your safety nets?

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the_daniel22d agoMost Upvoted

Our Mavic 2 Pro hit 400 flights last month.

wright.jesse22d ago

That's a lot of flights for a drone.