Seagulls are annoying me so much, preventing me from doing my realtor marketing job, I confess I am spending time working on the most ridiculous mods to try to scare them away.
That time, the plan was to make the MM look way bigger with a 2-foot wingspan at hardly any extra weight  (20 grams)
Picture of the 3d-printed + spars mod attached.

Oh well... See the outcome at 0:23, while I am getting the infamous alert : "engines working at max speed".
So as a result, I am the one frightened - and the seagulls keep on laughing  

How could I kill those scary vibrations ? Some rubber rings where the tubes pass into the rig legs to dampen the vibrations maybe ?
What do you think ?

That vibration is pretty bad. Rubber rungs might help lower it but looks like a lot of stress on the drone. Plus the wind could effect it and it might also have a greater chance of getting hit by the birds that are curious about your drone.

HurleyBird Productions Posted at 5-22 10:29
That vibration is pretty bad. Rubber rungs might help lower it but looks like a lot of stress on the drone. Plus the wind could effect it and it might also have a greater chance of getting hit by the birds that are curious about your drone.

Indeed.

I'd love to have access to the PIDs, decrease P and increase I.
But I guess that is not possible with DJI birds.

philgib Posted at 5-22 10:34
Indeed.

I'd love to have access to the PIDs, decrease P and increase I.

It would be cool to have some advanced features you could unlock so you could tweak your drone to fit specific needs. But alas the warranty would definitely be void.

I hate seagulls. .

Maybe fit a high pitched electronic whistle to the drone - Not sure can seagull hear?

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=214473

Get yourself a colorful skin, much more effective at scaring away birds without inflicting any damage to your bird (no pun intended):

https://www.decalgirl.com/skins/dji-mavic-mini-skins
https://www.istyles.com/skins/drone/dji-mavic-mini/
https://www.aliexpress.com/whole ... ext=mavic+mini+skin

You should prefer full-body skin, so that a bird flying at the same height as your Mini could see the color.

m80116 Posted at 5-25 10:54
Get yourself a colorful skin, much more effective at scaring away birds without inflicting any damage to your bird (no pun intended):

https://www.decalgirl.com/skins/dji-mavic-mini-skins

I have tried myself adding blue or red colors, seagulls would not give a s...t and keep on attacking me.
That reflective tape maybe
https://www.amazon.fr/Bird-repulsif-effaroucheur-ANTI-OISEAUX-epouvantail/dp/B01HY791RY


Sound maker : I found that on Internet. Taking all plastic clothe off to make it lighter, could be interesting :
https://stop-mouettes.fr/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjL_WzPPQ6QIVA4fVCh2ODwMVEAAYASAAEgI1I_D_BwE

I still believe the best way is a skin (tape might work, but if you couple it with some fancier colors the better) and avoidance tactics. There's only so much that you can do. I mean... if real passenger aircrafts are still vulnerable to bird strikes, we can accept the risk with a Mini UAV.

Well done job. Thanks for sharing.