Hello! I have owned a DJI mavic pro since it was released and a P4 before that. Simply put my mavic keeps drifting as it flys, however two of the propellors are slightly damaged from taking it a little too close to a wall one way.

Is this the likely cause of the drifting?

Change the propellers, cheap as chips and offers greater stability to your Aircraft. Why risk flying an Aircraft with defective props, expensive drone compared to cheap props!


And after a crash calibrate everything IMU, gimbal, compass, sensors etc

Yeah I would not dare fly with any damaged props no matter how little damaged they may seem.

What kind of damage?

Hi, I'm sorry to hear about the accident, please change the propellers to try the flight again, if there is still an issue,  you are recommended to contact our support and send it in for full diagnosis: https://www.dji.com/support. Thanks!

The damage is completely minor, maybe 1mm - 0.5mm off two of the blades?

I have bought some replacement 'platinum' blades since they are meant to be an upgrade anyway.

Interesting thread, because my Mavic Pro was a little bit drifty to the left as well. I took off the props (original factory props; bought the bird April 2018, they had approximately 12 hours flight time on them) and really eyeballed them, and sure enough, the tip of the prop on left front arm (rear of a/c facing me as your reference), was just slightly - slightly - curled on the outer edge. Since my package has six spare props (3 of each white ring/no ring) I swapped out all four.

Sure enough, the drifting is largely gone. The winds were a little less today, testing the spare props, so I can't entirely discount wx conditions, but since my drift was also to port, I'm going to with the props and possibly the update that many folks are talking about.
I just ordered OEM DJI Low Noise Quick Release props (4 total) to see how they'll perform. I am not convinced that I am out of the woods yet, as I also believe everyone here that the latest update seems to be a common denominator for persistent drift.

I have not crashed the bird, but I did have some slightly choppy landings at first, so I assume it was pilot error that caused the slight curl on the prop.  

To be continued...   

My props came, drone seems to be much better now. The new ones are not really any more silent though...

boxrick1 Posted at 2018-7-13 11:34
My props came, drone seems to be much better now. The new ones are not really any more silent though...

Glad to hear it has helped.  Yeah the low noise props when on the pro does not really lessen the noise, but is a different kind of hum one that I like better than the stock mp props.