Here’s your complete DJI Air 3 drone Beginners guide, regardless of whether you have the DJI RC 2 or the DJI RC-N2, I’ve got you covered. This guide takes you from never flying a drone before, to all the interworkings of the DJI Air 3, and becoming comfortable using the features and most importantly – tons of DJI Air 3 tips & tricks based on months of usage.
0:00 Quick Intro
0:40 Controller/Bundle Options
2:05 Battery Considerations/Battery Pack
3:50 Preparing for First Flight
10:24 Flying Basics: First Takeoff
16:16 Obstacle Avoidance Explainer
17:55 Main Video Modes
18:19 Telephoto Lens Explainer
20:15 Slow-mo Explainer
20:50 Vertical Video
21:54 Gimbal Deep-Dive/Customization
24:33 Pro Video Options
27:15 Photography Modes
31:18 Return To Home Explainer
34:39 Quickshots & Mastershots
39:36 Spotlight & POI
42:15 ActiveTrack Explainer
46:38 Hyperlapse
48:22 Waypoints/Flight Planning
53:41 Sport Mode’
55:02 Hand Catching
57:06 Downloading Footage (DJI App)
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at 19:14 you were not recording.
man, you are THE HERO!
Even for non-owner like me this is really interesting reference material 👍
Rumors were true, DJI Mini 4 Pro is just around the corner (do a quick check on X): 360° detection, O4 + RC2 combo, Waypoints, 4K@100fps HDR…etc. Air 3 will appear less attractive shortly. Be prepared for mini 4 Pro !
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I can’t get the downloads to work with either the Mini 3 Pro or the Air 3. Both times it says it’s transferring, but it says “0b/s” and never downloads anything.
Are you getting the high resolutions footage from quick transfer mode ?
Fascinating presentation that totally makes me overconfident I can do the exact same thing right after unboxing a new drone.
Great! Thanks a lot. 👍
Thanks so much for the very informational review. I've been waiting for the 'follow me' feature to be ready for primetime before purchasing one. Should i continue to wait or is it satisfactory as it is? Thank you.
Great video, I learned a number of things today….Thanks
I take off drones all the time on my car. My aluminum car. Did I mention that my car is aluminum? It's attractive too, being a Jaguar, but only to people, not to metal, drones or electronic compasses. Thanks for a great primer! 👍
I strongly suspect that the non-standard layout of that bike and that it detects you as a person, not a bike, was partly at fault for some of the failures. The behavior for Bikes, Boats, Cars is different than for people. Faster, with more altitude and distance of the drone. It MAY have detected a bike if you flew low and close before selecting. Then again, maybe not!
It appears that Active track is “improving” sort of but still nowhere near Skydio. Given Skydio is exiting the consumer market I wonder if DJI will even try.
Thank you sir, for your time and effort! This tutorial explains it all!
With a bit of luck, I’ll have my air 3 this afternoon. 😋
Ps, wat is Nederland toch een schitterend land hè! ❤️🇳🇱
Thx you very much for this very detailed tutorial guide~ but I think you might forgotten to describing about the "Cruise Speed Shooting" function~
Great video – wanted to add a datapoint that might make you reconsider the safe hand-catch method. I've been using the hand-catch method where you flip the drone over to "fake" a crash and have the props turn off for many years now (Mavic Air and Air 2S). The other week when I did this, the propellers did not turn off for some reason. My hand slipped a bit under the prop forces, and the Air 2S propeller hit my pinky finger. It was not a paper-cut. It cut nearly 1/3rd the way into my finger and stopped at the nail; I almost needed stitches. Just cautioning that the hand-flip method is not fool-proof and you better make sure you have a very strong grip on the drone before attempting. Know that the propellers can do some serious damage. There's also another merged method where you can grab the drone with your hand and continue holding down on the stick so it eventually turns the motors off. This is a good compromise where the drone won't fly away, but should remain stable and not hurt yourself.
i'm just here refreshing youtube waiting for your gopro 12 review
If you haven't owned a drone previously and are considering purchasing one like this, I would highly recommend evaluating how often you you plan on using one. They really aren't casual devices. I live in a very rural area and when flying it from home, I've had negative interactions with most of my neighbors. They just don't like the idea of someone flying a camera anywhere near their house. You really almost have to go somewhere to use it and it's a lot of money to dump on something you can't just use whenever you want whenever the urge casually arises. For context, I have the Air 2.
thanks Ray, very informative and helpful. Must have taken a while to put together. Out of interest, what do you use to record your audio? Is it a completely separate feed? I checked out your gear page but that was from 2016 so perhaps still not the Saramonic mics.
Skydio2 tracking is so much better, it's sad they are discontinuing there consumer drone
Please do a review of the hover X1 🙂
Dope!