DJI AIR 2S ActiveTrack/APAS 4.0 - Crash & Burn? 

The only drawback to the Air 2S is that there aren't side view sensors. Learned that really quick while it was 30' in the air. Other than that, it is a freaking wonderful drone. Oh, my drone survived, as did I after mimicking a heart attack & the millisecond thought of what was I gonna tell the wife...

“It’s still following me I can’t lose it” 50 years from now is going to be a life or death situation.

Impressive new active track technology. On top of all the improvements like the sensor.

We kind of get a sense of what Mavic 3 Pro would be like. I expect its obstacle avoidance to be on par with or even better than Skydio's.

It seemed like after it clipped those trees it wasn't right on your tail like earlier in yhe video. Like it was scared! Lol!!! Great video I just ordered one will be getting it tomorrow. I already have a air 2 and a mini 2. Can't wait to add this to my garage.

Great test video of Active Track 4! Still not quite on the level of the Skydio 2, but this is certainly a better rounded drone overall. Now, I wonder how well this performs with its much vaunted FPV capabilities? I'm looking forward to that video, too.

Is it so windy all year round in costal Netherlands?

These sensors cannot detect thin trees that have no leaves because they are so thin. But I believe the DJI will improve this in the future.

I’ve never used active track mainly because I can’t ever get it to work. I was out yesterday and trying to activate it and it kept telling me I was in the wrong recording format. I changed from 4K to 1080 and that didn’t work. I changed from D-log to normal and that didn’t work. I have to check to see if I was flying in Sport mode because I wanted to bring the drone back fast so that might be why active track wasn’t working I’ll test it in normal flying mode today. If that doesn’t work then I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

Great test run. I had tried having it track me in the parallel setting but while I was walking forwards towards the drone (so it was moving backwards). Maybe it has worse tracking capabilities moving backwards because it did not see the tree trunk and branches behind it even though I was moving at no more than a light jog.

Great demonstration. The 2S is very impressive! Thank you for your hard work. What is the island behind at the end of the video?

Quite impressive

Much better than my original air would have ever managed. They need to merge Skydio sensors and AI with DJI drones and people would probably pay $3K for an Air Drone. I would.

Just got mine, charging the batteries.....I am highly impressed how well it did in those limbs. I doubt I try it with my own....but, good to know it can handle that.

I almost hit the add to cart on this drone, everything look great so far with this drone with 1" CMOS 20MP sensor, new OcuSync (2.4/5.8GHz), etc. except for the active tracking - sensing system failed! I was waiting for this drone for my biking but after watching the expensive test run by DC Rainmaker, I therefore conclude that Skydio still the best in market for obstacle avoidance technology.

Very VERY impressive A.T. improvements!! Excellent review as well sir 👏 So I'm a long time 4Pro V2 commercial photographer whom recently almost pulled the trigger on the Air 2 BUT... I really need a one inch sensor. I haven't looked through the 2S official specs yet though some of the rumor threads I've seen say the aperture is fixed on this version as well. That would def be a hang up as I very much use aperture variation..especially in low light settings.. Thanks for the great vid, very well done and enjoyed it! 🎉🍻

I attempted this and it hit 3 trees in full leaves in nothing even close to as bad as what you are going through.

There is one parameter of a drone that doesn't have a name but IMHO is very important. It's how fast can it regain balance after being disturbed (hitting branches, trees etc). It can sometimes decide between life and death of your drone and I noticed that DJI drones are a lot better with this than others. I've hit twigs and branches with my MA2 multiple times and yet it always managed to regain balance before hitting the ground. In case of other drones if you hit something it usually means they will drop and hit the ground.

Riding a bike would have been a real test to show if they're improvements with the extra senses to see if it has the same high standard of the skydio 2, obstacle avoidance. It hasn't won me at this moment. But thanks for the vid

Great video, so if you already own the Mavic Air 2 do you recommend upgrading? Is it really that much more of an upgrade?

Great active track, you are a lucky guy Ash. Always fun to watch your videos👍

Hi! Is there any special config to input? I tried it, but it didn't recognize me as a "object". I was filming at 2.7k 30fps.

That was incredible! I am ordering it. Coming tomorrow, hopefully.

Absolutely AWESOME!!!!!!!

in your opinion.. which drone has the best on tracking and obstacle avoidance feature. skydio 2 or the dji air 2s??

Very useful video...Thanks

Personally I don't care about obstacle avoidance sensors but I have to admit I really enjoyed this video seeing you run all over the place, Big Thumbs up 👍

Thank you for video . What is previous and new one active tracking model you referring too ? Thanks

very good drone I just got it this year

excellent test, all you need now is a gimbal for your Canon SLR

Wheres the APAS feature in the settings menu. I can't seem to find it on this newer model

And yet another great video Ash. Looking forward to more content.

Now that's impressive! Imagine Activetrack 4 on the Mavic 3

Thats incredible

Impressive video 📹, very informative, and thanks for making my mind up as skydio 2 has the upper hand with tracking 👍

great review on active track.. amazing technology... getting better each time!

Wow, that's really impressive, great vid👍

Quite amazing active track performance there!

The next gen will have the sideways tracking.... But it's already impressive enough.... Imagine when they have everything we know we want..!!

just as i figured,dji is getting better with tracking but not quite at the point of a skydio2 yet,i think i would still go for the skydio 2 before the new air2s,i already have the air 2 but wanted to buy the skydio2 at the time but this was when covid first started and dji were the only ones still shipping so i had to go with them

Great that the drone can track you, but it’s very choppy and I can’t imagine using any of that footage. Or am I missing something here?

FocusTrack is not available while recording in 5.4K/30fps, 5.4K/25fps, 5.4K/24fps, 4K/60fps, 4K/50fps, 4K/48fps, 2.7K/60fps, 2.7K/50fps, 2.7K/48fps, 1080p/120fps, 1080p/60fps, 1080p/50fps, and 1080p/48fps. APAS 4.0 is not available while recording in 5.4K/30fps, 5.4K/25fps, 5.4K/24fps, 4K/60fps, 4K/50fps, 4K/48fps, 2.7K/60fps, 2.7K/50fps, 2.7K/48fps, 1080p/120fps.

Why is the battery lighter?

Great video thank you, it did very well. So did you running with all that gear :)

Very impressive Ash, the drone done well too 😉

pls do the low light video, this is the selling point over the air 2.

Flight time might be shorter not only for 5% higher weight but for these 3 reasons: The EUROPEAN Air 2S comes now with * 2 more front sensors * ADSB sensor which consumes more energy like a 868 Mhz RC receiver * bigger camera sensor and better capabilities Might be that all these sensors plus the doubled camera sensor have a 350 mAh draw within 30 min flighttime from the 3.500 mAh Nothing is for free and those 2 obstacle sensors, the receiver and of cause the Camera need a lot more cpu power which results all in all in a significant higher energy consumption. And the drone seems to run under higher heat as my buddy had told me .

Great video

Still did a great job following you Ash :), I'd happy with that. I'll get one in a few weeks. I still have the first Air. Thanx for the vid Ash :).

wow this is really great this drone avoid everything so good despite we have a windy day too wow this is so cool.

Drone camera settings?

its like...nope bugger off , im done for the day hahhahaha

A very nice test video, thank you. I'm still bummed by the shorter three minutes of flight time compared to the Mavic Air 2. My wife always appreciates an extra three minutes. lol I'm still going to keep my Mavic Air 2 and not upgrade.

Any CE C1 markings on it? Could you make a video regarding CE for it?

Thanks very much for the test on the Active track of Air 2s. What is the difference with the Mavic 2 zoom? Can the Mavic 2 Zoom do this in the woods? By the way you said: "tweaks of the death"? Sorry, I am from Indonesia, maybe this is slang, what does it mean? Thx.

hi ! where is this park ? or the name of the park ?

It is not the Skydio, but getting there. I consider it is breaking too close to people to be comfortable.

great test ash! looks awesome!

That camera on the Mavic is amazing!

So this is better than Mavic 2 Pro in every respoect?

I don't see here a real Active Track/APAS 4.0! This Iteration is more a 3.1 - and this is exactly what DJI should have called it :-/ ...I was hopping for a bit more only because of the name and the Extra sensors. It looks like DJI still doesn't do any direction prediction of the tracking subject like a skydio (even Version 1 from 2018) so its more than only the missing side sensors --->Skydio is still miles a head.

Great to see DJI is breathing down Skydio neck! Keep it a good sport

does Active Track allows to record with D LOG profile ?

Amazing drone and video. Cheers

Iv just done a video on you tube where my air 2 s crashed into twigs ! The first time Iv really used active track and first time I crashed it and was in more open space than you was ! Very disappointed

Amazing! Don´t know if I am brave enough to test it to the limit.... ;-)

At 07:20 there is a lot of blue cast in between the tree branches. I’ve seen that also on my Mavic Pro and even on GoPro cams. Does anyone know how to avoid this?

Hi, Dji Air2s comes as active ADSB for Europe too,?

Is the battery interchangeable with the air 2?

My 2s has trouble following me in trees with leaves because it loses contact when it can’t see me. When there are no leaves the small twigs are a hazard.

Nice video! Thanks!

That’s impressive also subbed

Ninja twig avoidance ...... can`t wait for mine to arrive in 2 days time.

jesus...i had kittens watching that

I was wondering at 11:00 if its going to choose another subject to chase :D:D

So funny a video guy thanks 🕊🕊👏👏👍👍

If it had side sensors I would probably upgrade from the Air 2

Weren’t you scared your phone fell out while running? Liked 👅

Where is this filmed? I want to visit :)

Super Amazing active track..!!

nice one

That was pretty impressive :o

Really doesn't offer much improvement at all over the ( air 2 ) even the added 03 2.0 OCCUSYNC supposedly goes 7 miles over the 6 MI. With only 31 minutes of battery life the air 2 could not reach the 6 mi anyways. So it really doesn't matter. And people kept saying there wasn't much of a difference between the AIR 2 and the mavic 2 with the 1-in sensor.. especially when it comes to social media the Air 2 held its own and didn't really miss the one in sensor.. It's really not worth the upgrade in my opinion if you have the air 2 NOT AT ALL. Especially for the money.. And if I didn't already have the air 2 would not waste the extra money.. Unless the thing PERFORMS LIKE THE SKYDEO AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR THERE'S NO POINT.. And the mavic Air 2 has a lot more benefits that beats the skydeo other than obstacle avoidance.. But I'm definitely not spending $400 more dollars for minor upgrades if I was just starting out.. And definitely not upgrading if I have the AIR 2!!

I dont see major upgrades from version 3

That is outstanding.

Wild

4:25 impressive

Nicely done extremely impressive drone!!

Why do you say the “upwards sensors aren’t being used at the moment” because the drone isn’t “facing forward”? It has forward sensors to sense towards, and upwards sensors to sense upwards. What makes you think otherwise, maybe I’m missing something? In any case, it seems to me the upwards sensors are very much being used, as they’re the ones making sure the drone isn’t crashing with the branches on above it… Thanks for the video. I ordered it the day it was announced, and was sold when I saw the promo video of it flying sideways in high speed filming people on a boat. Turns out that was just advertising foolery. How disappointed I am that it has no side sensors… the new tracking system sure is better, but it’s still not very trustworthy. Mine came awfully close many times to trees, as it approaches it sideways… I’ll be returning mine, unfortunately. The tech is getting close but still not there yet. And DJI has a lot of catching up to do with skydio 2 in terms of obstacle avoidance and tracking. I’ve been waiting for a DJI drone with a tracking/anti collision system at least closer to that. And 360 degree anti collision sensors are also a must for me. The stress of flying something that expensive without effective, reliable anti-collision is something I’m eager to retire with my old drones… after seeing skydio 2 perform, I know that’s the ballpark of what I want in my next drone…

Not in the least bit excited for the 2S but way more excited to consider a DJI Pocket 3 with a 1 inch sensor since DJI tends to pair them together and leap frog them. In the order of Mavic Air/OSMO Pocket, Air 2/Pocket2. So lets hope for 2S/Pocket 3 to continue the tradition of sharing the same sensor. And with that Moaz screen competition, lets see if DJI will use that accessory port to include a flippy screen and a 1 inch sensor!!!!

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In other words, it is no Skydio 2 to

Another youtuber said skydio 2 active track more excellent from ma2s..😂

Can’t believe the air 2 is obsolete already,lol

The air 2s probably has the worst active track ever the first day. I got mine and used the active track function and went for a walk to test it out. I was not impressed. The drone would sometimes randomly violently fly left or right for an object on top or in front it overreacts and manoeuvres extremely fast, and, it’s actually flew itself into a tree because it saw the mailbox on the right of the sidewalk so the drone violently veers left and smashes right into it and it tends to like to do this a lot and sometimes the drone will start flying at you at full speed and then slam on the brakes almost like it is trying to decapitate you. I’ve never had a DJ I Drone with this bad of active track even the first Mavic pro the phantom and Mavic air preform better

Next time leave the other camera in the car and just run

ok... don't crash but this kind of shots are unusable for video editing... it's ok pnly for test samples

Well the A2S is certainly not a Skydio killer....Watch this video and you will see what I mean ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pUsFGWpirGg.html

Active track 2.0 with some sensors(Air 1)= can follow you in open areas and avoid big objects Active track 3.0(Mavic air 2) =Can avoid stuff like tree Active track 4.0(2s)= can avoid branches Active track 5.0 with side sensors=Skydia 2 tier level drone

You can't escape a good drone.