Dustin Dunnill - Drone Range Tests: 1. DJI Mavic 3 - 8.956 miles / 14.413 km 2. DJI Air 3 - 7.753 miles / 12.478 km 3. DJI Mini 3 Pro - 6.676 miles 10.744 km 4. DJI Mavic 2 Pro - 6.091 miles / 9.803 km 5. Autel EVO 2 - 5.433 miles / 8.744 km 6. FIMI X8SE 2020 Edition - 5.312 miles / 8.549 km 7. DJI Mavic Air 2 - 4.948 miles / 7.964 km 8. DJI FPV Drone - 4.356 miles / 7.010 km 9. V-Copter Falcon - 4.355 miles / 7.009 km 10. DJI Air 2S - 4.199 miles / 6.758 km 11. DJI Mavic 2 Pro (Light Urban) - 3.618 miles / 5.822 km 12. Autel EVO - 3.498 miles / 5.629 km 13. DJI Mini - 3.426 miles / 5.514 km 14. DJI Mavic Pro + Parabolic - 3.173 miles / 5.107 km 15. DJI Mavic Pro - 2.938 miles / 4.729 km 16. DJI Mavic Air - 2.863 miles / 4.608 km 17. DJI Mini 2 - 2.850 miles / 4.587 km 18. Parrot ANAFI - 2.200 miles / 3.541 km 19. DJI Phantom 4 Pro - 2.105 miles / 3.388 km 20. DJI Spark + Parabolic - 2.076 miles / 3.341 km 21. DJI Mavic Air (Urban Range) - 1.944 miles / 3.128 km 22. DJI Spark + OTG Cable - 1.884 miles / 3.031 km 23. Skydio 2 - 1.039 miles / 1.673 km
Literally everyone who watches your videos already knows you are going to push the drone past the point where lesser men would lose their nerve. All the while ignoring the warning beeps emanating from the controller. Well done Brother!
@@hankhill4542Dustin said in the video this is his first time receiving a drone from DJI. He notes this in past vids as well. DJI doesn't just send anyone a drone to test. You have to build your channel and your following which takes time (time=$) money and good equipment plus editing ain't easy imo, He may not have paid for the A3, it wasn't free he's earned it imo.
Honestly, your range tests are a big determining factor for buying. Positive controllability at distance show’s the aircraft’s reliability. Big thumbs up for your reviews and test flights.
Hope you guys are safe buddy. I haven't been on your Channel for a while, but when I hear Hawaii, you the only thing I know about that place. God speed❤
Perfect review as always and I love your honesty and that’s what makes you in my opinion the best reviewer on RU-vid but on this one I think I’m going to wait for the air3s i’m pretty sure DJI will put a bigger sensor on the second version the same way they did with the air2s 1 inch sensor I do own the mavic 3 classic great camera, but I would love to have something a little smaller, but I don’t want to lose the quality in the camera it doesn’t have to be exact, but something close lol and thank you again for the awesome video 😊
It would but it's very difficult to have signal at ground level from far due to physical interference (trees etc). If there was another peak or spot with unobstructed line to controller it may work 🍻
The range test all drone enthusias was waiting for. Nothing against any other youtuber that does range tests but yours are always the best out of all of them. It's straight to the point and kept on the same topic throughout the flight no jibber jabber about adds and nonsense no one cares about. Thank you again for an amazing range test! I have the Mavic 3 Pro and fly about once a week or so
Brother, I was on the edge of my seat on that one. You've done some long ones before, but man, this one...😂. Enjoy the day, and thanks for all you do for the drone community!
Epic Range test Dusti!! I remember watching you RT the M3 and you made it all the way to the Ocean i think 9+ miles, thats insane! I watched this on my big TV 👌 You timed your RTH perfect, well done man!
Dustin, can't remember which Island you live on but we hope you and your family's are good and safe. Thoughts and prayers to all affected by the fires🙏💞
I am a Air 2S supporter all day. The Battery life and O4 together make it hard to resist but for me I think the Air 2S with its 1 inch sensor will keep me happy for now. Beautiful flight. Thanks for sharing.
I'm a bit worried about you actually I I'm sure you live near MAUI in Hawaii if I'm rite I really hope you and your family are ok and we would all be thinking of you I really look forward to your next video then he would know you are ok even if it wapwa stick hello 😢
The Mavic 3 went farther at 47 thousand feet but returned home at 0%. You still have 5% from 40 thousand feet with this Air 3. It's evenly matched I guess. The only take away with this test is the 04 transmission system. You already lost 2 bars with Mavic 3 at 18 thousand feet. Yet you only lost 1 bar at 40 thousand feet with this Air 3. Impressive.
Nice drone. Loved a lot of your past videos Dustin. Especially the thrilling Mavic 3 range one flight from Hawaii and also your Mini 3 range one from this past winter as well as many others. Thank you. I've done many range tests and videos myself. I haven't published any of them on RU-vid yet since I'm a musician and will make a Nomad RV traveller channel and also a drone flyer channel in the future. I have the Mini 3 Pro and the Mavic 3. I bought the Mini 3 Pro in August 2022 and the Mavic 3 this past December 2022. I maxed my range in a nice open countryside high plateau area near here north of Montreal Quebec last May 22nd. My Mini 3 Pro got to 10.218 Kilometers (33,525 feet, 6.349 miles) launched at 100 % and finally landed at 4 % during the auto landing feature with my RCN1 controller. My Mavic 3 is incomparable however! Great with my RC Pro controller now which had some signal issues last December but now has great solid signal even from very far away at 10 Kilometers! Always mostly 5 or 4 white bars and rare yellow bars, very very rare red ones! 🙏😊The red and yellow bars occur a lot more often however with my Mini 3 pro. 😢 My max distance with my amazing Mavic 3 was at 13.163 kilometers (Wow incredible and insane) but being so scared I landed it 2 kilometers before arriving when the auto landing function started at 9 %. I could have perhaps got it back to me at 1% flying it down to the last ounce during the auto landing but was cautious and too scared about damaging my expensive Mavic 3. I found a good spot and used the "Find my drone" feature! Great! The drone was in perfect condition. My most perfect flight to date however was last July 27th reaching 12.026 kilometers away (7.472 miles, 39,455 feet) WOW! Could have gone further (perhaps even 13 Kilometers and get it back to me?). It got back to above me at 17 % so I'm getting less stressed as I am cautious! I always use and check the Windy app, UAV app, my great Airdata app and other weather apps.I always check all the elements thoroughly and only do my range tests in exceptionally low wind. I usually start my auto return to home at 60% if flying against the wind on my way back and sometime at 55 or max 50 % if my drone is flying with the wind on the way back. While flying I calculate my percentage every 1,000 meters Great if using only 3 or 4 % every 1,000 meters! Not so good good when calculating 5-7 % per 1,000 meters! Obviously when fighting the wind it's flying slower, angling around on the compass icon and more percentage usage. etc. Also I rewatch my videos and calculate all the numbers after my flights on my amazing Airdata app which I paid for to have my account as well as on my DJI Fly app flight logs which precisely play back all my flights! So far due, to my meticulous calculations I have had no crashes nor loss! I did crash and broke my Mini 3 Pro only once last August 2022 on my 2nd or 3rd flight as a beginner and thankfully DJI sent me a new Mini 3 pro last August and since that incident I'm extremely cautious and have now flown 152 flights since then very well! I'm also into so many features such as Waypoints, Hyperlapse, Slo motion, cinematic gain settings for better cinematic flight videos, good videography, photography and so on! I've been getting better at all the many other features ie. Night Flying and all the others etc..Lots there to keep learning and improving! I will make a drone RU-vid channel soon since I have tons of videos and video creations. Love it! Yes the DJI Air 3 seems great as well as the new Ocusync 4.0 and would really love to have it too but have to watch my budget. The main thing is that I'm super happy with my Mavic 3 and my Mini 3 Pro. My next investment which I wish for will be getting into FPV flying with the Avata, the Goggles and Motion controller and improving FPV flying skills as well. Have a great day Dustin.
Congratulations for getting on DJI’s radar. It’s about time you got noticed! Your reviews are always top notch and honest and no one goes as in depth as you do making multiple videos on different aspects and capabilities. Great flight and review as always. Not a nail biter like some of your flights that you had to go down to 0% but great flight just the same. I did see it wanted to go down at the very end and you had to fly it the last couple of hundred feet. That is one thing that DJI has maintained all along is the ability to push up when the battery is low and the craft is trying to auto land. Even the original mavic pro which I still fly has this feature. Great job Dustin and DJI!!!
@DustinDunnill You need to pin a statement in the comments. All the viewers asking if your okay & looking for your Maui fires perspective including myself. Good move crazy times peace ✌️ La vida Loca.
Hey Dustin, just want to say I hope you and your family are safe i’ve been hearing a lot of news regarding the fire very sad for the people who have died. Hopefully they get it under control. Very scary times. take care.
If it is true that it got better signal going out, that is a bit backwards to conventional FPV antenna orientation. Normally you would build your unit to have the optimal signal strength on return, that way if you get into trouble and the craft turns around on some kind of RTH, you should get video and control back almost immediately in most cases. I am kind of surprised DJI would set it up this way, but I suppose you could say they have almost total confidence in the automation at this point that they aren't worried about the fastest recovery of control and video but rather just trying to get the drone to the limits of the system by having the signal be stronger facing away.
*I stand behind a giant 7 foot satellite dish when I fly and I get 14 miles range. I stand with the receiver right in the middle of the dish. IT WORKS!!!*
*Only 26 MPH. Yup, heard so many complaints about the slow speed. China did this because of the Ukraine war and they do not want any drones to be able to chase down a truck with an RPG strapped to the bottom.*
To get better video without the “stutter” I see in this one. Look up the “180 rule”. If your shooting at 30 fps then your shutter speed should be 1/60th. You have 1/4000. Doing this will smooth out your video. You may need to invest in some ND filters which are used for this purpose. Just saying. Check it out.
There are 3 tracks of video in this video. Hatcam (with ND filter), onboard drone (auto cam settings) and recorded controller screen. Can you clarify which source you are referring to? I'm sure it's the drone video you are referencing. Wouldn't it be great if the auto settings were as smart 🍻
Whenever a new drone is released, I find many videos on range test, when one is supposed to fly within VLOS. Have yet to come across a video on drone flying where there is lot of local interferences and the drone flies without losing signal.
I’ve managed to get my mini 2 out to more than 5 kilometres, hovered over a mountain for a couple of minutes and looking down and around it. Then I brought it home in auto mode, at about 1275 metres out it had started to auto land. When I realised that it was landing I pushed it further and it kept coming in, then it started to lower again at about 250 metres out, the battery level said it was on 0%, so I had to push up on it as well as forward. It made it back, which I was very happy about lol. I think that dji purposely underestimate the battery level just so that they can’t be blamed when people push their drones to the absolute limit. So you could probably have gone further without losing your drone.
Nice that DJI actually sends them to test now, about time hehe. Such a hard choice.... this one or the mini 4 pro. With the difference in regulations here in EU. (under 250gram for mini)
I get this may come kinda late, seeing as this video was uploaded a year ago, but I wanted to thank you for going the extra mile (pun unintended) regardless. Your drone testing has been a huge help in finding a manufacturer and model I like, and I ended up getting an Avata 2, Mini 4 Pro and Air 3. I believe this should cover my entire flight envelope (the C1 and C0 classification also being attractive in Europe) and I've already been asked to shoot for a couple of friends and small clients. So, i suppose things are looking promising!
Wow wonderful flight, I enjoy these range tests. I had to land my drone a few weeks ago, zero percent to long and forced land near a light pole. I have the mavic 1 and love it. Thanks for your videos.
Hey brother! My best so far with the Mavic Air 3 is 45,332 feet and back. It prob has 9 miles in it on a pedfect day with a good battery , but it simply won't match the Mavic 3's 10 mile plus range and back. I post my stuff only on Facebook , I have been doing this since 2014 , and I am certainly all over FAA'S radar. I think my 21.5 mile flight with my Matrice 600 is up on youtube , but its not my post. Itelite dbs mods has a couple old Phantom 3 records. Any who its nice to see someone else doing LR flights. I wish you clear skies , endless signal , and bottom less battery life sir. Hopefully the snitches don't sell you out like i was to the FAA back in 2018-2019.
14:30 i really wish DJI changed the firmware so if you zoom in (digitally) with the 1x lens, it would seamlessly swap to the 3x lens once you hit 3x zoom, then continues to 9x digital zoom. Feels pointless to zoom in digitally 3x when you then manually have to swap to the 3x lens anyway.
Thanks Dustin. Hope all is well. I know your not in Maui, had some friends that relocated. Just hoping no family over there for ya. Cheers and talk to ya soon. Donnie
OoooMG...great distance, perfect reception, super fly-time... and i didnt forget: best pilot for sure!! I am impresed. Technology in our era goes to the mooon and back. Anyhow...cant wait for your next vid, maybe Air 3s 😅
Just got myself the Air 3 after MUCH deliberation and research… If I had seen this video sooner this would’ve absolutely sold me on it. First drone I bought for myself was the original Mavic Air. Now being on the Air 3 I feel like I’m flying with true freedom and it’s glorious. GREAT test!! I’m sure there are a lot of folks out there who will be making their purchasing decisions based on this video. Well done!!
hey Dustin, love your range test on this. You sure did go far. Also, you’re not in Hawaii I see. Did you move to the lower 48 or is just a summer vacation?
Should have used CRUISE CONTROL at 28.8 kph to match DJIs longest flight time. That would have required sport mode but not full throttle. Got this speed number from "DJI Air 3 Specs" page under "Max Flight Time"
Nevermind, I looked it up on DJI's site. They actually list how to get the most flight time in specs for 46 minute flight. Just not sure 28.8kph would be best for range. Maybe another test 🍻
Been a follower for many years. I looked at some of your past range tests in Maui to help quantify the destruction that is shown on the news. Maybe do an edit of your past footage(s) to point out what's now destroyed vs. before the fire? You've got the best footage of the island. You're a GIS (former) guy, you know this already. Aloha!
Thats awesome distance. Maybe, drive 16 miles away from your house and fly back and land on your property. Call someone to turn off the drone. As always you put out very good long range videos.
I honestly tought it can go further. But it is what it is. Still a GREAT range and a great range test Dustin. I tought it can go further than mavic 3 but nevermind. Thanks!
Hi Dustin! Robert Hipp here, I remember that you lived on Maui and wanted to check and make sure that you and yours are all OK! Stay safe brother and let us know as soon as you can 💯 🙏😊
Thank you so much for all your videos. I've seen them all and appreciate the honesty with your reviews. I purchased my first drone (mavic pro platinum) from watching your review on it along with dji fpv fly more as well and mavic 3 mini pro. I don't purchase any dji drone unless I've seen u review it. So, thanks again Dustin.
Hello Dustin and thank you for this video... I watched this clip and I have a question... I have a DJi Air 2 S drone and looking at the footage taken with the Air 3 there doesn't seem to be much of a difference in image quality and the question would whether it is really worth buying the Air 3, strictly referring only to the quality of the video recording, which seems to me to be the same as the one made with the DJi Air 2 S. I want a direct and relevant advice in this regard from you. Thank you!
hey mate. the difference i think is more for the 70mm lens than for de quality. maybe the dji air 3 its better at night, and the shadows and black you can see perfectly, better my opinion :)
So I guess the 12 mile rating is believable, you didn’t even get close to it’s max range…. It’s just a battery limitation it seems…. That’s nice to know
Hey Dustin, thanks for the video. Glad DJI is finally putting Way points on all of their newer drones. That 04 transmission is simply amazing. Did you happen to notice how long the batter lasted for this flight? Curious about "real" battery life vs spec'd battery life. Beautiful country but IMO nothing compares to Hawaii. Aloha.
