DJI Air 3: The Complete Beginners Guide 

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.

Thank you for this, straight to the point explaining everything well. I've been flying for 7 years and there is always something to learn.

Love your vid, easy to understand and fast moving, cleared up a lot of my questions. Thank you!

Thank you for this video. 2nd time watching this video. Best I have found so far.👍🏼

Thanks for taking the time to post a user guide on the Air 3. Really useful and good explanations on the functions available.

So very helpful! Thank you for such a complete run down of everything!

Thank you so much for your complete beginners video tutorials ❤❤❤

Thank you for producing this video. I am new to Drones and this was so easy to follow and covered everything I need to get going. Brilliant.

man, you are THE HERO!

Love the video, thanks for the great info

Really well done video.. thank you. Just upgraded from an old Mavic and found this useful.

Awesome tutorial - love your work - thank you

Great video as I just got one of these drones as a gift :) Great learning experience for newbies and beginners.!

Thank you so much for this video. So well done. I just received my Air 3 and can't wait to get started!

A good job. Very easily understood

Great video, I learned a number of things today....Thanks

I get my Air 3 this Monday. Great video. Thank you. It's my first drone. Looking forward to getting into aerial photography while traveling in retirement. 👍

Fascinating presentation that totally makes me overconfident I can do the exact same thing right after unboxing a new drone.

Great video keep them coming

Awesome video! Hopefully most of those features are built in the Mini 4 Pro. Can't wait to see the Mini 4 Pro wind resistance near the lighthouse😊

Best tutorial ever! Thank you.

This is the best video I have seen!

Wonderful guide.

very helpful, thank you for creating and sharing

Great video. Thank you.

Great video thank you! Just got into the hobby.

Thx you very much for this very detailed tutorial guide~ but I think you might forgotten to describing about the "Cruise Speed Shooting" function~

Have had a couple of Dji drones but really good info Thank you.

You're definitely the friend I wish I had when I have tech questions.

Thank you for this video. Just got the Air 3 to spice up my RU-vid videos and learned a lot from this video.

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.

Great content. Thanks man!

The best vid out there. For dji air 3 owners😍

The best lecture under the sun.

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! ❤️🇳🇱

Thank you for this video! Our Air 3 should be here tomorrow. I’m going to repeat the first 25 minutes so I can get the basics locked in my head for when we try it out. One question so, the drone records it’s “home” location when it first takes off? In case I need to use the rth?

EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!!!

Thank you very much for this

Great video! Just got my first drone and I picked an Air 3. This video really helped my get the hang of things, especially the camera modes. Curious: is that Abcoude in the background at 45:15 :)?

Great insight to an air 3 before i fly my own. Thanks. What nut/ screw size did you use to attach the karabiner.

Great video

Great video thanks for making it. My only question is you charge a battery and it takes all day to charge even run put of daylight can it sut full overnight till use next day? Thanks

Hi thanks for entertaining and informative videos! Which filter pack ND/cpl do you recommend for Air 3? I want the best.. Thanks!

amazing thank you!!!

Thank you for showing how to transfer the video onto the iPhone. This is the ONLY Utube demonstration of this I have found. Would you please make another video of this process more completely? I am now a subscriber. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much!

Super helpful

Amazing explain 🔥🔥🔥 super ❤

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.

Great video as always. Couldn’t find the link for the mico sd cards. 😅

Great tutorial! I am doing my research for my first drone purchase….I don’t have to buy one right away and am wondering if I am looking at the Air and Mini models, should I wait for newer models to be released some time in 2024? I am unfamiliar with the DJI release schedule in the past. Thank you for any advice!

Thanks for the video! Did your drone come with a landing pad? Just curious because you were talking about how it’s not ideal to launch or land on the pebbly trail

Is there a limit number of waypoints users can add? Thanks for the excellent tutorial video.

Thanks!

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I noticed when you opened the pro video settings, the camera had chosen a shutter speed of 5000 but the fps was at 60. I thought with video, the shutter should be 2x the fps? I just bought an Air3 and was thinking I needed ND filters. Guess not?

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.

Hi is there a way to enable manual decent on this Air whilst its in RTH ? The Mini 3 Pro does it but i can't seem to do with with the Air 3

Can you record on Hd to save disk space? Or just on 4k?

good video......what thread is on the carabine?

99.9 % of reviews on the Air 3 show people always explaining why they chose the RC-2 Over The N-2 controller. I just ordered the Air 3 and it’s currently showing out on delivery so I’m a bit excited about it. I chose the cheapest option with the N-2 controller for a couple different reasons. 1 the price was a couple hundred dollars cheaper that’s a primary reason. I can always go back later and purchase the RC-2 and extra batteries individually. In the long run I will pay more but sometimes it’s easier to come up with a couple hundred dollars than it is 5 or 6 hundred especially after you already have to pay a grand just for the drone. Another reason is that I already own 5 DJI drones such as the mini 2 mini 3 mini 3 pro mavic air 2 and the Air 2s and I have the basic N-1 controller on all of them. As you probably know DJI released a firmware update making the Air 3 compatible with the goggles 2 but unfortunately you can only use the goggles with the motion controller. That’s a huge disappointment. I don’t know why DJI can’t just allow us to use the goggles with our regular controllers. But I found another solution that will allow me to use FPV goggles on any and all DJI drones. On Amazon they have a tablet called the tripltech 9 pro and it has HDMI ports so that you can download the DJI fly app and then use goggles that also have an HDMI port to view the onscreen display through the goggles. But if I had the RC-2 I couldn’t use the tablet. Purchasing the tablet is just under a thousand and then the goggles will be around 500 but having the ability to use goggles in those hard to see sunlit days will be much easier to get the shot you want.

Do you do a exposure and all that kinda of topics , videos ?

Please do a review of the hover X1 :)

Just bought it today.

Here’s what I can’t figure out…the Remote has a mic and speaker, but I can’t figure out how to record my voice as a slate for the clips, or how to playback the audio. Ami I missing something?

The reason your explanation of the D-log looked exactly the same on screen was because the color display assist was on. It's basically just a LUT so you can see what it'd look like once you're done color grading

Is it possible to modify the speed of reaching individual waypoints in real time? I would like to record an obstacle relay race from above, but each segment requires a different speed and it's hard to predict how fast each team will run. Would it be better to record this manually?

Dope!

what camera you're using? white tini on cap?

Thank you for the video! Would I be able to take my drone and batteries with me on a plane? I know TSA is strict on L-ion batteries, do you know how many watts a battery has?

Hi, I just watched your video and it was great. I currently have an Air 2. DJI is having a 20% off sale right now and I am going to buy an Air 3 with the controller that you used in this video. My question is I have heard that with the screen built into the controller it is much easier to see than when you are using your phone with the controller. In using my phone and I am outside on a sunny day, it is really hard to see where I am flying the drone.. In your experience, is that true?

Suppose we are alway from drone or drone are at low level like 20ft in garden or under tress.sudenly we need RTH but if i had set RTH HEIGHT AT 200 feets.. My question is that when my dji air 3 prepear him for goto 200 feets (for set RTH position but drone are at under tress so what will b happened.. They did or not colapsed with tress..? Pls clear my confusion

Can i charge the battery pack from a powerbank ?

How do I take photos with 9:16 or anything I can upload to social media?

Bedankt ❤️🇾🇪

Are you getting the high resolutions footage from quick transfer mode ?

My photos are coming out at 12mp how do you switch to 48mp? I can’t find it.

I love this but where’s the link for the memory card??

These are on sale at the moment. I have never piloted a drone. Would this be a good beginner drone?

Where did you get the screw for the bottom of the controller? I want to get one, but all the ones I look cheap

I chose the air 3 over the mini 4 pro for the quality

Can you tell me why my video footage is not smooth? It seems like it has hiccups. How can I correct this? I just took the DJI Air 3 for the first time. Thank you.

i'm just here refreshing youtube waiting for your gopro 12 review

Apas 5,active track,m/s ?

bro what's that camera on your hat?

Have to by charger separate

What is your bike called

Burst is beneficial for birds.

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.

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 need mapping DJI Air 3..

I need to charge may batteries wherever you're charging them. One hour per battery would be a dream. Mine is more like 6 hours. Per battery.

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.

I don't see the link for the data card he referenced in video

My Air 3 will only record 3.5 GB at a time, then it starts a different segment. Very irritating. I even changed the SD card and settings. No change.

DJI!!!

😍👍

You like DJI over Autel? Why or why not?

1 month ago 😮

You didn’t talk about the carabiner!