Excellent brake response testing Ian. I was happy to see that the pause button will initiate what looks to be a 150 sensitivity braking and that the obstacle avoidance mode initiates a full braking as well. What about with obstacle avoidance set to bypass? Thanks again for your very useful and meaningful testing. Cheers, Bob Teddy was very playful today.
Yes; still a few things to test out, including whether the OA kicks in after you have already let go of the sticks...... Bypass Mode is another scenario I need to play with too on this. Cheers!
Great video , I've been watching a lot of your videos just lately, and I have to say I love the way you explain things nice and slowly and clearly and that you repeat some of the test two or three times, clear instructions making it perfectly clear it's really good , keep up the good work much appreciated . 10/10 .
Great video Ian , you explain things nice and slowly and clearly and that you repeat some of the test two or three times, clear instructions making it perfectly clear it's really good , keep up the good work much appreciated . 10/10
Thanks Ian, I had lowered the break sensitivity on mine and didn't feel safe flying with it at that setting, so mine is on full sensitivity. Good to know the obstacle avoidance still kicks in as well as using the pause button. Love watching Bob & Teddy getting up to mischief in the background too! 🙂
Interesting, I can’t see how this makes video that much smoother, look how violent your stop on the pause button looked then look at the footage, nice and smooth!
@@IaninLondon I was thinking the same as you Ian after watching your first Video on this new UPDATE and also another one I watched and was about to try it for myself but like always you beat me to the punch and I am very grateful for that, regards TJK UK.
A very worthwhile and valuable test, thanks Ian. It would be nice if DJI provided better release notes detailing the changes and their effect rather than just the scantest of info along with "read the manual"
thanks Ian, very important to know! One more thing, the performance of the DJI mic at 2:54 was rather bad, when turning your back away from the camera.
This was a really worthwhile demonstration - thank you. I wonder if there is a good compromise between over-runs and abrupt braking. A gentle stop has to attract less wear and tear in the long run.
DJI did an amazing job with this tiny drone and it just gets better with software updates. Shame it doesn't have side sensors but weighing in at just 249g with a half hour battery it can't have everything a big drone offers. Side sensors are the only hardware thing I miss on this drone. Hopefully waypoints for normal flying will come soon.
Hi Ian. Another informative video, thanks. I can seriously say, there is one good advantage of the extended braking. Obviously in the UK, we don't get the best weather, and when it's cold, I, along with most get runny noses. This can spoil a nice shot, if you have to take your thumbs off the controller to sort out an itchy, or runny nose. This extended braking is useful for not having the drone stop, then move again, thereby avoiding a steady flowing flight. Kind regards.
I can think of a situation where you need extending braking in which you may risk having no signal when you attempt to pass under a bridge (or any structure) at risk of having your controller signal transiently blocked inside that tunnel or space for a few seconds if your controller has lost a direct visual contact with the drone. If you have extended braking, your drone may still pass through the tunnel with its momentum instead of suddenly stopped inside the tunnel and your drone will be crashed. Happy to see if you can do such test. :)
Very interesting test, Ian. After your last video concerning the gain and expo settings I adjusted brake sensitivity, which I had set to 75, to 100 in all three modes. After seeing this, I will make the adjustment to 150 for all of them. Cheers from Wisconsin, U.S.A.
It's for getting better footage, not flying or racing. Also Braking sensitivity at lowest setting is for lowest SPEED settings as in 1 m/s (2.2 mph) DJI doesn't explain it but the physics are obvious. Mavic 3 is magic at 1 m/s and Braking Sensitivity at ZERO. Do not even THINK about a 900 gram projectile with no brakes. It's actually kind of obvious though. These settings are a direct port from Mavic 3, per Philip Bloom's plea and eventually a huge petition to DJI. The 250 gram Mini 3 Pro is not the bucking bronco that Mavic 3 is. It actually Flares under Braking from speed. Sensitivity is for open areas at speed, else only with Tripod modes slowest speeds. As long as you match Braking to power, you get smooth footage. It's the same concept as Gimbal "Smoothness" settings. Not to build a better missile. 😂
Great test again Ian thanks, I will leave well alone. Just to clarify when you did the obstacle avoidance test had you let go of the stick or was it is still flying forwar?. Keep up the the good work.👍👍
Awesome video and fantastic ideas of testing too. Thanks for the cautionary advice. Am going to leave braking sensitivity as is and not mess. While emergency brake works all the same if the finger lingers on pause RTH is not what might be optimal if there is a tree in the middle of a lake. Lol😂
Thank you again, Ian. Would you be able to run the same tests for sideways flying (when OA isn't available)? Most of my near misses happen when flying sideways and it would be good to know how the drone behaves then with brake sensitivity turned low. If possible, please include a test at low/Cine mode speeds too since that's presumably when most pilots will be using reduced brake sensitivity…and in an environment where a couple of extra feet of travel could cause a crash.
It will behave in the same way as the first part of the test, when I let go of the sticks. If you press pause, it will stop immediately. And as you say, no OA sideways 👍🏻
In other words, don't use low brake sensitivity in confined places unless you have the reflexes of a cat! In fact, avoid flying sideways in confined spaces.
I'm curious why people are saying "that's not very good". Turning braking basically OFF (lowest possible) should result in barely any braking. You still have access to hard braking by turning it all the way up. Works exactly how adjustable braking should with a great range of adjustable change. Why would anyone think that's bad?
At altitude a setting of 10 would be good. Should of tried increasing the braking setting up some for backyard flying but eh it's just a video. I prefer finessing the controls.
I'm still having the same issue after the update. Same gear as you've used here. In Normal mode the drone goes forward and backward at the same speed as set in Cine mode. I can't be the only one to notice this? Nothing is set wrong, it's a definite thing I'm seeing. I can't find mentions on this anywhere else so it's very strange.
@@IaninLondon Yes it's all set correctly. I've just done some more tests and now know what's going on. When I'm low to the ground, enough for the bottom sensor to detect the ground, the forward/backward speed in Normal mode goes to slow, maybe around 4m/s. As soon as you're high off the ground, it speeds up to whatever you've set it to. It didn't used to behave that way so I'm guessing this was done as part of the firmware update. I'm still surprised nobody else has noticed this. If you give it a test low to the ground Ian, you'll probably see the same thing. In Sport mode the speed remains as you set it even when the drone is low. Cheers, Geoff.
@@IaninLondon No I checked that and it's set to brake. I always prefer to have it set that way. It has to be because the downward sensor detects the ground. I tried it at different heights and the speed would revert to normal as soon as the drone was a few metres above ground.
Braking sensitivity is not designed for full speed flying. It's for TRIPOD MODE SPEEDS, and was designed for Mavic 3 to stop it bucking and rearing up. I remember you were unhappy about that behavior when it was new - worse with OA on, but it calmed down the way it FLARES under Braking. They simply ported the same controls to Mini 3 Pro, which at 250 grams its not needed. I absolutely love Mavic 3 with Braking Sensitivity set ot ZERO. That said, I ONLY do this at 1 m/s tripod mode. (What its meant for, though DJI doesn't SAY that anywhere, do they? Can you imagine Mavic 3 900 grams at fill tilt? Good! Keep it in your imagination, where such things belong. Edit: I need to check if Spotlight mode is still at full tilt, even in Tripod mode. I hope they fixed that!
The bucking and rearing was primarily down to Bypass Mode for the OA. If you look at the first test, I'm only flying at 4.9 m/s; less than half normal top speed, and less than a third of Sport mode max speed, yet still it takes 13 metres to stop, so I'm not sure you can say it's only for tripod mode speeds. Either way, you can adjust this for all three modes, and this video is simply pointing out the consequences of that.... 👍🏼👍🏼
