Launched this previous summer season of 2023, the DJI Air 3 is a succesful replace to the two-year-old feature-packed DJI Air 2S.
One of many essential areas through which the Air 3 has been upgraded can be the impediment avoidance sensors.
As a substitute of a four-way impediment avoidance system, like its predecessor, the DJI Air 3 has omnidirectional impediment avoidance.
This new system ensures the Air 3 has 360-degree impediment avoidance safety. With this new system additionally comes different updates and additions to the present security choices for the Air 3.
This text and the included YouTube video will focus on the assorted security options of the Air 3 and present the right way to:
- Arrange impediment avoidance
- Set RTH (Return to Residence) choices
- Replace the house level
- Set the Air 3’s most altitude
- Allow augmented actuality (AR) settings and extra
The Security Tab
To entry and modify the protection options of the DJI Air 3, you’ll need to be within the Security tab to make the mandatory changes.
To entry the protection tab, each the Air 3 and DJI RC 2 or RC-N2 will should be powered on and related to the DJI Fly app.
Go into the Fly app menu/choices within the Digicam View display screen by tapping the three dots within the higher right-hand nook.
You’ll need to be within the Security Tab. If you’re in one other tab, merely press the Security tab.
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Flight Help
The primary space we’ll be is the Flight Help choices. These embrace:
- Impediment Avoidance Actions
- Bypass Actions
- Show(ing) Radar Map
Impediment Avoidance Motion
The impediment avoidance motion is damaged into three separate choices and determines the conduct of the Air 3 when obstacles are detected.
Earlier than flying, you’ll need to outline what the Air 3 will do as soon as it approaches an impediment.
The accessible actions are:
- Bypass – When enabled and controlling the Air 3, the Air 3 will routinely go round detectable obstacles. If there isn’t any accessible approach to take action, the Air 3 will then hover till motion may be taken by the drone pilot.
- Brake – When the brake motion is enabled, the Air 3 will routinely cease and hover when encountering obstacles. You’ll then be capable to decide the very best plan of action to take.
- Off – Turns off all impediment avoidance methods. With this motion, the Air 3 can run into obstacles within the setting. Some drone pilots, like myself, use this feature when flying in tight areas.
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Bypass Actions
Baypass Actions dictates how the Air 3 behaves when bypassing obstacles.
- Regular – The Air 3 will search for objects and obstacles earlier than reaching them, staying a protected distance from the impediment(s).
- Nifty – That is type of like Cine mode for the Bypass motion. When enabled, the Air 3 will keep away from obstacles with extra laid-back and clean actions. Nonetheless, this Bypass choice has a better probability of colliding with obstacles.
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Show Radar Map
The Radar Map (which may be toggled on and off) is an on-screen support used to shortly provide you with a warning to how shut the Air 3 is to things.
That is finished by way of the usage of the colours orange or crimson, relying on how shut the drone is to an object.
When near an object the radar turns orange and regularly turns to crimson because the Air 3 flies dangerously near the thing.
The Radar Map is especially helpful for many who flip off all impediment avoidance and fly shut to things within the setting, or fly by way of tight areas and areas.
On the naked minimal, the Radar Map will give a visible warning of obstacles.
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Return to Residence (RTH)
Return-to-home (RTH) will return the Air 3 to the recorded house level with none further enter from you.
On this part, you’ll need to set the choices for Superior RTH.
Superior RTH
There are two settings accessible for Superior RTH. These RTH settings are:
Optimum Superior RTH
When in Optimum Superior RTH, the Air 3 plans the very best route for it to get house, no matter any RTH peak choices beforehand enter.
It should alter its peak to get above, beneath, or round any sort of impediment or interference sign within the space that might disrupt a profitable RTH.
With the optimum setting chosen, the Air 3 will use the straightest and most direct path to RTH to save lots of on battery energy, which in flip will increase the period of time the Air 3 can fly.
This may occasionally presumably even save the Air 3 if the batteries are low.
Whether it is too darkish for the Air 3’s imaginative and prescient sensors, the Air 3 will default to a variation of Preset mode, with preset altitude choices, which we’ll have a look at.
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Preset Superior RTH
On this mode, the Air 3 will return house on the preset peak.
As a rule of thumb, I set my Auto RTH Altitude to 30 ft or so above the best impediment wherever I could be flying for the day.
If the Air 3 is in Optimum Superior RTH when the lighting situations are too poor for the Air 3’s imaginative and prescient system to see its approach house, the Auto RTH Top will likely be used.
Auto RTH Altitude
The Auto RTH Altitude is an important choice to set.
The reason being that within the occasion of an emergency (we’ll contact on this shortly), you’ll need the Air 3 to have adequate peak when returning house.
As a rule of thumb, it’s all the time good to set your return-to-home peak a good bit increased than the tallest obstruction in your space.
Some merely set their RTH altitude to the most flight ceiling in the USA (400 ft) and simply go.
This may be harmful if the Air 3 is returning house and there are low-flying plane within the neighborhood.
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Replace Residence Level
Updating the house level permits you to change your property level from the place it was routinely set within the DJI Fly app upon buying a GPS sign, and set it the place you need it.
That is particularly helpful if you end up transferring from one location to a different quickly whereas flying, maybe when on a ship or one other transferring object.
The house level can solely be moved as soon as the drone is within the air and has a full GPS lock.
To replace the house level:
STEP 1: Whereas within the air, press the arrow to the correct of Replace Residence Level.
STEP 2: A map of your rapid location will populate the middle of the display screen. Drag the display screen till the yellow H strikes to your new desired house level location. When finished, merely press OK, and the brand new house level will likely be up to date.
In the event you’d prefer to set the house level again to the place it was, merely do the above steps in reverse.
You can too set the house level to be the place the Distant Controller is at the moment positioned. One state of affairs for this might be when overlaying areas quickly whereas in a car or on a ship.
To replace the house level to the distant controller, whereas within the “Replace Residence Level Map”:
Faucet the Distant Controller icon. The Residence Level will then be set to the precise location the place the RC is at the moment.
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AR Settings
The Air 3 advantages from the inclusion of AR (augmented actuality), displaying on-screen overlays to help with house level identification and return-to-home capabilities.
With Present AR Residence Level choices on, you will note a digital H on the Dwell View display screen representing the Air 3 house level, which may be seen in all the map views.
With the Present AR Return-to-Residence route choice enabled, there’s a inexperienced path exhibiting what route the Air 3 will take to RTH.
Lastly, when touchdown, there may be additionally a digital “Air 3” on-screen exhibiting the place the Air 3 will precisely land. That is known as Present AR Plane Shadow.
Flight Safety
This part is used to outline how far and excessive the Air 3 will fly at any given time. Though our intention could also be to remain throughout the confines of the regulation, when in flight, this could be troublesome to keep up.
Max Altitude
If you’re in the USA, as a result of it’s unlawful to fly above 400 ft, it’s possible you’ll select to set the Max Altitude to something below 400 ft.
If you’re in a rustic that regulates the utmost altitude which you can fly, likewise you’ll need to set that quantity right here.
Max Distance
Moreover, you can even set the most distance. If you’re involved about flying too far out, you possibly can set the worth to any quantity you’d like. If distance isn’t a priority, this may be set to No Restrict.
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Superior Security Settings
Superior security settings decide how the Air 3 behaves when the Air 3 disconnects from the distant controller.
Disconnects can happen because of variants within the setting, akin to tall bushes, mountains, canyons, and even sign interference and loss because of buildings.
Sign Misplaced
Sign loss choices are as follows:
- RTH – The Air 3 will return to the house level, whatever the environment.
- Descend – The Air 3 will descend and land, even when the sign was misplaced over water.
- Hover – The Air 3 will keep in a single place till it receives enter from you. You will have to go to the placement of the Air 3 to regain a connection.