Good stuff, Billy! I marvel at your ability to walk and chew gum simultaneously. Or, in this case, ride a OneWheel, fly a drone, and narrate simultaneously.
Great job as always, Billy! Was pretty sad to see it crash right out of the gate but it did well afterwards (for the most part). Hopefully they'll dial it in a lot more as it still seems unreliable. I don't think the beacon will change much though. Whether it's active tracking you or tracking a beacon, the obstacles will remain the same. Mini 5 Pro next?
Can you adjust the height? Kinda scary. I just got mine yesterday and charged everything up. Will be flying today. But probably won’t try the tracking just yet. Great video and info! 😃🐾🐈⬛🐝👍
Got mine as well last week. I had a couple of quick test flights and an amazingly fast drone and quality camera. The next test is active tracking like Kyle.
Yes, in settings you can adjust both the inner and outer radius length (how far away the drone will try to follow) and inner and outer heights (how far above the ground the drone will try to be when not avoiding obstacles). It also has a setting for allowing it to fly under 2 meters. Meaning it could fly below human head height to try and avoid lower hanging obstacles.
Billy, I love watching these one-wheel tracking videos. They are always fun to watch. I was wondering since it does fairly well flying slightly above you and has difficulty tracking from a higher altitude, can you lower it behind you in a way similar to what you did with the Skydio a few years ago? All the best, = Robert
It's a setting, You can set the altitude of the drone while doing active track. Yours was very high but you can make it lower and it will go like the neo.
Billy pretty sure you can go into the settings and adjust max height and lateral distance when using Active Track. Assuming you did not so that before trying it out, that would fix the flying to high problem.....Maybe.
That was not as impressive as I was hoping for or expecting. Do you know why it wanted to track you from that altitude initially? Did you have the height set from the get-go? Anyway, glad the tree incident didn't spell it's end and thanks for yet another great video Billy. I really want one of these.
2:16 The drone went sideways because the vision sensors don't work properly when exposed to direct sunlight or a powerful light source. Outdoors, this is usually caused by the sun, while indoors, it can be due to strong lights or laser beams, commonly seen during concerts. This issue can also occur during outdoor night events. At 2:25, the reason the drone didn't detect the small branches is that the LiDAR sensor couldn't get a good reflection from the branches due to their complex shape. In conclusion, DJI drones are not yet fully ready for a fully autonomous tracking feature."
@@billykyle I meant while you were flying , the road below , had some black patches on .. what were they? Around 1:45 there about ... Just curious. The Air 3 s looks good . But currently I have the Air 3 as my 3 drone now.
Thanks… I would had charged my OW GT-S before the ride. The last thing I want to do is lug a dead OW back home. I ordered the Air3-S last Sunday… we’ll see if it gets through customs w/o a fuss in CO. Good job articulating the details of active tracking. I don’t know anything about this “beacon” product. Who is developing this accessory?
Hi Billy. I see some kind of blur phantom image around you and your shadow as you move. Maybe something with the encoder? Maybe added by the compression algorithm of your editing software? Maybe my computer here? I don't know.
I think it’s so cool that you ride onewheels I’m a very hardcore one wheeler and I want a drone that can follow me and you have helped me decide thank you
What is you workflow with perfectly syncing the audio with the drone footage? If you have made a video illustrating how to do so please put it in the link or point me in the right direction.
@@bluezorro999 I've asked for a more practical impression and don't need to be told to read specs by a smart guy. Having the drones side by side and and handle it in the backpack is something you could share as an impression.
@@johnmcmurphy1007 I mean, I'm no expert - but by looking at the dimensions, you can see that one drone is clearly smaller than the other. I'd guess that the smaller drone will take up less space in your backpack? Like I say - I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure smaller objects use less space. As for image quality - just do basic searches of sample footage! Get off your ass and do the research yourself.....
Amazing how much better the Neo is when just following the path you traveled vs Active Track using vision sensors to constantly dodge an weave. It makes for very uncinematic and unusable footage. When you tell the Neo how high or low to follow it stays there pretty well. The 3S would keep gaining altitude and having to drop down between every tree.
How awesome would’ve been if you would’ve had like Insta360 or something on him facing the drone so we could see you at the Drone was doing would love to see another video like that, we wanna see what the drone is doing, and how it reacts to the trees,,☝🏼
They need to add voice control for tracking... cruse control and so on....heck.... for everything! a glance at the screen and then giving a voice control is better then a look at the screen and push a button.. or swipe the screen and select something! .... 1st.... I could never ride that one wheel.... 2nd forget about even glancing at the screen but for people that can ride that darn thing it would make it so much more fun and safe being able to use voice commands.
Billy, did you actually walk all way back home with your monowheel in the left hand and the drone in the right? okay, that's not how e mobility is supposed to work, lol.
Unfortunately, all the hype regarding these new sensors encourages people to try more and more risky maneuvers. With an expensive piece of kit like the AIR 3S, you must still be cautious... Experiment first if not sure!
That 3S looks like overkill in a post-Neo/X1 tracking world...and not even doing a good job for this type of tracking. It would work to track a car in an open environment where the Neo would be useless.
This lider should have detected this very interesting….. I’m assuming Dji is gonna make the lidar sensors 360 in the future watch my word on that one.. they scam us with 1 lidar sensor.. why can’t you just replace all the obstacle avoidance with lidar????
@Taino76 he did the sensors tests before on air 3 and it hit and it was understandable he even said those small branches may not be detected, but lidar yaaaayks 😵😵😵
@@dronetheworld4k67 yeah but them branches might be thin but it's a bunch of the together lol.i understand 1 or 2 skinny twig's but a tree like that it should of detected it
All those sensors and the following logic is total garbage. Just use the NEO team for ALL the DJI products… it’s the only drone from the company doing the job correctly. The strategy is VERY simple. In difficult scenarios just stay low and close to the subject. If the path is clear for it it’s safe for the drone as well… It’s so easy you can’t go wrong, but they do.
Why it crash into the tree?! It was flying forward and it's having a LiDAR, it should "see" the tree with every single branch perfectly... Otherwise also the video of DC Rainmaker is great with Active Track.
This was a lot of fun Bill! You really challenged the drone! We def need that beacon!
If you want a challenge try elsewhere. This is like an intro to what the drone can do
Camera quality and image on that unit are true quality for drone of it's price point.
Thanks Fer The time In!!
I love these tracking tests near the golf course. The Air 3s did pretty well, despite a rough start. Great video Billy, thanks for sharing.
Great flight and nice foliage as well. Thank you, Billy! Cheers, Brendan
Good stuff, Billy! I marvel at your ability to walk and chew gum simultaneously. Or, in this case, ride a OneWheel, fly a drone, and narrate simultaneously.
Right? he is good! 🤣
Great job as always, Billy! Was pretty sad to see it crash right out of the gate but it did well afterwards (for the most part). Hopefully they'll dial it in a lot more as it still seems unreliable. I don't think the beacon will change much though. Whether it's active tracking you or tracking a beacon, the obstacles will remain the same. Mini 5 Pro next?
Would be great to see an air 3/3s night footage comparison. Got lucky with that tree catch! 😮
I appreciate the video Billy. I always enjoy your videos.
Nice video ! Super scenic countryside, what area of the country is this ?
Great vid cheers I’ll be buying mine in the next few weeks can’t wait
Came to watch when I saw the onewheel :D couldn't find your mic, where is it hidden?
His shirt pocket
The zoom lens whilst tracking helps SOOO MUCH
@@KentRoads how so?...
Can you adjust the height? Kinda scary.
I just got mine yesterday and charged everything up. Will be flying today. But probably won’t try the tracking just yet.
Great video and info!
😃🐾🐈⬛🐝👍
Got mine as well last week. I had a couple of quick test flights and an amazingly fast drone and quality camera. The next test is active tracking like Kyle.
Just now got everything downloaded and will try it out in a bit. Will start in an open space 😅
Yes,
You can adjust the altitude while active track
Yes, in settings you can adjust both the inner and outer radius length (how far away the drone will try to follow) and inner and outer heights (how far above the ground the drone will try to be when not avoiding obstacles).
It also has a setting for allowing it to fly under 2 meters. Meaning it could fly below human head height to try and avoid lower hanging obstacles.
Wow the tracking seems like so much better than the one for Mavic 3 pro? Have you tried to track from the front of the object?
Billy, I love watching these one-wheel tracking videos. They are always fun to watch. I was wondering since it does fairly well flying slightly above you and has difficulty tracking from a higher altitude, can you lower it behind you in a way similar to what you did with the Skydio a few years ago?
All the best,
= Robert
It's a setting, You can set the altitude of the drone while doing active track. Yours was very high but you can make it lower and it will go like the neo.
Those ghost branches! 👀
Another great Billy Kyle video! Kudos👏👍😎
So the lidar detection is not good for that many tree branches?
Billy pretty sure you can go into the settings and adjust max height and lateral distance when using Active Track. Assuming you did not so that before trying it out, that would fix the flying to high problem.....Maybe.
Yes you definitely can. I really get tired of these self-proclaimed "drone experts" who don't know the features of their drone.
that emblem is on the mini 4 pro too...
That was not as impressive as I was hoping for or expecting. Do you know why it wanted to track you from that altitude initially? Did you have the height set from the get-go? Anyway, glad the tree incident didn't spell it's end and thanks for yet another great video Billy. I really want one of these.
2:16 The drone went sideways because the vision sensors don't work properly when exposed to direct sunlight or a powerful light source. Outdoors, this is usually caused by the sun, while indoors, it can be due to strong lights or laser beams, commonly seen during concerts. This issue can also occur during outdoor night events.
At 2:25, the reason the drone didn't detect the small branches is that the LiDAR sensor couldn't get a good reflection from the branches due to their complex shape.
In conclusion, DJI drones are not yet fully ready for a fully autonomous tracking feature."
Billy, what is on the street ? How much patching has been done on the road? Is it a new road design?
What?
@@billykyle I meant while you were flying , the road below , had some black patches on .. what were they? Around 1:45 there about ... Just curious. The Air 3 s looks good . But currently I have the Air 3 as my 3 drone now.
Best active track ever ... and by an Air 3s!
Great information, I still want to see how it does in a more urban environment dealing with utility wires.
Thanks… I would had charged my OW GT-S before the ride. The last thing I want to do is lug a dead OW back home. I ordered the Air3-S last Sunday… we’ll see if it gets through customs w/o a fuss in CO. Good job articulating the details of active tracking. I don’t know anything about this “beacon” product. Who is developing this accessory?
Hey! what about a night auto tracking video to really test the sensors?
Skydio is out of de market but continues being the king of tracking. Waiting foward for DJI beacon to see the results.
It has settings for height and distance from subject.
So can you set it to max height 15 max distance 20 or so? Seems obvious that on a path with trees that the closer the drone follows the better.
Hi Billy. I see some kind of blur phantom image around you and your shadow as you move. Maybe something with the encoder? Maybe added by the compression algorithm of your editing software? Maybe my computer here? I don't know.
Can you do review on low light video
great question Thanks
Hey tree, good catch!😂
😂😂
Hahahaha
I think it’s so cool that you ride onewheels I’m a very hardcore one wheeler and I want a drone that can follow me and you have helped me decide thank you
Thanks.. Do you set obstacle avoidance to brake or bypass?
it should track your path and then use that as it's own path
I wonder if the sun confused the sensor?
Did you take your Avata down to Wonderland..??
How did you record the audio for this video?
What your audio setup?
What is you workflow with perfectly syncing the audio with the drone footage? If you have made a video illustrating how to do so please put it in the link or point me in the right direction.
I was trying to figure out how you got such good audio with no visible Mic. Then I saw it.
Did you have this on auto exposure? Just wondering why you were so over exposed.
How about testing it wearing green?
😂😂 You are keeping it real. Those thin vines get all drones it seems. I like that my drones can track but I don’t trust the trees 😂. They love drones.
Hi Billy, how would you rank the new Air 3s to the original Mavic 3?
Is it much smaller?
Is the obstacle sensing and video quality comparable?
Why don't you look at spec and dimensions of both - and figure it out for yourself?
@@bluezorro999 I've asked for a more practical impression and don't need to be told to read specs by a smart guy.
Having the drones side by side and and handle it in the backpack is something you could share as an impression.
@@johnmcmurphy1007 I mean, I'm no expert - but by looking at the dimensions, you can see that one drone is clearly smaller than the other. I'd guess that the smaller drone will take up less space in your backpack? Like I say - I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure smaller objects use less space. As for image quality - just do basic searches of sample footage! Get off your ass and do the research yourself.....
Amazing how much better the Neo is when just following the path you traveled vs Active Track using vision sensors to constantly dodge an weave. It makes for very uncinematic and unusable footage. When you tell the Neo how high or low to follow it stays there pretty well. The 3S would keep gaining altitude and having to drop down between every tree.
The tracking is really janky to me. I don’t understand why it hasn’t got better in certain areas considering DJI is basically the market leader
So how are you not picking up the noise from the props. Does it sync with the DJI mic 2?
Good question
Can you please make the video recording of the remote bigger next time
Isn't there a feature forbit to fly at a closer distance?
12:00 she almost went into the stream, saw that little shake from hitting the branch lol!
It’s happened before 😂
This video is making me nervous just as if I was flying through a bunch of trees! I’m fricken ducking and weaving! Still love it though
Is it better than skydio 2? On obstacle avoidness?
Skydio has a beacon. dji is way behind the game with this. The Skydio follows subjects better than anything out there.
DJI was meant to launch a tracking beacon along side this, but it has been delayed. Also Skydio no longer sell any consumer drones.
First ❤ Did I win a free drone?
ty
We need another video, Where to buy Air 3S in America? :))
DJI still has a long way to go in order to make it more seamless.
How are you recording voice?
Thanks for asking this question!! Recording through your iPhone works but the quality of the recording is not the same!!
Soooo… how did you get back home?
How awesome would’ve been if you would’ve had like Insta360 or something on him facing the drone so we could see you at the Drone was doing would love to see another video like that, we wanna see what the drone is doing, and how it reacts to the trees,,☝🏼
They need to add voice control for tracking... cruse control and so on....heck.... for everything! a glance at the screen and then giving a voice control is better then a look at the screen and push a button.. or swipe the screen and select something! .... 1st.... I could never ride that one wheel.... 2nd forget about even glancing at the screen but for people that can ride that darn thing it would make it so much more fun and safe being able to use voice commands.
wow, the trees😂 and beautiful neighbourhoods
yes, incredibly beautiful
Jealous much
I think I’m a gonna wait till DJI release the AIR 4. Hopefully that’ll come out with ‘truth’dar, and it’ll avoid everything.
Billy, did you actually walk all way back home with your monowheel in the left hand and the drone in the right? okay, that's not how e mobility is supposed to work, lol.
If you enable near ground then the drone will go below the trees to dodge it more easily
Unfortunately, all the hype regarding these new sensors encourages people to try more and more risky maneuvers. With an expensive piece of kit like the AIR 3S, you must still be cautious... Experiment first if not sure!
Tries to act like what the drone is doing isn’t impressive… 😂 It’s incredible!
Given that one plz don't destroy it
I have the air3 but it can't fly the sensors need calibrated by dji so am stuck
So we know that little branches and wires are still going to trip up this drone, even with LiDAR.
lol
LiDAR failed !!! I am keeping my Air 3!!
LiDAR shouldn’t be the reason you upgrade. It would be the camera and improved speed.
@@JoshConnectMediaLidar is more for low light
@@billykyleTrue that! My Air 3S arrives today. Own Air 3 and Air 2S. I do commercial real estate imaging.
That 3S looks like overkill in a post-Neo/X1 tracking world...and not even doing a good job for this type of tracking. It would work to track a car in an open environment where the Neo would be useless.
IMO Air 2S still does a better job at tracking
This is factually false
Nope ...need to see the screen capture showing the features...
My drone simply won’t do this.
This lider should have detected this very interesting….. I’m assuming Dji is gonna make the lidar sensors 360 in the future watch my word on that one.. they scam us with 1 lidar sensor.. why can’t you just replace all the obstacle avoidance with lidar????
Lidar sucks for some type of material, soft items like clothes towel, vision sensor works better in that situation
Think Skydio still better follow drone
I'll stick with my air 3. 😂😂😂
Nah, I'm good. Fam ma 3 hasn't crashed yet. Let me go knock on wood 😂
Jealous much 😂
looks like lidar is a scam 😂
I have same feeling 🤔
It should have not hit that tree lol.360 sensors and lidar lol.
@Taino76 he did the sensors tests before on air 3 and it hit and it was understandable he even said those small branches may not be detected, but lidar yaaaayks 😵😵😵
@@dronetheworld4k67 yeah but them branches might be thin but it's a bunch of the together lol.i understand 1 or 2 skinny twig's but a tree like that it should of detected it
@@dronetheworld4k67 I got a Air 2s and I won't be getting no drone for now.dji is becoming Apple with this drones every year a new one smh.
Billy deleted my comment.
LOL no I didn’t 😂
Many comments are deleted by TH-cam itself
All those sensors and the following logic is total garbage. Just use the NEO team for ALL the DJI products… it’s the only drone from the company doing the job correctly.
The strategy is VERY simple. In difficult scenarios just stay low and close to the subject. If the path is clear for it it’s safe for the drone as well…
It’s so easy you can’t go wrong, but they do.
I am good with my Air 3.
Good for you, 3s is still better
Why it crash into the tree?! It was flying forward and it's having a LiDAR, it should "see" the tree with every single branch perfectly...
Otherwise also the video of DC Rainmaker is great with Active Track.
hahahahahahaha
If like that, I might as well spend my money on a DjI mini 5 pro 🤔
Only in a windless environment. This will still be better than any mini
Well, I'm not up grading my Air 3.😂 Let's see what the Mavic 4 has to offer, then I'll up grade.
Air 3s has newer tech & software, so it's better than yours. Mavic 4 will be 3 times the price for 3s and you compare the 2 🙂↔️
lidar and fail the first couple minutes ,thanks the real test🫡