You guys are the best! A big Thanks to you guys for transforming myself in less than a year and a half from a drone enthusiast with a MINI 2 to a drone geek trying to learn the most to get the best out of my Mavic 3 ( with RC PRO) and my new MINI 3 PRO (with RC). Greetings from Mexico!
Today is day 20 with a mini 4 pro. I almost exclusively use hand launch and catch. I might have launched and landed on the ground twice ever. Keep the wind at your back, no nearby obstacles and hold/ catch it nice and high over your head to reduce the risk. A lanyard for your controller is highly recommend. Downward avoidance will make the drone hesitate to land in your hand but keep holding the down button until it starts landing. You can flick the switch to sport mode and it will land in your hand much sooner. But if you forget to switch it back, you increase your risk of crashing because OA will still be turned off.
The no side sensors bit me a couple weeks ago. I was doing a project for my father-in-law, had been watching the drone to make sure I was good, then took my eyes off it and crashed into some trees. Definitely put too much faith in trusting what the camera could see and regret having to spend that $450 to get a new Mini 2. Great video!
Such a great video. Im so very new at this and was looking at drones when a former college of mine turned out to be a drone enthusiast. He gave me his old drone for free and it is a DGI Mini 2. coulple things he left out telling me though was one you need a license (No problem as a precaution i did my own research first (UK) and sorted that and two the drone will not work in certain areas. This is a great safety feature, as though I had no intention of flying it high it could have still been a disaster. Defiantly do your research on the legal side first. Im yet to fly my drone but this July that's going to be my first flght. Can't wait
Consider not using your thumbs on the "thumb sticks". You'll have a lot more control if you use your thumb and index finger. (I'm new to drones but have some experience in RC aircraft.) You have to train yourself not to park your thumbs on the tops of the sticks, but it will be worth it in the end.
This is so good! I have a question… when I catch my drone and turn it upside down it doesn’t turn off straight away. It takes a while and even a few flips. Just wondering if anyone knows why that is
Hey man! Any chance you’ve got a video or anything to walk someone through getting their FAA license? There are a lot of websites that are saying “pay $150 for my class to pass the FAA class!!!”. I just need to know how to take the test haha
Hello sir i just want to ask about updating our homepoint, what happens when we select a controller as our updated homepoint and what happens if the drone is disconnected from the controller? Is this make the drone fly away?
Hi, I have a question, maybe it's not possible cause I can't seem to find the answer in the manuals or online. Is there a way to factory reset the drone itself? I have the one with the DJI RC controller. Everybody shows how to reset the controller but not the drone. Or is there a way to downgrade the firmware on the drone? Thanks for your help.
Hi Jeven. question: Every time when I use my Mini 3 pro with RC controller with display I touch on the screen for focus.. but automatically the focus changed to the middle .. can I change this somewhere in the settings to hold the focus where I touch without changing it to the middle? Its very frustrating because I can see on the display the focus is not on the point anymore where I want to be the focus is.
HiJeven & Jake. I really like your videos! I am a really amateur in flying drones and try to improve my skills and your videos already helped me a lot to have an eye on certain things. But I also found out a few things noone is really talking about: - the drone is setting its height relative to the home point. So when flying low over the ground and you want to follow someone up or down a hill you'll face the drone "changing" its height. But it's rather because the height of the object changes. Also, e.g. flying up the hill, object avoidance steers the drone being 0.5 m above the ground. But when flying back, you'll remark that your drone is higher than before (of course). To keep those things in mind is quite hard in addition to all the other things :-) - marking an object changes the flight behaviour of your drone completely as you can't turn the drone away from the marked object. One must always keep in mind to switch the object marking off when you want to fly "as usual". - when marking an object to follow and you want to do the "circle" movement, in my opinion the drone really behaves strange as it does a spiral rather than a circle. How to avoid that? - to really learn flying, you need a project. Basic movements training is absolute necessary (square, circle and so on), but without a project, I think you're gonna get stuck in your improvements.
Another thing to keep in mind th@ I never see in tutorials th@ needs to be kept in mind is “prop wash” which is the disturbed mass of air or pushed aft (or fore when in reverse) by the propellers of an aircraft. In laymen’s terms, if your craft comes to close to a wall/building, the wind created by the thrust of the propellers can actually suck your drone INTO said wall. I had to learn this the HARD WAY but fortunately I wasn’t up high enough to damage anything but my propellers & Ego. I noticed it a couple times before I wrecked but thought nothing of it & figured it was just a quirk in my drone. It wasn’t until AFTER my wreck th@ I decided to look into it & discovered “prop wash” was a THING. 🤦🏾♂️💯
I have a question shot a video on my new DJI mini 3 and and my iPhone 12 Pro Max When in LumaFusion and trying to upload it kept crashing or giving me an error I figured out it was the drone footage so I removed it but obviously I would rather keep it any idea what my issue might be? I did optimize and consolidate.
Such awesome content. Thank you. I agree all pilots can make use of these tips, new and old. @Jeven can I also ask what harness is that you wear with the pockets. I think you also had a green one. Or is it just the backpack straps?
Hey Jeven , thank you for all the amazing content I was curious to know which filter you used like at 6:00 for example the Sky have very nice blue is it a polorizer filter if yes which ones ? Thanks
I've been subscribed to your channel for about a year, and I just got my mini 3 pro yesterday. Fortunately there's a little RC airfield a few miles from me, and I intend to take the advice to start flying there because everything I think I know from watching your videos I probably don't really know. 🤣
Hi Jevan, love this channel. I'm a newbie to drones and video though not to photography. I would love a tutorial on shooting landscape with manual and using 10 bit (not the editing just the shooting). How do you deal with say gradually rising up a hillside with the bright sky becoming a larger and larger part of the image. How do you deal with focus as you traverse a landscape where the optimal focal distance might change and you want to keep to the same shot. If you tap in the centre that creates the jerky footage we would like to avoid. Feels to me like it would be good to be able to set certain things on auto (focus for example, and sometimes shutter speed) but to be able to keep other things on manual but I guess you can't. Anyway, if you feel others might be interested in this I'd love to watch your answers. Cheers from New Zealand.
Thanks. I always pick up something new from your videos. I bet you have a ton of info about those pesky SD micro cards. Especially what you really need for speed ratings ( V?? and U??) for the DJI drones. It is surprising how picky they are with SD speeds. Hope you would consider doing a video on them since they are so important to the video process.
Good material! Thanks so much. My first flight with the Mini 3 was right into a tree. I had researched specs for the Mini 3 Pro, and was not aware the Mini 3 has zero collision avoidance tech. Thankfully, I only damaged a prop - easy fix. But, rookie mistake!
This is a great clab. I bought a mini SE last year and I still haven’t tried it. Today at least I will spend a few minutes looking at it until I have more time in a better place letting her to test it out
I look forward to your drone videos❤️. Its marvellous😳❤️. I wish you to do many more videos... I'm from Sri lanka🇱🇰 . Flying a drone is my lifelong dream. But it is now a dream in our country😢. The reason for that is that we are suffering a lot due to the inflation in the country. But I'm still trying❤️. I have no words to express my dream if a friend can help you too🤝👍🤚❤️
Crashed my Mini 2 stupidly this Sunday by getting too close from a tree and hitting a branch. Good that I still have the replacement coverage! Hope to get a new one soon…. Will post the video of this later in my channel. Check it out if you wanna see a real life “don’t doit” moment 😭
Best advice iss following " Line of sight" not only is this law in USA and Canada but it's the proper ethical way to fly. Too many people post these videos of flying out 5km away with their UAVs and making others think its ok. Its not. Lets start getting enthusiast and so called pros to follow the regs.
good video but flying out of line of sight is wrong really because its not as risky as you make out if you loose signal it will return to home and if you loose line of sight you will have onboard camera visuals and also it gives you an indication when its time to return home
If I didn’t have the other drone, chances are, I would never have seen that other video. Deven, thank you for making Drone specific videos so none of us (especially new & only one drone owners) don’t miss out on your informative video content.
I realize that the "Mini 3 Pro" was released BEFORE the "Mini 3", but I find it very frustrating that content creators have titles for their content that do not make the distinction and accurately reference the drove model that they are talking about in their titles and their content. The specifications of the "Mini 3" are not identical to the "Mini 3 Pro" and people who are looking specifically for the non-pro model, like me, are disappointed to be lured into something that describes the content as "Mini 3" when it is actually about the "Mini 3 Pro". Details matter.
Dear Jeven, the drone is out for public now for ...4 weeks? How can you determine these mistakes. And I wonder if new pilots make them. I guess you made them. No harm done, just admit it ;-) Do people post you their mistakes? And after 4 weeks you already have 30 of them? Wow!
Make sure you check out the 2nd half of this video on Jake's channel: th-cam.com/video/vE1ZI7fLAOE/w-d-xo.html
So much fun exploring and swatting bugs with you this time! I can't wait for the next adventure
Nice work you guys❤
Mistake #31....going on a video shoot without bug spray...lol
You guys are the best! A big Thanks to you guys for transforming myself in less than a year and a half from a drone enthusiast with a MINI 2 to a drone geek trying to learn the most to get the best out of my Mavic 3 ( with RC PRO) and my new MINI 3 PRO (with RC). Greetings from Mexico!
ive just bought a mini 3 drone-and learnt so much from both your channels--awsome -best from down under In West Australia🙏🙏
Today is day 20 with a mini 4 pro. I almost exclusively use hand launch and catch. I might have launched and landed on the ground twice ever. Keep the wind at your back, no nearby obstacles and hold/ catch it nice and high over your head to reduce the risk. A lanyard for your controller is highly recommend.
Downward avoidance will make the drone hesitate to land in your hand but keep holding the down button until it starts landing. You can flick the switch to sport mode and it will land in your hand much sooner. But if you forget to switch it back, you increase your risk of crashing because OA will still be turned off.
I'm so glad you both did a collab, you are both two of my ultimate favourite TH-camrs for learning skills.
Jeven and Jake riding the collaboration train!!! Good job guys, two of my favorite drone guys!!!
Thanks for mentioning its dangers for manned aircraft.
Yeah im Here......watching sir
Thank you
The no side sensors bit me a couple weeks ago. I was doing a project for my father-in-law, had been watching the drone to make sure I was good, then took my eyes off it and crashed into some trees. Definitely put too much faith in trusting what the camera could see and regret having to spend that $450 to get a new Mini 2. Great video!
Bruh pay attention don't rely on sensors know where your flying and keep eye
@@Matanumi I usually do. But have also had times where the angle I was at wasn't the best for judging how close I was flying to trees or an object.
I made a few of these mistakes especially flying inside on my first night and smashing the drone into my wall and replacing two propellers! 🥲
New viewer here! Absolutely love your content! Keep it up!
what settings would you recommend for cloudy outdoor ocean views?
Hi!!! Luv your vids
Such a great video. Im so very new at this and was looking at drones when a former college of mine turned out to be a drone enthusiast. He gave me his old drone for free and it is a DGI Mini 2. coulple things he left out telling me though was one you need a license (No problem as a precaution i did my own research first (UK) and sorted that and two the drone will not work in certain areas. This is a great safety feature, as though I had no intention of flying it high it could have still been a disaster.
Defiantly do your research on the legal side first.
Im yet to fly my drone but this July that's going to be my first flght. Can't wait
Wow please give me tips how you still stay calm when the battery in a critical situation 😅
Great video and very useful tips, thanks!!!
Consider not using your thumbs on the "thumb sticks". You'll have a lot more control if you use your thumb and index finger. (I'm new to drones but have some experience in RC aircraft.) You have to train yourself not to park your thumbs on the tops of the sticks, but it will be worth it in the end.
Great Video!
Haha loved the intro with the crash!
Great info/video as usual! Thanks!
Thanks for your info, I love this little drone.
Awesome as usual.
Hola. Donde conseguiste la mochila que usas? Saludos
Great video and very informative I just ordered my new dji mini 3, looking forward to apply some of this knowledge
Does Mini 3 have crash sensors & obstacle avoidance features?
Awesome collab, I've learned to much from you two.
This is so good! I have a question… when I catch my drone and turn it upside down it doesn’t turn off straight away. It takes a while and even a few flips. Just wondering if anyone knows why that is
Great to see you two together making videos. Excellent and stimulating thanks.
Awesome collab.
Just bought one. So thanks dor the Tipps
I just sold mini 2. This was great vid. Love the content learning from you!
You are the best, I hope I had cameras coz I love filming
That setting the home point should be on the main screen in my opinion, not having to dig through menus while flying.
Great and useful tips, thanks !
What is the backpack you’re wearing in this vid?
Great advice.
Do you have a video about drone laws? I live in California and just purchased the mini 3 however i wasnt there were so much regulations…..
Fabulous tips!
again with the great content! I just got one...Will this replace my Mavic 3?
Depends on what you need. I use both the Mavic 3 and Mini 3 Pro for different situations
Great tips for beginners, and for experienced pilots as well. Thanks for sharing Jeven.
good
Hey man! Any chance you’ve got a video or anything to walk someone through getting their FAA license? There are a lot of websites that are saying “pay $150 for my class to pass the FAA class!!!”. I just need to know how to take the test haha
Hello sir i just want to ask about updating our homepoint, what happens when we select a controller as our updated homepoint and what happens if the drone is disconnected from the controller? Is this make the drone fly away?
Hi, I have a question, maybe it's not possible cause I can't seem to find the answer in the manuals or online. Is there a way to factory reset the drone itself? I have the one with the DJI RC controller. Everybody shows how to reset the controller but not the drone. Or is there a way to downgrade the firmware on the drone? Thanks for your help.
Hi Jeven. question: Every time when I use my Mini 3 pro with RC controller with display I touch on the screen for focus.. but automatically the focus changed to the middle .. can I change this somewhere in the settings to hold the focus where I touch without changing it to the middle? Its very frustrating because I can see on the display the focus is not on the point anymore where I want to be the focus is.
About to buy tonight!
Great tips.. 👍
What is the resolution of this video? It is pretty wide.
Parabéns pela conquista
Abraço irmão 🤜🤛
How do you upload videos onto TikTok/Instagram if you use the RC remote instead of your phone ? 😮
Very nice
HiJeven & Jake. I really like your videos! I am a really amateur in flying drones and try to improve my skills and your videos already helped me a lot to have an eye on certain things. But I also found out a few things noone is really talking about:
- the drone is setting its height relative to the home point. So when flying low over the ground and you want to follow someone up or down a hill you'll face the drone "changing" its height. But it's rather because the height of the object changes. Also, e.g. flying up the hill, object avoidance steers the drone being 0.5 m above the ground. But when flying back, you'll remark that your drone is higher than before (of course). To keep those things in mind is quite hard in addition to all the other things :-)
- marking an object changes the flight behaviour of your drone completely as you can't turn the drone away from the marked object. One must always keep in mind to switch the object marking off when you want to fly "as usual".
- when marking an object to follow and you want to do the "circle" movement, in my opinion the drone really behaves strange as it does a spiral rather than a circle. How to avoid that?
- to really learn flying, you need a project. Basic movements training is absolute necessary (square, circle and so on), but without a project, I think you're gonna get stuck in your improvements.
A pretty cool list! I never thought about the exposure and color while the drone is in motion. Great video, subscribed!
That whole RTH thing can be fixed by DJI with a "Return To Controller" function so it goes where the controller is.
Update home point and pick controller. Boom done but it has to be don't manually
Another thing to keep in mind th@ I never see in tutorials th@ needs to be kept in mind is “prop wash” which is the disturbed mass of air or pushed aft (or fore when in reverse) by the propellers of an aircraft. In laymen’s terms, if your craft comes to close to a wall/building, the wind created by the thrust of the propellers can actually suck your drone INTO said wall. I had to learn this the HARD WAY but fortunately I wasn’t up high enough to damage anything but my propellers & Ego. I noticed it a couple times before I wrecked but thought nothing of it & figured it was just a quirk in my drone. It wasn’t until AFTER my wreck th@ I decided to look into it & discovered “prop wash” was a THING. 🤦🏾♂️💯
Top meu amigo, gostei do vídeo bem explicativo
I have a question shot a video on my new DJI mini 3 and and my iPhone 12 Pro Max
When in LumaFusion and trying to upload it kept crashing or giving me an error I figured out it was the drone footage so I removed it but obviously I would rather keep it any idea what my issue might be? I did optimize and consolidate.
Such awesome content. Thank you. I agree all pilots can make use of these tips, new and old.
@Jeven can I also ask what harness is that you wear with the pockets. I think you also had a green one. Or is it just the backpack straps?
Its my Shimoda Backpack: th-cam.com/video/C01ShVz9-sw/w-d-xo.html
Nice!
Simply put it..MEUH. Thanx 4 your time.
Hey Jeven , thank you for all the amazing content I was curious to know which filter you used like at 6:00 for example the Sky have very nice blue is it a polorizer filter if yes which ones ? Thanks
I've been subscribed to your channel for about a year, and I just got my mini 3 pro yesterday. Fortunately there's a little RC airfield a few miles from me, and I intend to take the advice to start flying there because everything I think I know from watching your videos I probably don't really know. 🤣
Hi Jevan, love this channel. I'm a newbie to drones and video though not to photography. I would love a tutorial on shooting landscape with manual and using 10 bit (not the editing just the shooting). How do you deal with say gradually rising up a hillside with the bright sky becoming a larger and larger part of the image. How do you deal with focus as you traverse a landscape where the optimal focal distance might change and you want to keep to the same shot. If you tap in the centre that creates the jerky footage we would like to avoid. Feels to me like it would be good to be able to set certain things on auto (focus for example, and sometimes shutter speed) but to be able to keep other things on manual but I guess you can't. Anyway, if you feel others might be interested in this I'd love to watch your answers. Cheers from New Zealand.
Yeah... next time ill buy a drone...
Tnx
new subscriber, got my first drone!
Another fantastic video! Thanks to both of you guys! You guys became my go to source for learning! Great work.
5:00 just to add on.. know the limitations of your skill too
Don't forget to "press record" as it happened to me 2x. 😅
😂relate
Super cool 😎🤝🤟🏼
Sound advice, thxs!
Thanks. I always pick up something new from your videos. I bet you have a ton of info about those pesky SD micro cards. Especially what you really need for speed ratings ( V?? and U??) for the DJI drones. It is surprising how picky they are with SD speeds. Hope you would consider doing a video on them since they are so important to the video process.
My mini 3 pro is fogging up! 😒 I even posted a video.
3:12 you're forgetting that there's a vision sensor below the drone to keep it self in place with or without GPS assistance
Good material! Thanks so much. My first flight with the Mini 3 was right into a tree. I had researched specs for the Mini 3 Pro, and was not aware the Mini 3 has zero collision avoidance tech. Thankfully, I only damaged a prop - easy fix. But, rookie mistake!
This is a great clab. I bought a mini SE last year and I still haven’t tried it. Today at least I will spend a few minutes looking at it until I have more time in a better place letting her to test it out
This looks like spam.
Também tenho um mini 3
I look forward to your drone videos❤️.
Its marvellous😳❤️.
I wish you to do many more videos... I'm from Sri lanka🇱🇰 . Flying a drone is my lifelong dream. But it is now a dream in our country😢. The reason for that is that we are suffering a lot due to the inflation in the country. But I'm still trying❤️. I have no words to express my dream if a friend can help you too🤝👍🤚❤️
bro, use the wireless go 2s instead!!
No
Just noticed your time stamps aren't aligned with the video x
Fixed
@@JevenDovey 😁🙌
I got just the mini 3 fly more combo. I hate it now that I have watched videos I would’ve just spent the extra $200.00 to get obstacle avoidance
wdym sensors, the dji mini3 doesnt have any.
Crashed my Mini 2 stupidly this Sunday by getting too close from a tree and hitting a branch. Good that I still have the replacement coverage! Hope to get a new one soon…. Will post the video of this later in my channel. Check it out if you wanna see a real life “don’t doit” moment 😭
31. Not learning how to fly FPV (and learn Everything FPV) properly!
🤣🤣🤣 me flying yesterday evening indoors with my new drone and now watching this video
wait -- was i supposed to watch this Before making the mistakes? damn.
😂 7:10 its me i did and break it
Tip
Another beginner mistake is to buy an expensive drone to start to learn how to fly drones. Definitely start with cheap ones first.
Have u been rejected by blackbox?
Best advice iss following " Line of sight" not only is this law in USA and Canada but it's the proper ethical way to fly. Too many people post these videos of flying out 5km away with their UAVs and making others think its ok. Its not. Lets start getting enthusiast and so called pros to follow the regs.
yea, but I am blind
Eh I fly BVLOS a lot of the time just know the risk of doing so especially around buildings and low
good video but flying out of line of sight is wrong really because its not as risky as you make out if you loose signal it will return to home and if you loose line of sight you will have onboard camera visuals and also it gives you an indication when its time to return home
That is solid drone content Jeven Dovey. +subscribed thanks for helping me not destroy my luxury toy with my humongous stupid gorilla hands
Really thought they Jeven would show a helicopter crash for education reasons of course 😂
fiiiiirst
I got my wings broken in my first flight😂😂😂
Let me guess.... Are they the same 30 biggest drone mistakes new pilots make with the mini 2?
There might be a few overlap but many of these are specific to this drone
Which ones? Apart from obstacle avoidance which you have covered on the Air 2s they are all valid for the mini 2.
If I didn’t have the other drone, chances are, I would never have seen that other video. Deven, thank you for making Drone specific videos so none of us (especially new & only one drone owners) don’t miss out on your informative video content.
Why would anyone launch a drone from a kyack? One little fumble with your hand and your expensive drone is at the bottom of the ocean.
As a kayak fishermen that’s a risk we take with everything , probably gonna sink one eventually
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I realize that the "Mini 3 Pro" was released BEFORE the "Mini 3", but I find it very frustrating that content creators have titles for their content that do not make the distinction and accurately reference the drove model that they are talking about in their titles and their content. The specifications of the "Mini 3" are not identical to the "Mini 3 Pro" and people who are looking specifically for the non-pro model, like me, are disappointed to be lured into something that describes the content as "Mini 3" when it is actually about the "Mini 3 Pro". Details matter.
Dear Jeven, the drone is out for public now for ...4 weeks? How can you determine these mistakes. And I wonder if new pilots make them. I guess you made them. No harm done, just admit it ;-) Do people post you their mistakes? And after 4 weeks you already have 30 of them? Wow!