Air 3 cruise control

[old man mavic]

hi fellow flyers ,tried out the cruise control, on my Air 3 today ,and for videoing large scenic areas ,it is a really useful addition ,it gives a wonderfully smooth appearance to the resulting videos ,when played back on my 42inch wide angle smart TV,that i use as my computer monitor, once set at the desired speed ,all the other stick inputs remain as normal ,and if you use the tele camera it is just as good

 

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Does pitch stick cancel it, or is it ignored?

 

[3rdof5]

In cruise control mode stick commands are added in addition to the cruise settings. They do not cancel it.

 

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In cruise control mode stick commands are added in addition to the cruise settings. They do not cancel it.

Now that is cool. So it speeds up and slows down with pitch input, and returns to set cruise speed at center stick?

 

[3rdof5]

Now that is cool. So it speeds up and slows down with pitch input, and returns to set cruise speed at center stick?

Correct

 

[GFields]

Love the cruse control feature. I have it programed on first tap of the function button

 

[GadgetGuy]

Now that is cool. So it speeds up and slows down with pitch input, and returns to set cruise speed at center stick?

Yes, unless you relock the new changed stick inputs.

 

[Xitor]

Sounds great, I'm dying to try this out. Want to fly parallel to a POI and see how well it tracks the POI.

 

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Sounds great, I'm dying to try this out. Want to fly parallel to a POI and see how well it tracks the POI.

Course Lock. An awesome feature from GO4 and legacy DJI drones. Also Orbit.

Went away with DJI Fly, inexplicably. Lots of complaints over the years, never came back, so obviously deliberate omission.

I believe DJI thinks Focus Track is a substitute for these features, but visual tracking has its issues compared against GPS location and height as the focal point. Especially when you want to orbit a point where there's nothing visually distinct to track... Say you want to orbit the center of a cornfield.

 

[mobilehomer]

In case you have never tried, you can also course lock multiple stick inputs for a curve or circle.

 

[Mrprop365]

Is the cruise control feature available on the original mavic 3?

 

[solidhouse]

Is the cruise control feature available on the original mavic 3?

Yes, original Mavic 3 has cruise control.

 

[Mrprop365]

Yes, original Mavic 3 has cruise control.

Thanks

 

[3rdof5]

Is the cruise control feature available on the original mavic 3?

Cruise control (as well as Night mode) was brought out with the release of the Mavic 3 Classic and added to the Mavic 3 with a FW update. All Mavic 3's have the same flight abilities.

 

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First I saw it show up was over 2 years ago on the FPV. That only allows locking in speed.

First camera drone was the A2S, IIRC.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Yes, original Mavic 3 has cruise control.

Not unless you update the FW to also broadcast Remote ID, which cannot thereafter be rolled back. Enabling Waypoints and Cruise Control on the Mavic 3 comes with a poison pill!

 

[GadgetGuy]

First I saw it show up was over 2 years ago on the FPV. That only allows locking in speed.

First camera drone was the A2S, IIRC.

Looking it up, the first camera drone to get Cruise Control was actually the Air 2, but it was only available in Hyperlapse Mode.

Mavic 3 series was the first DJI drone to get full Cruise Control in all modes, followed now by the Air 3.