3 Air 3 - Mountain Biking in a Parallax World

c.oberschneider · Jul 25, 2023

When DJI asked me to produce content for their Air 3 launch and show the capabilities of the new 70mm tele lens, I knew what I had to do - take this little drone on a mountain bike trip through the Austrian Alps!

Dustydoug · Jul 25, 2023

Great job! Beautiful.

Any thoughts about its performance. Noise levels etc?

Yorkshire_Pud · Jul 25, 2023

Oh wow.

Just curious, how long do brakes and perhaps discs last? LOL

c.oberschneider · Jul 25, 2023

Dustydoug said:
Great job! Beautiful.

Any thoughts about its performance. Noise levels etc?

Thanks!
To be honest I didn't do a direct comparison between the Air 3 and my Mini 3 Pro and Mavic 3 Pro Cine, so I can't comment on noise levels etc.
What I can say is that, regarding the cameras and image quality, the drone seems more like a bigger brother of the Mini 3 than a reduced version of the Mavic 3 Pro, if that makes sense. But regarding size and weight, it's exactly the opposite - it's a lot closer to the Mavic than to the Mini.
It's fun to fly, the new RC with upgraded / more antennas works flawlessly etc etc, but I'd rather pay more and get the Mavic 3 Pro if I were in for a new drone.

c.oberschneider · Jul 25, 2023

Yorkshire_Pud said:
Oh wow.

Just curious, how long do brakes and perhaps discs last? LOL

Haha, they last longer than you'd expect! I ride a lot and maybe have to change brake pads 3x a year.

bwhip · Jul 26, 2023

Breathtaking! Nice work, thanks for sharing.

bsmorgan · Jul 26, 2023

Does (or can) the Air 3 record with both cameras simultaneously? I assume you select which camera to view on the controller but I've looked at multiple videos where the scene shifts between 24mm and 70mm.

GFields · Jul 26, 2023

Nice video

c.oberschneider · Jul 26, 2023

bsmorgan said:
Does (or can) the Air 3 record with both cameras simultaneously? I assume you select which camera to view on the controller but I've looked at multiple videos where the scene shifts between 24mm and 70mm.

It's either 24 or 70mm, there's no simultaneous recording with both cameras.

4006448 · Jul 26, 2023

Stunning scenery! I think I might manage the trip down the mountain, but not ride up it!! Nicely flown and edited.

c.oberschneider · Jul 27, 2023

4006448 said:
Stunning scenery! I think I might manage the trip down the mountain, but not ride up it!! Nicely flown and edited.

Thanks! We were using e-bikes for this trip, so the uphill part was actually not that hard.

the downside was that a 25 kg e-bike can be quite a challenge riding down a steep technical trail!

rcourtney671 · Jul 27, 2023

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.

MavicFlyer2 · Jul 29, 2023

c.oberschneider said:
Thanks!
To be honest I didn't do a direct comparison between the Air 3 and my Mini 3 Pro and Mavic 3 Pro Cine, so I can't comment on noise levels etc.
What I can say is that, regarding the cameras and image quality, the drone seems more like a bigger brother of the Mini 3 than a reduced version of the Mavic 3 Pro, if that makes sense. But regarding size and weight, it's exactly the opposite - it's a lot closer to the Mavic than to the Mini.
It's fun to fly, the new RC with upgraded / more antennas works flawlessly etc etc, but I'd rather pay more and get the Mavic 3 Pro if I were in for a new drone.

Thank you for you're professional inputs !