DJI Fly App

[kjh123]

Is the DJI Fly App required to fly and work with the Mavic 3 Classic with the DJI RC controller?

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

If the drone has not been activated then YES.
If the drone has previously activated then it probably can be flown with out the app being active but height and distance may be severely restricted and, in some cases, you will probably be unable to fly it at all. There may be messages 'waiting' for your response before the drone can be flown, without the App you won't see those messages and will not be able to respond to them.
Besides, if you want full control of the drone then the app is needed.

I would have thought that the app would be already on the controller, is it not?

 

[Drone Master]

Is the DJI Fly App required to fly and work with the Mavic 3 Classic with the DJI RC controller?

Yes! . Double check that the app is up to date on the controller. It should be if your kit was purchased as a whole.

 

[Macinfo]

For any new DJI Drone for about the past 3-4 years, the Fly App is it, older DJI drones used a different app.

Since you have the DJI RC, it is already installed by default. If your just getting a new Mavic 3 Classic setup, its possible that there are updates you will need to install as a part of that setting it up for the 1st time, which will probably include updating the Fly App on the DJI RC to the current version.

 

[Arnold LeVine]

More details as to the issue you are having.