Mavic Air 2 - Your Questions Answered

zeeeegerman · May 13, 2020

A lot of people had great questions about the Mavic Air 2. I answered them in this video:

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crosswired · May 13, 2020

zeeeegerman said:
A lot of people had great questions about the Mavic Air 2. I answered them in this video:

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...would controller fit ipad mini 4?

...ok, it doesnt

Hiflyer808 · May 13, 2020

Ok, finally got the answer to my question re Quickshots. They are only 1080p. Not a dealbreaker at all since you can do most of them using spotlight or orbit, and the 4k may be added in later as with the Air 1. More concerning are the lack of control over gimbal pitch speed and smoothness, yaw speed and smoothness, and sharpness and contrast. I presume all those will be added to the app fairly soon.

jimmy6616 · May 13, 2020

Anyone with an Air 2 figured out a lanyard support yet?

Sheppie · May 13, 2020

Hiflyer808 said:
Ok, finally got the answer to my question re Quickshots. They are only 1080p. Not a dealbreaker at all since you can do most of them using spotlight or orbit, and the 4k may be added in later as with the Air 1. More concerning are the lack of control over gimbal pitch speed and smoothness, yaw speed and smoothness, and sharpness and contrast. I presume all those will be added to the app fairly soon.

I agree, would like to hear an answer to the gimbal problem.

jimmy6616 · May 13, 2020

For such a feature rich aircraft they seem to have missed the fundamental touches that are actually available on the mini?

like gimbal speed, exp adjustments to the controls etc

z28lt1 · May 13, 2020

I believe the gimball speed was in the mini. Don't think the stick EXP was. Seems like they were in the beta though, so hopefully coming back in the not too distant future.

Giovanni · May 14, 2020

zeeeegerman said:
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Great review. I have 3 questions but all related. While waiting for the smart controller update, can I use the crystalsky monitor? How do you do get dji fly app on it? If not, or either way, can i fly Litchi with Mavic Air 2?

Mweelrea · May 14, 2020

zeeeegerman said:
A lot of people had great questions about the Mavic Air 2. I answered them in this video:

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Can you check out what Geo Location (or GPS) accuracy/resolution is provided on any images that are taken, this would be embedded in the EXIF data of the image .. with previous firmware it was only to 1 Deg lat, long .. I guess the simple way is to take an image and post the EXIF data ...
The previous data with my Mavic Air, with early firmware wasn’t very accurate to begin with no decimal places, good would have many decimal places ..
It’s just for accurate (as far as GPS limitations) location use.

Thanks

z28lt1 · May 14, 2020

Giovanni said:
Great review. I have 3 questions but all related. While waiting for the smart controller update, can I use the crystalsky monitor? How do you do get dji fly app on it? If not, or either way, can i fly Litchi with Mavic Air 2?

I'm not the video maker, but yo answer the questions:

- You cannot use Crystal Sky
- At the moment you cannot use Litchi. DJI needs to release the SKD and then Litchi needs whatever time they need to make it work. Who knows when that will happen, but it hopefully will.

Giovanni · May 14, 2020

z28lt1 said:
I'm not the video maker, but yo answer the questions:

- You cannot use Crystal Sky
- At the moment you cannot use Litchi. DJI needs to release the SKD and then Litchi needs whatever time they need to make it work. Who knows when that will happen, but it hopefully will.

thanks, do you know if an iPad can be used? I just have a tough time with a small phone

z28lt1 · May 14, 2020

Giovanni said:
thanks, do you know if an iPad can be used? I just have a tough time with a small phone

You can use an ipad, but it won't fit in the controller so you need:
1 - A mount for the ipad (plenty of options around at all price points, or you can 3d print one if you have access to a printer)
2 - A longer USB-C to Lightning Cable to reach where the mount is.

Giovanni · May 14, 2020

I have 1 and 2..great, I guess the app is available for iPad...

zeeeegerman · May 22, 2020

Mweelrea said:
Can you check out what Geo Location (or GPS) accuracy/resolution is provided on any images that are taken, this would be embedded in the EXIF data of the image .. with previous firmware it was only to 1 Deg lat, long .. I guess the simple way is to take an image and post the EXIF data ...
The previous data with my Mavic Air, with early firmware wasn’t very accurate to begin with no decimal places, good would have many decimal places ..
It’s just for accurate (as far as GPS limitations) location use.

Thanks

There is full resolution GPS data.

example:
Latitude: 48° 8’ 22,811” N