DJI Mini 3 - Highest Flight above a Major City (Signal Penetration Test)
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2022
- Ken shatters the 400-foot AGL ceiling and puts the DJI Mini 3 to the test at the tallest building in Tennessee!
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Excellent Test Video, and Excellent Information! Thank You Ken and Keith.
Hey Thanks Doug, I don't usually get a mention. So Thanks!!!!
Always a good night when Ken uploads a new video
Enjoying how you test the limits of this little drone and it always shows what it's capable of!
What I like about your videos are that as well as being crazy, funny, and entertaining, you still manage to be serious when it's required and ensure that the relevant safety and legal information is given to your viewers. Will hopefully be watching your videos for years to come!
I just realized you have to have a 107 to fly above 400ft. Great filming and editing!
It also has to have a waiver, and be for a job specifically. So no recreational 700ft flights :/
No waiver needed.
@@KenHeron ooooh 😮thank you for the correction!
@A2DeKay yup no waiver needed if you have a building to extend your altitude, in class G airspace with a 107
@@Fly_High_FPV I’ll definitely have to look more into this and ask the guys at remotepilote101 later when I’m studying
Dude, your videos just keep getting better. Absolutely love the humor, please keep making these informative, yet hysterical videos. He said Penetration, huh huh, huh hu!
Another great showcase of the Mini 3's outstanding performance. I had no more doubts about this drone ever since I started getting into your honest and fun videos.
Got my mini 3 two weeks ago. It's an awesome little drone. After using the original mini for so long I thought I'd upgrade.
Love your videos and how you stay entertaining yet informative. Thank you for the content.
Nice testing of the signal strength of the Mini 3 and DJI RC controller. And how the drone reacts around metal. I think it did well in both cases. Thanks for sharing Ken.
Awesome video Ken. I gain some knowledge about the frequency bands from this video thanks for the info.
Glad to help my friend!
I agree with you. I too hate vertical videos... And TikTok. We will laugh at this awful app in 10 years.
Very nice great test. Have to get mine going, have it all updated now. Happy Flying
Thanks as always Ken! I’m saving up for one of these now!!!!
Nice experiment. Thanks for sharing!
I will be getting the mini3 for sure but will wait for DJI to put out about another 10 firmware updates. 😁
And then you'll get 10 more after that. They are endless.....
A great comparison on both frequencies.👍🙂 Looks like it's pretty close.
Thank you so much Ken and guys. God bless you all everyday
Fun watching you guys. New Mini 3 Pro owner here getting ready to try some stuff. ;)
Impressive drone 💯👍😁 howdy Ken and everyone.
Looks like the dual band is probably better. But both test showed it can work.
Thank you so much and God bless you always. Have a great week everyone
Thank you for this useful information. I wanted to learn more about flying drones following the faa rules since I have gotten my part 107.
Glad to help!
Great video, thanks for sharing!.
I'm with you on vertical video Ken, I hate it!!!
Thanks For This Video
Thank you thank you. You have just shown what I have said for year about radio signals. Well as a ham operator. Now getting into quads, I can see lots of it caring over. Thank you once again Ken. 👏👏👏👏
Glad to help, Patrick
Very interesting video....i have the DJI Mini Se..( Model Mt2SS5 ) and it works in 5.8 Ghz band...now i know some of my flaying limits..tank you for the information
We had a good time bebopping around Nashville. Mini 3 is impressive! What a fun little drone.
Nice video 😎, liked & subscribed, thanks for sharing ‼️
Thank you, and welcome to the channel!
Good video and test Ken.
Great Test Ken . 👊🏻👊🏻
Now that is the PERFECT vehicle to fly a drone from, I'm sure it prevents many unwanted Karin's from approching. Great video Ken I will have too try switching to 2.4 Gh , I have noticed that my signal is very much short of my mini2 and have been slightly disapointed with the new controller. CHEERS AND SAFE TRAVELS Steve h.
Another epic Ken heron video!!!!!!
Interesting.. I've been stuck on that 'fence' for acouple months now.. still leaning towards the mini 3 though.. hoping maybe the price comes down slightly when remote ID is instituted.
I flew my mini 2 through that building from the titans stadium. It handled it flawlessly. And was awesome footage.
Perfect timing with that helicopter and bull rider 😂😂
When I'm in the neighborhood flying close by I use 5.8 manual and when I fly like a mile away I have it on auto and it seem to work pretty good
Good test. I have same problem with signal. Have you tried fly Mini 3 drone with mini 2 remote control? Wonder if that will improve signal?
I just got mine the other day. It is my first drone and I can not believe how cool this thing is.
Happy flying!
well freaking said boys !! thank you !!
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Tbh I’m still sticking with the mini 2 the best drone I’ve ever owned in my life
You are are the best!!!!
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Finally got my Mini 3 Pro in yesterday with the RC controller. All the firmware is all up and loaded and the little girl should be up in the air tomorrow. Worked well in my living room because it rained today.
so is the control and video on the same frequency?
Which band setting did you use when flying around the AT&T building? In regard to your comment about the mini2 versus Mini3, with the DJIRC controller the response and smoothness of the Mini3 is head and shoulders better than the mini two.
Intro is always weird with Ken, love it.
Very interesting upload!
Cheers from Bucharest Romania!!
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Hey I might still have a 900mhz yagi antenna. Wonder how far that would go
@Ken can you do the same test with a NT controller ?
Only thing holding me back from buying the mini 3 pro right now is the range issues, ive had the mini 2 since it came out and havent had an issue, 500m on 2.4 or 5.8 is no problem in the heart of a major city, the 3 shouldn't have any issues reaching that height not even 150ft away..
Go for it.
Are you from Nashvegas? I’m right up the road in The Boro! Just got into drones recently. I love your channel. I remember when a tornado came right between the spores of that building. Awesome footage and test. I wanted to get a mini 2, because it’s cheaper. Should I just wait and get a 3 when I have the money?
Definitely wait!
You will want the mini 3 pro over the mini 2!
I am a proud owner of the mini 3 pro and I also am a neighbor, I’m from the Manchester area.
I am also the owner of Roo Rides.
You may have heard of us if you attend Bonnaroo.
We are a transportation co for Bonnaroo.
Once you are ready to get the mini 3 pro
I highly advise you to get the refresh plan!
When I purchased mine almost a year ago
I got the m3p drone,
Fly more combo kit, ( comes with 2 47 minute batteries )
and the refresh plan
$1300 total!
Not bad at all for a drone that packs a punch and holds its weight against the really expensive drones. 😎
Isn't that the building you crashed the Phantom 4 into? :P
(I'll show myself out)
Question...
Here's the scenerio..
I live in the redwoods, and they get around 300' tall. There are mountains, also. Let's say I set my return to home at 375' to fly up the river and decide to go up the mountainside to around 1,000'.
The question...If I hit RTH, will the drone drop straight down to hit the return to home 375' or will it maintain the elevation, come home, and then decend?
Going up the mountain, I'd stay below the 400' AGL. If it came straight back, I'd definitely violate that limit. If it tried going to the 375' RTH AGL, it would fall into the mountainside. Any thoughts on this?
Ken I have a question for you. I have the DJI mavic 2 enterprise advanced. The drone has automated flight built in but a lot of the jobs I am getting are using drone deploy. Do you know of any way a enterprise advance can fly those Missions with out using drone deploy. This is killing me for sure. The drone was 6500 and is very limited.
That would be the same result with the Air 2S wouldn't it? Thanks for letting us know. When is DJI fixing the issue?
Hey! We flew at the silo together, what a great time! See ya next month at Billy's place! Woot!
Could you do a review of the dji mini se?
5.8 will also blast FPV pilots, make sure you're not flying Dual Band or 5.8 if youre mixed with FPV 👍
We will have to remember that for minefield!
Minefield? 😜
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Driving with the drone on top of the car gave me so much anxiety lol
Ive flew up and around the batman building with the mini 2, good to see that the mini 3 is even stronger 👍🏽
Hey Ken how does that RC work for connecting to Mavic 3 compared to the regular RC and your phone as far as signal strength?
I haven't tried that yet.
I deal a lot with outdoor WiFi installations at work. We only use the 5Ghz band. Even plate glass can attenuate the signal by a good margin. I have a directional AP pointing out of a front window on my house. It links up to a WiFi antenna on the roof of my Pickup so my DVR can upload video. The plate glass knocks off a chunk of RSSI and the range is a fraction of what I know the AP can get with unobstructed LOS.
2.4Ghz is less impacted by solid objects. Glass and drywall are little more than a speed bump. As a result 2.4Ghz can be very crowded in a dense residential area. When I was living in apartments the 2.4Ghz band was useless to me for anything bandwidth intensive like streaming video or gameplay. Then there's all the other wireless things that use 2.4Ghz that aren't WiFi on top of that.
I just got a Mini3 a few weeks ago as my first drone. It's a neat little aircraft. I haven't gotten daring enough to take it above 100' AGL yet. I'm glad it uses either band for communication with the RC. 5Ghz is pretty clean outdoors.
make sense now. I will use 2.4 . Thanks Guys !!!
Have you seen the fpv dive of the Burj Khalifa?
Ken, do you have any experience with Contixo F35? If so, what are your thoughts?
I don't I'm sorry.
the mini 3 pro is a great drone I find my to fast at times even on slow setting
Love all your content mate!
Lots of love from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️ 💕
I'm deaf and didn't hear the warnings...(only morally deaf)....I want to fly to the top of the tallest building in Melbourne in the next week.
Certified pilot,but didn't think my little mini 3 could do it...
I'll email you the video.
Building is called Australia 108.😊
Awesome!
Send me the video:
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My mini 2 is arriving should I upgrade it for the mini 3 ?
i think for most folks the answer would be no. you probably paid less than 500 for that mini2. a mini3pro will be about 1000. And while there are differences they won't matter to most people. The difference in quality is the difference between very very good and very very very good. I'd say enjoy the mini2 and wait to sell it when the mini4 comes out in a couple years.
5:57 you've flown to the top of larger drones? Where's the video 😂😂
Funny enough, I live in the Nations. I might recreate your test with the Mini 2.
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I have with the mini 2 & it works flying up and around the batman building… at times while i was flying downtown nashville i did experience up drafts that moved my drone pretty close to the building, but i was able to adjust without losing control of the mini 2
Do an orbit shot with that bull, haha… thanks for doing signal test.
I have the Mini 3 and have been out 4.9 miles but returned because I started to freak out. Probably could have went further!
I would get one but I already did! though I have to wait foor DJI to ship mine out. wish I had mine but they say Aug........sucks
Truly refreshing content! I guess those who whine about the range just dont know how to actually fly that drone.
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Looks like you flew Barad-dûr. 😁
From the very onset he is wrong about 2.4 being a “longer” signal and 5.8 being a “shorter” signal. In practice yes this is true in a dense area with lots of objects to fly around, but it’s not because it’s weaker, it’s because 5.8 doesn’t bounce or penetrate as easily as 2.4 around things, but 5.8 is a wider bit is available spectrum so in a city environment there is a little less interference than with 5.8 only because it’s a great chunk of available spectrum
Dose it penetrate satisfactory
In this video you say part 107 can fly 400 above buildings instead of the normal 400ft AGL Does this mean recreeational ones can't? I was under the impression they can as well.
Correct. This allowance is only for part 107 holders.
@@KenHeron ok thanks glad i found this video before attempting it then. I saw your old video saying how to do it over a radio tower but didnt hear mention of it only being part 107.. thanks for the clarification.
Does the above ground part still apply? Like 400ft above a mountain? Can recreational do that? As long as they dont fly over the drop off? (Hiking at local state park that allows drones)
Couldn't help but notice your Channel mode was in "Auto" and not "Manual" the entire time you were switching between 2.4 and 5.8.. um...
Right, and?
Because channel mode is not the same as frequency. This video was about which frequency is better, not which channel. It just means it automatically chooses 1 of several available channels on the chosen frequency(2.4 or 5.8).
You can choose a channel on the 2.4gHz band(Frequency) or on the 5.8gHz band(Frequency) or leave it automatic, as you noticed in the video.
And DJI should really change "Frequency" to "Band" to make it less confusing. I mean in rc we all talk about the 900mHz band, 2.4gHz band or 5.8gHz band ...not frequency.
Very well explained, thank you. 👍
I think the mini 3 is in a bad price point. For that kind of coin I could start to look at 1 inch cams.
Air 2s is a good more stable at higher wind speed
It is true in a side by side the Air2s wins out every time.
Let it switch. If it can work on 5.4 it will give you better bandwidth/throughput than 2.4 will.
I EASA countries you can fly a sub250gr drone in a city and above people (not crowds). There is no difference between hobby or commercial flights and in most countries you don't need a pilot certification for sub250gr drones.
A flight like you did is legal as long you or an observer maintain VLOS and the drone isn't inside a NFZ or a TFR.
Drones are allowed to fly up to 15m/45feet above an obstacle, natural or man made, as long as they stay within 50m/150feet of that obstacle.
Goood mini3, but better mavic air2 than mini3
My questions is I have a DJI Mavic 2 Zoom. I can only fly up to 400' so If I am close to a 600' building, how can I set it to fly to that height?
Also I can fly 400' over the 600' building.. right? I am not a part 107 pilot.
No, this exception is only for part 107 pilots.
@@KenHeron OK, thanks that answers my question....
Stay cool as it has been getting up to 103+ here in Houston, Tx
So, you like mini 3 or S2 or is that 2S 😳 any preference?
air 2S is better for me, mini's a great, but i need a bigger/faster platform
Great video to show how high you can fly on flat land. Living in the mountains I wish I had the same results. The tests that you put your drones through are only ONLY good for flat land flying. I launch from my house every morning (6000 ft, side of mtn). I set my RTH at about 395. My elevation meter is totally useless. I can hug the trees being only 50 ft off the ground....my meter reads 425. Adjusting to under 400 I am now only 35 feet off the actual ground....2 ft above the tree tops. To make things even more fun, when flying with a dark background..vlos is useless too. When you fly with a blue sky background it's easy to see..flying against a mountain with trees the drone just vanishes. Even with the Firehouse strobe you showed me I still can't see my drones. Any ideas?
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My fear of heights starts kicking in around 100ft I'm not gonna push it don't wanna freeze up while flying
So, I tried to order 2 but there are insignificant funds on your card?
Here, try my other card.
@@KenHeron it was also Declined.
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It's too bad that DJI doesn't sell controllers with sma jacks so you can use a non directional or direction set to suite your needs.
Flew my DJI mini 2 between 2 buildings and over a double decker bus and it malfunctioned going sideways crashing into one of the buildings and breaking on the floor…£281 to fix it 😓 instead went and go DJI mini 3 to find out it had no side obstacles avoid 😂
Ken, can you help clarify the statement you made: “If you are a part 107 holder and filming for your job, you may fly up to 400 feet above and 400 feet away from your subject.”
What if I am a part 107 holder, but not filming for my job, can I still follow this guidance? I was under the impression from prior videos that I could do this as long as I am a part 107 holder?
You can as long as you're a part 107 holder.
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@@KenHeron phew…I just flew to 800 feet north of Seattle to check out a building under construction
I believe the 5.8 is not available for outdoor flying in Europe due to radio frequency licensing.
Oh wow.
it is, at mein. but we are both european and asian and middle-east 🤪
So what's the be efit of 5.8?
5.8 provides more image quality to your screen
Not TikTok mode! 🤣
Do you think it would be ok with the property owner if a full size plane or helicopter did what you did over their property?
Absolutely not
Do you think that everybody thinks what you think they should think?
@@accordiontv1 when it violates the law, it doesn’t matter what you or I think…
Only the Federal prosecutor. Yes, this is a crime when done deliberately in the US.
@@thatguy8005 the law allows things that are wrong. You must find it difficult having taken authority as truth rather than truth as authority
@@thatguy8005 When did he break the law? I'm just curious because I'm getting into the drone stuff
Is it worth getting a 107 just for doing it for fun and paying $150 every 2 years worth it as you can post it on youtube or social media
You only pay once.
The bay yearly retests are free.
Totally bro....chick's dig pilots.
lol that intro
Glad you enjoyed it
😂😂you using mini 3 pro in video title it's mini 3🤦🤦🤦
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I checked on Skyvector and that looks like a Class C Airspace from the Surface to 4600 feet MSL. I'd be kind of scared to fly there. I'd be even more scared to post the video on UA-cam. (Edit, actually you're right between the Class C and Class D... Just a hairs breath outside of both... NVM you're good.).
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Ken, absolutely love your channel. You entertain as well as inform. This video explains my question…I guess. But could you put the question to rest once and for all? Is it legal or NOT to fly above 400’ and under what conditions? I see tons of content that says you cannot EVER fly above 400’ legally. Thanks.
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Thanks for the link, Ken. I'll watch it immediately.
@@KenHeron I watched your 2017 video. Awesome. That video showed you were flying OUTSIDE of controlled airspace. Is it possible to get authorization to fly above 400' on a job if you are INSIDE controlled space, or not? Thanks!
You'd need LAANC approval or a waiver from the FAA.
@@KenHeron Thanks again. From other sources, looks like it is unlikely I would get a waiver from the FAA inside controlled airspace….maybe if I was in a 400’ ceiling LAANC box.
Ken, are recreational pilots also allowed to fly 400’ away from and above structures or are you only allowed to do this if you are part 107 certified? Keeping in mind LAANC requirements as well of course. Thanks as always for the great content!
Hey Ryan. No, this exception is only for part 107 certified pilots.
Line of sight is going to kill either.