The Best DJI Fly Settings for the Mavic Mini

[@luciferbox5577]

Hi Billy. I’m new to drone flying and recently bought the Mavic Mini, mainly because I’ve been incredibly impressed with the results that can be achieved. From my limited experience, it is an amazing little machine. To familiarise myself with the drone, I’ve been watching countless KZbin videos to learn as much as I possibly can. Some have been really helpful. Some haven’t lol. Today, I came across this video for the best settings for the Mini and found it incredibly helpful, as well as being explained in a way that a newbie like me can understand. A really, really useful video. I’m definitely going to be watching more of your videos because I’m sure they will help me understand the drone so much better, which will hopefully enable me to get the results that I hope to get.

[@kyleshare2128]

I'm new to drones. This is my first drone to be honest. but I have learned so much from you. Thank you for being so thorough.

[@PunchNugget]

how can a video like this have 115 dislikes? he literally covered everything that you clicked on👀🤯

[@Cookiesalesman]

They had their phones upside down so they actually meant to press the like button

[@PunchNugget]

@@Cookiesalesman this is the first time in months that a comment I made got likes on it. It’s almost like my account was frozen for while because nobody ever saw my comments and liked it

[@MaximumDiver]

Yep! I would definitely use Mode 3, because I work in a video game company and I often needs to capture footage using a virtual camera in-game and the left stick is used to move the camera left-right-forward-backward. So it would make more sense in my head since I've been using this setup for so long.

[@bronzeboy6906]

Ok Billy, you’ve done fantastic for me in preparing me to be totally familiar with the mavic mini and the dji fly app! Thank you! I have had mine for 4 days now! Everything in the process has gone flawlessly and I am enjoying the heck out of the first drone/quad copter I’ve ever flown! Had snow and wind the 1st couple days so I started in c-mode and flew figure 8’s in every room in the house until I was comfortable doing it in “P”osition mode. Yep then “S”port mode! Lol. Then I walked around the house flying room to room doing figure 8’s or boxes or ovals (sliding diagonals, rt stick). Finally wind let up, it was snowing 😱, couldn’t take it anymore so I flew it out my back door into 8-12 mph N wind w/snow. No problem for the mini! Had a blast flying in the snow! Can visually track it out to about 300 M with a cloudy back lit sky. But next day is bright sun! No clouds! I loose visual at just over 150-200 M.! I just put firehouse navigation strobes on the mini! OMG dude! What a blast! What a difference! I can visually track out to 300M in a cloud free sky with brilliant sun! AND a/c orientation is always in view! Can’t wait for the Sun to go down so I can try them a night! These lights are so bright I am sure I will have to switch to dimmest setting for night flight! So cool! Thanks again!

[@robertflores5370]

Clearly presented in concise manner. I will receive the mini in a few days so I will try your suggested settings since you explained the reason for them. Thank you.

[@vk3crg]

Great video Billy! Just noticed there is an update to Version 1.0.3 on my iPhone for the DJI Fly app to fix the RTH altitude issue. They're listening to you Billy!!! :) I've flown RC helicopters for years and have found that generally Mode 2 is used mainly in the US and Canada. Mode 1 is used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the world including Asia pretty much. But it's really up the individual pilot and their preference. I was taught to fly mode 1 at an RC helicopter club here in Australia so I fly the same on my drone. Thanks for another great video!

[@gjhoward]

Hey Billy. Thanks for the settings suggestions. I agree that as an FPS gamer (even casual ones like me), the Mode 3 works best for me. I find it to be very comfortable to my style of flight. I just got the Mini, as well as a copy of DCL The Game. It's a great way to practice your stick handling without the worry of crashing your drone IRL. The free flight allows you to work on your moves. Though there is no gimble wheel, it's a decent game for practice. Cheaper to buy the disc than download direct, FYI. Cheers!

[@Urban_decay67]

Very helpful video cheers. I have been using mode 2 to fly my drone, whereas, when playing video games I'm more used to the mode 1settings so I've just changed those settings on my drone, and I should now have a better experience.

[@sanpol4399]

One thing I hope they add to the app is the option to maintain position if rc link is lost. So, we can fly proximity below trees and obstacles nearby, without beeing afraid that it will climb to the return to home altitude.

[@adolloyd]

Wow Billy! You are so knowledgeable - I love all the information you seem to instantly be able to put out there, even on a brand new product such as the Mavic Mini - I recently took possession of my own MM on release day but the weather here in the UK has been atrocious so I've not been able to take it out once as yet so I've been swotting to take in your great knowledge so that I am ready for my first flight - keep up the great work Billy - I'm thoroughly enjoying all of it - 🤘😎👍

[@srb2897]

Very useful info, clear precise and quickly spoken without the bulls**t i have been wading through elsewhere.

[@cantstartafire]

Outstanding videos. Very concise with no nonsense. Thanks so much. My son and I watched these and it's really helped us get up and going with our Mini. Cheers!

[@True_BabaYaga]

As usual very intelligent and thorough explanation of the material. I find your videos very useful. Thank you!

[@EyeCaptureImages]

I believe I have the most unique stick controls I've seen. It's like Mode 3 but with Ascend and Descend swapped. Like you said, I play video games so this is what made the most sense in my head when I was learning to fly. I've always used "inverted" controls in flight games where moving the stick up pushed the nose down. Hence the need for this wacky custom control scheme. :)

[@Airedale721]

Billy thank you! Once again another very helpful video. I'm a newbie, the MM is my first drone and I'm learning lots from your videos. One nitpick if I may; I wish as you went through all of the settings you had differentiated which ones were default and which ones if any need to be set each time you fly.

[@VinsPol247]

Thanks...You covered two settings that I changed to your recommendations, and improved my video results by 100%. Thanks again. I just subscribed.

[@billykyle]

Thank you! Glad to help!

[@timelord7566]

@@billykyle Your You Tube Channel has Been Hacked like Mr Steels Just letting you know...!!! PLEASE FIX BEFORE OTHER PEOPLE GET SCAMMED....!!!!

[@richardsmith4187]

Billy, as usual you have presented another outstanding video on the Mavic Mini. I will be ordering mine soon and with your videos it should be a breeze to set up and go fly. Keep those videos coming as the way you explain everything in a straight and forward fashion makes it easy to understand. And you don't go too fast and everyone can follow along ( and thanks for NO music ) which makes videos hard to understand. If you ever get down to Florida give a shout would like to meet up in the Tampa area.

[@GameKingFaiz]

I've been flying in Mode 3 for the exact reason you said: that's how video games do it. I instantly was comfortable with it after trying Mode 2, which was on by default.

[@alexgataric]

I noticed the chip overheating warning. I found it useful to put the drone on top of a USB fan to keep it cool when testing stuff on the ground like you are and in the field after flying it. I like to pull out the battery and let both cool down before putting back in the case.

[@BillyBones55]

Yes, I just set mine to Mode 3 for the reasons you mentioned. My first flight was confusing as I "go front" by the left stick and it went up etc, so Mode 3 is Playstation like and Im used to that. Thanks for your videos.

[@El_Smeghead]

I've got my Gimbal Pitch Speed: 15 and Gimbal Pitch Smoothness: 25. You just have to get used to releasing the gimbal wheel earlier.

[@RonaldBrown59]

Thanks for showing us all your best settings, I have been taking notes.

[@IdahoQuadcopter]

Can I copy your notes Ron? 😁

[@Musiquence]

Great video. I also adopted your gimbal settings, thanks. BTW: I fly mode 3! I've been flying RC planes for 25+ years in mode 1 and for quadcopters and helicopters mode 3 makes perfect sense to me. Mode 2 is kinda the same, but with the sticks swapped. And yes, it's more like playing video games, so gamers should be more comfortable flying mode 3.

[@billykyle]

That’s awesome, glad they give people the option to tweak the settings as needed👍🏼

[@timelord7566]

@@billykyle Your Channel has Been Hacked like Mr Steels Just letting you know....!!!

[@marctrainor5595]

Thanks for all the great "how to" videos, on settings. This is so important to anyone, I believe, and your very good at it. Thanks again. Marc.

[@vagatronics]

Thanks! Im really excited im getting mine in 2 weeks!

[@billykyle]

Great! Have fun👍🏼

[@alexl5915]

Thanks Billy I always find your videos very informative and to the point. I really appreciate it!!

[@dr.dougdroneson4239]

Wow, my sweetie just got me a Mini for my Bday. Time to learn a new drone. Thanks for all the info

[@wintersthrall]

To make aircraft (the mini, not the gimbal) up/down, left/right and rotate smoother, the option is now in 'Control' tab, 'advanced', underneath 'gimbal advanced'.

[@monpaguio1045]

Hi Billy, I just wanted to thank u for doing these videos... very informative!

[@billykyle]

No problem! Thank you for the comment.

[@TCJAZZ-MUSIC]

Great video man .... I'm new to the drone world and the Mavic Mini is a good little drone - especially for what I will be using it for. Your video covers everything I needed to know - I really appreciate you taking the time to post this as it has certainly helped me tremendously. Thanks again .....

[@horizon42q]

Excellent! I just bought a new Mini. My first drone camera. Thanks for the education

[@6LNew]

For me 2.7k is enough for what I want, 249gr is great, more than 25 minutes of flight time and the price is in place of what I want to spend on a tangle drone

[@poorgypsytravels3456]

Thanks Billy, this was well covered over all. I almost am in line with the settings which makes me feel proud to be in line with your settings. I do have a pointer I learnt for the stick mode, I use the mode 2 as you suggested/use. But if I want the camera pointing at me while it flies away, I use a custom setting to make it behave like the front of the drone acts as the back and vice versa. This is awesome for the manual dronie shots. Avoids the calculation in your head that left is right and front is back every time lol. Hope this helps.

[@michaelcilenti8653]

Great video, thanks for your time. Just got a Mini and getting ready to fly her. Stepping up from a holy Stone HS510 that has been flawless to learn on.

[@alaincopter]

Quick heads up that today’s update to the Fly App for IOS fixed the issue with the return to home altitude being reset every time 👍

[@_S2]

I am doing KZbin with a drone in Korea. Please subscribe and like!😊

[@WeOutHere]

Didn’t realize 16:9 was just cropped, good tips!

[@Asifkhattak4u]

hello i can't find quick shot mode in menu can u help

[@ShrikiJamadagni]

Excellent video. Can you please show us how to color grade videos from mavic mini

[@negin1231]

Awesome work!

[@jasonharrad8088]

Thank you for your tuition on the settings easily explained in depth for me has new to me. I will opt for these settings mode 2 especially.

[@El_Smeghead]

The fact that the Auto RTH Altitude defaults to 49.2ft EVERY TIME you close and reopen the app is a MAJOR oversight on DJIs part!! They need to update the app ASAP to keep it at the last user setting. ie: When you set it to 200ft, close and reopen the app, the RTH altitude resets to 49.2ft. HUGE FLAW!!

[@mcmach1]

Done

[@ratchfordgeorge]

My rth stays the same until I change it. It might be your device

[@shoopSAUCE]

As a gamer, Mode3 is supreme. Just makes the most sense for me. Keep pumping out the vids, man!

[@JoshThompson25]

Agreed mode 3 because of gaming

[@shoopSAUCE]

@Billykyle. Get TF out of here.

[@jacksoncohen22]

Very helpful

[@sensey00]

I have a question how I can set up in mavic mini sensivity of sticks controller?

[@djpotts2554]

Most excellent video on settings Billy, keep up the great instructional notations.

[@El_Smeghead]

@Billy Kyle Just been out to test the RTH ALTITUDE BUG, and it's not as bad as you think. It does actually retain your last entered RTH altitude, it just doesn't show that on the slider. Firstly, I set RTH ALT to 100ft and flew out to 300ft distance @ 50ft AGL, hit RTH, it raised to 100ft and came back. Then I closed the app, checked that it had reverted back to 49.2ft, then flew out to the same distance and height. It again raised to 100ft before coming back. So should be an easy fix for the DJI boffins.

[@Craigo5000]

They have a few glitches regarding false information on the display. Another is the random distance and speed information that can sometimes be displayed. I've seen a display speed of 90mph and a second later its changing between all-sorts of different incorrect speeds.

[@georgeg8106]

That helped me no end thanks for putting it out fly safe stay safe and if your me just leaning try not to crash

[@HarryBunnGRVOTV]

I fly mode 1 RC planes, so to be able to fly the mini on mode 1 is essential for me.

[@MrBlacknass]

Additionally 'subtitles' could be very useful for some people. When viewing the video file on VLC for example and you enable subtitles you can see the telemetry.. Also manual mode on channels selection (use with caution Find a free 'green' channel and do not use in a city) would be very useful to get maximum range by selecting 2,8Ghz cahnnels on a CE version.

[@russellk.bonney8534]

This is good but here are some lessons I have learned. The Mini is a 2.7k drone. If you have that res or 4K even, your computer must be new enough to handle anything better than 1080. If it's that old, then use 1080 25fps. You can NOT do post editing in the TJI fly app and update the SD card data. However you can do post on the cache vid on your phone and upload to your social app. It's good enough for that.

[@oswaldoviveros5273]

I’ve tried using it on mode 3 just like the playstation controller and I just couldn’t control it. I even crashed it for my first time because I was trying to avoid any bushes so much for that. I’ve set it back to mode 2. I think maybe I got use to mode 2. Thanks for the tips.

[@rbjstudio]

Great info, pick a few things that cache is annoying thanks fo the gimbal info as well!

[@unlimitedhomeinspection7038]

This is my first drone - thanks for the videos, they are a big help.

[@biggc313]

Thank you. I just purchased mines yesterday. Great video

[@russellk.bonney8534]

I had a wonderful nice job comment but I forgot to tap the button. Anyway, this is good. I would say get a good computer that can handle better than 1080 if you want to edit. The phone edit is only good for social uploads. As for the 'allow gimbal up' setting. If you are flying high and doing cine stuff, sure... use it to look up to mountains etc but if you are flying low you need your cross hairs on zero to set you height above obstacles like trees etc. and the 0 setting is much easier to get with the gymbal up option turned off but you can still swivel down. When you set your gymbal in the DJI fly app, the surface must be accurately horizontal (by a spirit level) or you might crash into one of those obstacles, plus; then your horizon is accurate. Also in C mode with trees around you can hover in place and set your gymbal to look up to try and see a way out of trouble, like if you pan, look up 20^ and see daylight up in front, you should be good to go up and slow forward. If you've been in among the trees you will know what I mean. Remember you have a helicopter that hovers so do not reverse or crab. Flying blind will lead to one thing. Hiking! The gymbal can either be a toy or a weapon. safe flying.

[@nongamingdad1445]

Great video , my first drone. Thanks

[@jetiii7]

I use mode 3. But it takes getting used to to switch to another persons controls. Or if using something like tello that doesn’t have those options

[@jeffnitschke]

DJI Fly app updated to address the constant resetting of the return to home height

[@_S2]

I am doing KZbin with a drone in Korea. Please subscribe and like!😊

[@RobertdeKraker]

Im using mode 3, because of the game muscle memory :). Also, I found the auto channel selection sometimes doesn’t pick a free channel! Actually, it picked one of 2 used channels out of all available. So now I always check to see if the channel is available.

[@jay34gsxr]

Great video , so helpful and to the point!

[@ians9298]

Good vid, thanks. Subscribed

[@Sorarse]

I think the only differences I have with my mini is that I will set my max altitude and distance on a flight by flight basis, based on what I will be shooting and the surrounding terrain. The other is the gimbal settings; I have my gimabla speed a little slower and the smoothness a little higher, but that's just personal preference.

[@apollos5184]

Great video! Have you done this video again with the updated firmware? August 1st 2020.

[@salemshoran9176]

Hi Billy! Why I couldn't find quickshot mode in dji fly app?

[@Totustuus2022]

Spot on Billy. Great video as usual!

[@creepykong4222]

Ln your case u dont have to worry about altitude because if the terrain is going up, your limit is going up too. It is 400 ft AGL not 400 ft above the location you took off from

[@yerousaa2893]

help, i went to find the change of resolution and i didn't find any of it. Basically i the button to change resolution is nowhere to be found.

[@teslachris701]

Tremendously helpful video. Thanks Billy !

[@andrewwilliams9176]

Hi, just got my mini but got a problem. My videos comes out with information graphics at the bottom 1/3 of the screen, how can I adjust the settings to not have that on my recorded videos.

[@eagleeyeviewimages]

As usual very informative thanks

[@FransenGerda]

Thanks Greet Holland Nederlands

[@avelinileva]

I dont have pitch speed settings in my app? EU version. Why???

[@Doofyy11]

I don't have that RESLOUTION Setting??? Help! do I need a SD card to be able to change the RESOLUTION/FPS?

[@johnhenderson8869]

good job pancho , thanks from > chicago studio

[@iangaming6978]

Thanks know I can fly my drone more far ir didn’t go as for because of the settings thank you so much.

[@The_Bujun-JdH]

Hi, thanks for the advice on setting up the Mavic Mini (my first DJI drone) as your sample images/videos look really good, so I've set mine up the same. I have a question though, if you, or any of your other watchers/responders wouldn't mind answering? Do you get any degradation of video quality when yawing? No matter what speed the Mini turns the video blurs to the point that that the video is totally unusable. Today I noticed that this even occurs when flying forward/backward at speed (CineSmooth seems ok on the forward/backward motion but P and S is blurred). Is this occuring in your (or any other Mavic Mini user's) drone? Keep the tips and tricks coming, as they're invaluable for the new drone (MM) user (I mostly want this to use when on holidays). Thanks for your time and effort.

[@wza360]

Awesome video. Thanks a lot helped a lot, as missed some of these settings when was going through quickly

[@nimasherpa9716]

Hi, I just got my Mavic mini and I got some issue with the heating and control setting. When I turn left stick it flies towards right and when I turn right stick it flies left. opposite direction I didn't understand I checked the setting too but it didn't worked. ?

[@jordanrubinfilm]

This video is great.

[@skyangeldrones6963]

thanks again just setting mine , stay safe

[@TruckDriver326]

Your video help out alot.

[@tomirwin4819]

My mini has to be connected to adjust these features, does anyone else’s?

[@gmanboiler1]

what happened to "advanced" options in gimbal control. I no longer have this with latest update so my gimbal can't be adjusted??

[@Tworth23]

Great video Billy. Keep me coming!

[@gnomeking8285]

Hi Billy excellent video👍 had my mini Mavic for 3 weeks and it’s awesome use mode 1 as I have a nitro truggy and not much different and comfortable keep up the good work 👌

[@bownsaway]

Thanks Billy I will be using these settings when I receive my Mini Mavic back from DJI my mini appears to have a SD card reader problem so it's gone back to them to investigate.

[@russellk.bonney8534]

If you have an old computer it won't play 2.7k vids properly.

[@AdanIsPrah]

You might need a new SD card that is higher than Class 3, i had the same problem and that fixed it

[@davidarabadji6364]

Thanks Billy👍very helpful

[@rodimousa9503]

Nice video bro i'm new pilot of mavic mini 😁

[@GreenMountainGoldTrap]

Thanks Billy! What about the 2K video setting? Can't seem to find it in the menu.

[@willycast80]

How do you record audio on your phone while flying the mavic mini..

[@bbqking9135]

Subscribed- like your review style mate 👍🏼

[@billykyle]

Thank you!

[@lexfdz.1076]

HELP! Hi! Is there any way to set a low-altitude limit or warning on my Mavic mini drone? I don't want to crash it on the bay water, the only open space I have to fly it in Miami Beach FL where I live

[@DougEfresh.]

Great info! I love the settings you use for sure

[@shadowfaxproductions4787]

I think 22 and 7 are way to go for pitch smoothness and speed

[@shadowfaxproductions4787]

How do I receive it

[@shadowfaxproductions4787]

Nice 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@kieranbrown1506]

bearing in mind i tried this with the drone and controller off, but i went into settings on the app to change the max alt and max distance but they reset themselves automatically on their own to 65m as soon as i scroll away from them

[@lynxhouse]

Very helpful! Thank you.

[@upperdarbyriders]

dude,you are awesome,i live in Upperdarby township....

[@pkerry12]

I would leave cache when recording on if you want to have a black box of when a crash occurs you have visual data downloaded to your phone for reference to find the drone.

[@stirlingfromla]

But the FInd my Drone app works so well, is the cache really needed?

[@pkerry12]

stirlingfromla its not used for finding your drone black box data is used to find out what went wrong with flight telemetry and flight data

[@djpotts2554]

Great tutorial Billy. Could you show what video subtitles display?

[@firstcast]

This is my first drone and your videos are excellent - thank you! One thing is driving me crazy: the DJI Fly app includes tutorial videos that show a few different quick shots, but I can't find them anywhere in the app when I'm using it. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong??

[@verindiewereld5205]

firstcast have you got an sd card in? Mine only appeared when I inserted the sd