DJI Mavic Air | Everything you need to know!

[@TomsTechTime]

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[@gastong.loperena7378]

I still prefer my MAVIC Pro. This MAVARK is a nuisance...

[@marshallives658]

Toms tech time 1 question: I have the spark and phantom 3. Do you think the Mavic air would be a good upgrade from the spark or phantom 3?

[@chrisdorsey3071]

What were the SD card recommendations you had?

[@stratopause]

Are ND filters designed for Mavic Pro also compatible with Mavic Air?

[@Quadcopterguide]

@Marshall Wait for the Mavic Pro II coming this summer. Getting the P4P camera onto the Mavic will be the next huge step.

[@dritchy94]

Du machst wirklich die besten Videos was Drohnen angeht, man hört dir gern zu und es ist alles drin ohne überflüssige Infos 👍🏻 mach so weiter..

[@readysetdrone]

Great video Tom. Missed you in New York!

[@IvanSnz]

It's like the Mavic Pro and the Spark had a baby!

[@livingminecraft5667]

Ivan Snz such a quick reply I know

[@ZLL668]

Sparvic or Mavark??

[@jannepelto8206]

Spanky?

[@Planosdecasasy3d]

Me lo voy a comprar, esta asombroso

[@jrosedds42]

Super comprehensive and professionally done review. This must have taken ages to put together. Well done.

[@edkonvang]

sensors in the front and back...that is soooo cool! Can't wait til put my hand on this drone.

[@poulan9]

you sound like Weinstein

[@AaronsLyfe]

That was the most comprehensive and thorough video I have seen yet of the Air. Awesome job man

[@jeffreyjackman7053]

Great drone, great video but i still love my Mavic Pro!!

[@locouk]

jeffrey Jackman I’m thinking the Mavic II will include all of these advancements and a few more to boot, I too am happy with the Mavic, it’s still an awesome machine. It’d be nice to have the asteroid and boomerang video options though.

[@youbetubber777]

jeffrey Jackman i have the platinum mine is better lol

[@youbetubber777]

This has all the same stuff the mavic pro does only smaller and the camera can go upwards

[@locouk]

A.J. Williams The Mavic camera can also go up.

[@poulan9]

I like the new avoidance features

[@DIFLAZIO]

You are fantastic nothing but an proffesional it is a dream looking at your videos I think you are the best one i am looking forward for more videos of the DJI Mavic Air.

[@Chippathingy]

Great review video Tom! I've placed my order for the Flame Red on DJI's presentation day in New York. Can't wait to get it!

[@gadreem]

Great presentation, & the shots you took in Israel are stunning. I am visiting Israel a lot but never seen it from this angle. Thanks

[@PhilipChristian]

This content is so professional it is like from a world class organisation

[@EODHammer]

Rear sensors! Best addition yet!

[@Movefwdg]

Absolutely amazing review! I’m sold on this drone!

[@LaurieandBillRetired]

As a potential first drone purchaser I found your video very informative. Well done! I also enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful places captured with the Mavic Air. Bravo!

[@JamesStevens013]

Hey Tom, great videos. I have just found your channel after buying a mavic air. Not my first camera drone but its an awesome package. Keep on bringing thte awesome content

[@adamw1944]

Excellent video, one of the best presentations of this kind.

[@RavindraJoisa_Official]

Thanks for the review and for all the details. Can I recharge the batteries using a power bank? What kind of port it has. As it has just 21 mins of flight mode, I want to know if it can be charged when I travel where I will have just a power bank with no power supply for a week during my Himalayan trekking. I will definitely carry more batteries.

[@XavierPil]

Link to se cards? Awesome video

[@SteveH-TN]

Awesome in-depth review on 1st day of announcement. Thanks.

[@drodone]

Great Video Tom! Very thorough and informative. Thanks!

[@MikeBoening]

Great job and very detailed. Thank You

[@omcasanova]

Dude, overkill review. Awesome work.

[@nicestrat]

Excellent presentation. A wealth of information that is very helpful. Thank you!!

[@LukeKwonGolf]

So I saw on some videos that the mavic air is more agile and faster because it is capable of leaning more aggressively which makes it faster/more agile. Do you think this makes it better in the wind even though it's lighter than the mavic? I'm interested to see the relationship between the aggressiveness of tilt vs weight of the drone in windy conditions

[@nealdrury6584]

Great review Thanks. I have the Phantom 4 pro but think I need one of these also.

[@TygerByte]

Excellent thorough review. Best review online. Thank you!

[@miquaelmiquael1079]

Tom, I really enjoy your posts. I try to view them whenever possible. I believe It was you who mentioned in one of your segments about the Course-Lock feature no longer being available on the Mavic Air - I would really like to know your view of the new Tap-Fly suit of options on the Mavic Air. I personally think that they more than make up for the the absence of the Course Lock feature! You do such a great job going into detail with your reviews, I think your subscribers might appreciate it as well, since few (if any, to date) have covered this powerful new addition to the Air. Keep up the great work!

[@Pindi44]

Wonderful tutorial and video footage, I learnt a lot, many thanks.

[@natserog]

thanks great review....im still on the fence with Mavic Air. I fly alot in montana back in the mts......not sure if wifi is going to work there...

[@topotone]

Can an iPad be used with the controller? What's Martin talking about?....have to fly line of sight...? There's still the orientation display in the lower left, correct?

[@LEXPIX]

Great job Tom. Your channel is where I first go for drone related stuff. Keep up the good work man.

[@jonnyboy4music11]

This was a great video!! Very informative and entertaining. I loved seeing the footage from Israel. The fact a tiny drone took such advantage shots is crazy and it makes me consider purchasing one.

[@itaco8066]

Amazing that you got it so fast. thank you for that!

[@DavidOliver_Skier]

Good review Tom. I'm sold on how well this drone flies in literally all conditions and the image processing package on-board is doing an amazing job with that tiny 1/2.3" sensor.

[@truenorth365]

Great review Tom! DJI please take my money and I will put this in my kayak hatch. Thumbs up from Sweden

[@anthonysmith5979]

Yes I recently crashed an i2 reversing to reveal a shot, so I concur with you, reversing sensors are very important. There has been a sneak peek of a rear sensor module for the i2, hope you can do a video on this. Regards Tony of Australia

[@michaeljemery]

None of the early reviewers have properly compared the Intelligent Flight modes with the Mavic Pro. The Mavic Air does not have Course Lock, POI, Home Lock, or Fixed Wing mode. Course Lock and POI are absolute essentials for many of the Cinematic shots I like to use. I also haven't seen any evidence that the Active Track feature on Mavic Air includes the Profile and Spotlight modes of the Mavic Pro (we've only seen Trace mode). Profile is the most important tracking mode for most movie scenes using Active Track. I guess keeping quite on certain details was a condition of being an early reviewer. To ensure we remain in the dark until after the initial launch sales, DJI still haven't released the manual download for Mavic Air.

[@thetute59]

You sure it doesnt have POI? And Fixed wing?

[@shaasframe]

Thanks man

[@JeremPorter]

Did you like your trip there ? Amazing place right !

[@DennisSchmitz]

Just looked at the raw footage. That looks almost like my Phantom 4 Pro footage (-2 sharpening user as well). Clean, lots of details, no crazy oversharpening and good DR! Really impressed, especially after that Mavic Pro (Platinum) video mess...

[@tomskerke1826]

can u do a complete set up first flight with all aspects and controller also is it true about dji customer service ive never delt with them before

[@DoomerONE]

This was an awesome presentation, it really helps me understand this drone. Thank you very much, once more you did a great job showing off a new drone.

[@shingeko]

I could you get so much less views that Casey or iJustine ? Your review is a really good and precise one and you speak about settings and options that no one talks about yet. You deserve a lot more gratitude for your work.

[@eroggero]

Great review and awesome footage.Just wondering the return to home feature , returns to last point of take off, not bank to controller, or do you have that option? Would be nice when filming from a boat...could be especially bad if battery runs low and it returns to home , but home is no longer there due to boat moved..

[@tofufa4122]

Tom can you please do a long distance test? How far the mavic air can go and also review the video feed from the enhanced wifi? Thanks

[@coolklick]

what a Great review.... supperb...

[@furulevi]

Side and Top obstacle avoidance is missing, and 4K 60fps :)

[@moisesacostarivero]

What opinion do you have regarding the delay of the video on the phone? Could you fly it away with a good video signal? Greetings from the Canary Islands

[@MatthewBayard]

Drone Nerds any chance you could do a test with the mavic air and how it performs doing active track following a subject going down hill?

[@dhtvdigital]

Do you mind sharing how you did that opening shot with the 3d camera? Mount on drone?

[@MIMCKMedia]

thanks you for this Tom

[@ckizer]

Great video thanks. What do you think of the 2.7k 60fps footage?

[@erasmogarza3026]

I want to buy one what store can I go into to purchase one and how much do they cost

[@mickeyg.c.1654]

Thanks Tom! As usual very informative and clear.

[@josemesalles5682]

can you please do a sound comparason with the mavic platinum

[@strangerzproductions1551]

Thanks for the thorough review!

[@DrDuu]

Best review of Mavic Air!!! What is the wind impact on Mavic Air? 430g to 743g Mavic Pro...the question for me is really important because at the North Sea there is every day wind and if the Mavic Air shakes too much the 100MBit/s does not really help...Cheers DrDuu

[@jamesm568]

Need better lighting for night orientation and when are they going to put in a built-in display into the controller?

[@whatsonweymouth]

Hi what settings do I have to do to get the drone hovering like you do at home please I’m worried I will take of and it will hit roof thanks

[@TaskSwitcherify]

Thanks, fantastic video. But... The background, which was panning horizontally in the Circling, Helix, and Boomerang mode, looked "jumpy" and not smooth. Is this a compression artifact with KZbin or the result of jerked turning by the drone while filming? Thanks!

[@areaoverground1105]

Ich danke Dir für dieses wirklich gute Video. Sehr cool und ich freue mich auf noch ganz viele Videos von Dir.

[@Emuspaul]

How are flight restrictions in Israel? You were commenting once about wanting to move to U.S., but I hear Switzerland is drone friendly.

[@scottmcclelland4809]

Tell me more about use of WiFi versus gps.

[@cramos.]

GREAT VIDEOS. GREETINGS FROM SANTIAGO DE CHILE

[@MrMarantzman]

Totally awesome video Tom welll done... This new Mavic looks fantastic. ( When did they send this early one to u ?).

[@AdrianNemeti]

Great review, congrats! The controller is compatible with Spark?

[@NoviceUTplayer]

Very helpful video. Just one thing popped up. Can we use our DJI Spark compatible ipad holders or shall we buy a new one compatible with Mavic Air. Another thing is, as far as I can see the iphone plug is now attached to two extendable arms of the RC. So how will the ipad holder will fit into these arms. Many thanks in advance for the responses...

[@GStrauss]

Great review Tom! Did you encounter any problems with the wifi transmission?

[@save_the_night]

a very well done review

[@jetlagzombie8946]

Nice review -Thumbs up. It *almost* has everything I need to know. Does it have Tripod mode and terrain follow? Can you tweak the settings like the Mavic Pro for smoother footage? Plus what options like d-log or cinelike are there?

[@AV8R_1]

All of these cool modes like boomerang are all selfie modes? What if you would like to get these sweeping shots with something else as the focal point? Can you choose the focal point to fly those intelligent flight modes? Also, did the props get in the shop flying sport mode? And will it finally hold a phone that is in a protective case???

[@benediktlandrichter8640]

AV8R Tom I can only answer you question about if the controller holds now bigger phones/phones with cases and yes they made the slot a lot bigger so it should fit your phone + case

[@karelarnold1778]

Hello Tom and thanks for all good work trying educated and help other flyers. I have question. Say, you’re standing on steep cliff high 70m above the sea, your Mavic Air is in distance over the sea, RTH is set at 50metres and for some reason craft is auto returning to home point at those 50metres. How it will react when approaching wall of the cliff which is higher than 50m? Will craft stop front of it and hover there ? I assuming that RTH height must be set ahead in this scenario to the highest point just to avoid this situation? What about flying in hilly areas, will RTH set height always adjusting to terrain? Thank for helping me in those situations since my experience is at very “ beginner “ area. Karel .

[@brucefox6580]

Hi Tom. Outstanding review, thank you.

[@Medalla104]

Hello Tom, could you do a flight test with the new Autel Robotics EVO, it seems to be a really nice drone besides the DJI drones. Thank you.

[@DroneImage2024]

Nice video Tom and nice Drone. Am I wrong or we lost flight time and range compared to the « old » Mavic ?

[@Vlaakster]

Fantastic video as always. Can this be used with the DJI goggles?

[@LinoPR-ds2ke]

Nice photo transitions, what’s is the transition called

[@demax25]

Like the transition effect too, any suggestions? Tried with Filmora but not such an effect.

[@ApostolosZabakas]

Excellent video. One question. With what software are you editing the videos that you upload? I like the Facebook pop ups

[@floflo3857]

great video as always Tom, How do u think the camera compares to the DJI Phantom 4?

[@samismyname40]

Great video! It's very detail BTW, Is this drone can charge by the power bank like dji spark dose?

[@WalterSmolenski]

Very good review, best so far. Some of the flight footage is a little jumpy, it seems to move in steps when panning rather than smooth. They seem like set seeps not random. Is this a problem with the video footage conversion or is the gimbal or flight movement not smooth? Did you use any ND filters when trying to get cinematic shots?

[@Mitokafander_Production]

To give you a quick tip towards your Switzerland incident where the card was full. You should get one of those USB dongles that convert your phones charging socket into a USB port. Then you can carry around an SD card reader and hook it up to your phone to empty the drone card.

[@keshavbx]

It seems like your lav mic picks up a lot of noise from the drone when you were presenting. Was this intentional?

[@thejigfreak4070]

hi Tom...nice review as always.. in a quickshot mode like helix, circle mode etc.. can we adjust the distance for the drone to circle from the subject? thanx

[@ROASTEDREGIS]

Can you fly dji mavicair with mavicpro controller ?

[@peterklauke1568]

Regijus Simkevicius has

[@motionmanager]

Thank you! Awesome review! What is the image quality compared to Mavic Pro? With what container do you get the best image quality: .mov, .mpeg4, h264, mp4?

[@ranini.c]

hello, under mavic air there are 2 sensors. does both sensors light up for you or just one ?

[@vandark9348]

hi Bro,i am very happy abut this vedio ,i am very biginner for drones,this is very usefull thank bro

[@enyunglin]

nice review, subscribed!

[@elaprendiz007]

I was waiting for this review... Well done!

[@drumcircler]

Is a micro SD card in the box?

[@videolan]

The remote jaws on the Mavic Pro remote are just big enough to take an iPad Mini - is this the same for the Mavic Air?

[@700x45]

Hi! Can you make a vídeo with video settings (not the video modes)? Are they the same of Mavic Pro?

[@anthonykenny1120]

Hi Tom How did you get that super drone so fast ?

[@branniganfarnsworth3342]

Great video

[@nolirg]

This is an awesome review! Thank you

[@marcoalmeida2136]

Hi and congratulations for the great review for this drone!!!! I am about to buy one of this and since it will be my first drone and I have zero experience with this kind of thing, I would like you to tell me your recommendation for the best micros card to use with it. The largest capacity and the fastest recording rate because I will be using 4k videos only and no photos. Thanks for your time and you got a new subscriber from Brazil!!!!!

[@pawelgaul919]

thanks Tom :)