DJI Mini 3 Pro "Return To Home" Tutorial for Beginners

[@mritty115]

I really really appreciate this video, especially demonstrating the "failure" RTH modes. I just got my Mini 3 Pro, my very first drone, and the idea of losing it absolutely terrifies me. This put me at ease quite a bit. Thank you!

[@melrobinson6919]

In the same boat. There's quite a learning curve, and these vids are so helpful. Seems it will take a while to become fully comfortable with having drone out of sight.

[@mattbutson6736]

So glad I’m not alone😂 this thing is awesome

[@TerroxNL79]

You're definitely not alone. Got my Mini3 just a few days ago and im still not confident enough to fly it more than like 100m away from me 😂

[@andre1987eph]

You're a brave man, Sean. (Im still reluctant to use my right joystick let alone fly out of range to test Return to Home). Good to see these safety features in real life. 👍

[@CaliforniaLivin805]

Wow this makes me feel confident that my drone will always return. Thanks bro

[@georgedanilov8898]

That’s a lot of anxiety removed for a brand new beginners like myself - I’ve just got my first - DJI mini 3 few days ago Thank you for this very clear demo!

[@craiglawrey7518]

Being a new drone pilot, this really helps my flying anxiety and I think I made the right buy for my first drone. Thank you.

[@patoconnor7162]

Thank you for such clarity and completeness about the return to home operation. I have not seen it ever presented so well. Thank you for what you’re doing.

[@frank2398]

Thank you so much! Today was the first day my drone performed a automatic Return To Home..... and it went straight up into the air! Uggghhh. From you I found out I had set the RTH altitude to about 200 feet (60 meters). I was just terrorized by this and then it did exactly what it should do and landed right where it should. Thank you so much for explaining this so well!

[@williamherchenroder2589]

Incredible Tutorial videos. You have answered so many questions I've had. Being a Newbee to Drone flying you give me the confidence I need to get off the ground without being too apprehensive about losing this machine. I think I can I actually enjoy flying with some confidence thanks to you.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you very much I’m glad you enjoyed the video

[@knowthyself1981]

​@Air Photography can you still record video when it's return to home?

[@vamshikrishna7945]

​@@AirPhotography nice explanation thanks from India 🇮🇳

[@gerrykp]

thank you thank you! this was a much needed video! I am a new licensed Mini 3 Pro user and I have the beginners “I am going to lose my drone” nerves. This really helped ease those fears! as a matter of fact I am going to follow your instruction and try it out myself. thanks again!

[@alexmanson1762]

Thank you for taking the time, you have giving me more confidence in the drones technology. The Mini 3Pro is my first ever drone. I always get nervous when I see the signal drop.

[@prateshramjohn]

Thank you so much. This video helped me feel a bit more comfortable purchasing a drone and trusting I won't mess it up.

[@Nastaran.Battles]

I rarely ever comment on any video, but wanted to say thank you because you alleviated a few of my biggest fears. I truly appreciate it

[@AirPhotography]

I'm so glad!

[@jedjones9047]

Nice straight forward easy to follow instructions 👍

[@unicornconservationco]

This was excellent. Thank you! I keep my drone in a fairly close range because I've been terrified of the drone disconnecting. It's good to see how it works.

[@Rubiodiamante]

A great tutorial about the RTH safety features.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@franzposch6809]

absolut the best tutorial for this issue .

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

[@gillycruz3662]

Thanks a lot for this video! I’m new to drones and this answer many questions I have. Thanks!!!

[@Phillipmoreno1]

Yes thanks for trusting your drone for us to learn

[@Mark_Hemmings]

Thank you! Very helpful, using my Mini 3 for the first time today

[@AirPhotography]

Great to hear!

[@justmeinbridgeton]

Full explanation. Many thanks!

[@TheAnonyy]

Wow thanks for this I know nothing about drones so glad I saw this

[@AirPhotography]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@IdahoQuadcopter]

Nice Shawn. These kinds of tutorials are important. I think DJI is a little too aggressive on their auto landing at 10% battery remaining. You have to actively push the left stick up at anything under 10%.

[@AirPhotography]

Indeed I agree. I watched your video the other day where you had that issue

[@kstatinet-wk2gh]

imho the best video on RH function. I just got my first drone - mini 3. On the second flight when i pressed RH, it flew straight up and away so far that i couldn't see it. For some reason cancelling RH didn't work for me. Found it later in the grass.

[@Tomedy70]

Great tutorial, thanks. Wish I’d found this before I lost my drone this morning. Expensive lesson learned! 😢

[@WiljanWiljan]

Great video! Please also demonstrate obstacle avoidance during RTH....the things you showed are similar to the mini 2. But obstacle avoidance is Mini 3 so RTH testing would be great to see.....

[@JoshConnectMedia]

My understanding is that, for OBS A - obstacle avoidance, the initial RTH height should be set above any higher building around ... so basically the aircraft will pick up height to reach that and then cruise back "home". Unless OBS A is set low .. then in that case, the aircraft will decide according to your settings on the obstacle avoidance. Anyway, forget about all these theories, I am also a new pilot with the Mini 3 pro.

[@wagnerdutra6568]

Very awesome..... technically showed... thanks 👍👍👍

[@andreybagliy2176]

This is very reassuring. Thanks

[@tyroneclarke1666]

Hi Shawn. Thank you for the tutorial. We picked up some valuable information. Just letting you know, your audio was very low and we had to crank the volume up high on our TV. Kind Regards 🇦🇺

[@lukebirch6383]

Best video I’ve watched yet for this thanks!

[@AirPhotography]

Wow, thanks!

[@bownsaway]

Thanks for the tips glad to see you're having the signal problem with the normal controller and not the new RC controller I was going to purchase the normal controller hoping it would rectify the signal problem.

[@CarlosSolisProductions]

Totally understand the process now. Thank you 😊

[@steveparkins6854]

wow---this was so useful and reassuring--esp as a min 3 pro newbie...very much appreciated!

[@AirPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@craig374]

Very helpful video. Thank you

[@georgekelly1948]

Thank you Shawn. I always enjoy you tutorials and reviews. Cheers from Wisconsin.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you

[@StephaneMarcos]

Such a good explanation. Thank you!

[@AirPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@BrannonNod]

Thanks so much for your time and efforts to help out us Noobs...🙏

[@bobvila1010]

Très bien fait! Well done and thanks!!

[@athirath]

Great demonstration of all the various RTH modes. Especially knowing about the Home point update feature. Thank you so much.

[@pdtech4524]

Can the Mini 3 pan during RTH? Either just panning the camera or actually yaw the drone?

[@davidloubeh8891]

Helped me a lot, very good tutorial, thank you.

[@Backpacker1uk]

Very nice video plenty of information there for us new starters I was worried about the RTH button do I have to press it every time. Will it return to my location yesterday. Thanks.

[@NizToMeetYou]

Great video. Especially the last point that we can update the home point to the location of drone or controller. Once I had updated the homepoint while flying. When the battery was low I pressed RTH and drone started landing at some other place. But I manged to land in a plane area. Then I traced it by noting the last location using the map. Now I can relate your last point with this situation. I had updated homepoint to the drone location.🤓

[@OH8STN]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@kedzierskimarcin]

Thank you! This is info i was looking for :)

[@RonaldBrown59]

Nice tutorials for beginners, and good reminder for drone veterans how these features work. So sorry about your range and signal issues, but keep talking about it and making video's on it. It keeps the pressure on DJI to fix it for all users. Thanks for sharing.

[@entropicfusiontv3128]

Thanks for sharing the tips!

[@jarradrumbold]

Great video. Much appreciated.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@Faluthe]

Great video covering practical scenarios a flyer will face in the field. Thank you for shairing!.

[@dalewiley9208]

Wow! What a useful video. Thank-you so much.

[@jasonlauron6934]

Thanks for the knowledge Sean. So helpful

[@DriveRideFlyCZ]

Vere, very helpful video. Thank you.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you

[@ligonc1]

Excellent tutorial sir, thank you!

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you very much for watching and supporting my channel

[@johngreene5660]

Thank you Sean. My first drone. This video has been very helpful and easy to comprehend. We'll done.

[@lynsmith1096]

Good information and tutorial Shawn.

[@swarnodipbanerjee4881]

Awesome video! THANKS a bunch for making it..

[@flapjackbeans]

Question can I make the controller the permanent home base so whenever the drone is it will always return the tge controller?

[@stevo19911991]

Question: can I adjust RTH altitude if I forgot to make high enough beforehand?

[@hampusjohansson6900]

Is it the same thing for DJI-RC controller?

[@AirPhotography]

Yes, it is the same

[@sethamerica]

amazing. thank you

[@wb4514]

If I push the RTH button on the RC controller, the only option I'm getting is the land button, not both land and RTH. Did I change something in the settings ?

[@hurtighansen1]

I really wanna see you show us. The pre fly settings. Again, nice video. Short and precise info. Ty Sean

[@christopherdavi5841]

Does the controller with out the screen have a micro SD card slot? (DJI RC-N2)

[@Mikes_Travels]

Really helpful to build confidence. Thank you

[@JeffKlavir]

Nice video, thanks. You covered everything I was going to test by trial and error.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you

[@ells-aviation]

Any idea why it doesn’t have precision landing when my spark had it back in 2018 !??

[@elbatobeach]

Great tutorial better then some others🙏👍

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

I don't understand the return to base height, are you setting it to 200 ft higher than your position or if you're at 500 ft sea level are you setting it to 700 ft, and what if you're on a hilltop filming a lower valley what should you set the return height at ? thanks picking up my first DJI mini 2 tomorrow.

[@sahiladya8473]

Even after home point update my RTH icon is not visible as you shown. Any help?

[@brucem1031]

Is there any way to see the home point on the screen? Like on the avata.

[@fototyz]

Very good indeed!! 👍

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@SirTubeALotMore]

Great explanation!

[@generalleeroastbeef3578]

I got a question. How do you return to home? I don’t have that on mind. I only have land now. I think I got to do something with my controller or update something trying to figure it any ideas?

[@HasnanKahan]

VERY good and informative video.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you very much

[@PhillyDroneLife]

Well done buddy.. I like the showing of resetting the home point.. that’s big for guys in boats..set it to controller, I would think? in that case… but nice work as Always.. Mikey

[@marcmsw]

Great video, thank you 👍🙂 I'm now off to test these features 🫣😀

[@maniac_fpv]

Maaan I really appreciate this video :)

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you very much

[@garrywoodward9049]

Great tutorial thanks. However, your voice audio is quite low in a few of your tutorials, even when I have the volume at maximum. Anything I can do here to fix that at my end?

[@Caprica-Approaches]

Awesome, informative in so many ways - thank you!

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you

[@joshallen1263]

Thanks for the info

[@msachin123]

Nice video…found it really educative as I just had a goof up if losing control of my aircraft yesterday. I am curious to understand what if the RTH point is changing. For example, if we are traveling in a boat and drone is in air, does the drone consider RTH as that original point where it has taken off or dynamically adjusted w.r.t. our movement in a boat!…please advise…thanks

[@TheGhostPlanet]

Great Tutorial, Thank You!

[@juliainman8665]

Thank you!

[@katesmiles4208]

I use the dji console to select home point. Where i go kayaking there is no wifi or phone connectivity. When i tty to select a new set home point it states no wifi connection and i can not proceed. Any chance u can cover this scenario in a clip. Im assuming i need to upload offline maps on my console but need memory first before i can trial this.

[@ruirodrigues9122]

Sean, have you contacted DJI about the range issues? Have they said anything?

[@bobnelson2499]

Always great information and greatly appreciated.

[@6547803]

Great tutorial especially for the nervous newbie 😅

[@AirPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@furuleviFPV]

After pressing the RTH button (shown at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="198">3:18</a>) the yaw is not usable on my Mini 3, it faces forward and only the altitude is controllable by the left stick. Is yaw working on yours? On my older Mini 2 (I think after a firmware update) the yaw was usable while the drone was returning to home, I could look in any direction.

[@ParsclickTV]

good video thank you and like

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you very much

[@ThenSaidHeUntoThem]

Thank you

[@totoroooo947]

It was helpful thanks

[@AirPhotography]

Glad it helped

[@wanl7894]

Wow thank you so much🥰

[@AirPhotography]

You’re welcome 😊

[@rayurlich]

Thank you.

[@jamesbarratt593]

Seems strange that the home point is not automatically set to be the take off place. So do you have to adjust the home point every time. Remember to do it?

[@AirPhotography]

Yes, it should be set at your takeoff point every time. Unless you don’t have a satellite lock when you takeoff it won’t set the home point until it has enough satellites.

[@jamesbarratt593]

Now I have been using the drone a week and flown it miles away and feel at one with it. Yep I know about it. Even a few satellites and the home point appears. Today I took off and saw no home point so landed instead of flying off. As I did the home point was there. Learnt Is there a setting which does not allow it take off until home point is set?

[@jamesbarratt593]

I also dont know why when set to mov and cine then downloaded to dji app then air dropped to imac and then edited in iMovie and finally uploaded to youtube, my 4k video played on youtube with max quality setting so low not worth looking at. Admit way too many operations that im sure picture quality would have to suffer. Drone sd card to youtube should be enough

[@terribletcm]

It looks like on a controller disconnect it doesn't return along the same path home, it executes the Return To Home function which rises and then makes a straight shot to the Home set by the user. I believe the more expensive drones (Air 2S for sure) will turn 180 degrees and then follow the exact same path it had flown for the last 50 meters while trying to reconnect.

[@JimBailey]

Excellent. Thank you so much. :)

[@ruthvilca3489]

Will it be okay if i continue to run my drone until it completely dies or should i start bringing it back home as soon as it hits low battery?

[@myj5792]

Suppose we are alway from drone or drone are at low level like 20ft in garden or under tress.sudenly we need RTH but if i had set RTH HEIGHT AT 200 feets.. My question is that when my dji air 3 prepear him for goto 200 feets (for set RTH position but drone are at under tress so what will b happened.. They did or not colapsed with tress..? Pls clear my confusion

[@juanh1093]

Thank you sir!

[@AirPhotography]

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and thanks for supporting my channel

[@HM.archive]

Thanks for share.

[@adambage]

Great video, really useful! I’ve just bought a Mini 3 which I love, but I didn’t realise that it would rise to the RTH altitude before heading back and then lowering. I lost sight of it above me in the sun and had a proper panic! 😂

[@AirPhotography]

Lol yes I guess that would be a little scary the first time if you’re not sure what it’s doing.