DJI Mini 4 Pro & Air 3: ActiveTrack 360 Auto Mode: All Settings & Modes

[@JohnHayhurst]

Thoroughly enjoying your stuff Ian, just got my 1st drone (DJI Mini 4 Pro) and can't wait to get out there, I live close to the North Yorkshire Moors so there is plenty of scope for some epic flights there (as long as I don't go too near RAF Fylingdales or Sutton Bank Gliders Club). I've subscribed so keep those tips coming !! Cheers John.

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

I'm still trying to exhaust the possibilities of the Mini 3 Pro...and get better at flying. I've been 'lucky' a couple of times: in a town park a couple of weeks ago I sent mine up to about110m and forward . Stopped to take in the view then thought I was doing a 360...I wasn't. I was sending the drone sideways almost to a local country park. I thought I had just lost focus on it (happens so easily with a grey drone on a grey sky). RTH rapidly! Prior to that in 'follow' mode I sent it crashing into trees while trying to hide the RC. Broke props sadly, but replaced them in the car. Take care out there but have fun!

[@AnnaBoroshok]

Finally, simple and clear video explaining how to start! Thanks!

[@georgekelly1948]

New features. New terminology. Thank you for the lesson. Respectfully, your humble, obedient servant, Silence Dogood.

[@IaninLondon]

You're very welcome Mr Franklin 🤠

[@georgekelly1948]

@@IaninLondon 🙂

[@hummerzdca]

Great post. Just recently started using it after I learned enough about the basics of flying it in the areas I frequent. Short, simple and straightforward post! Thank you!

[@barnseyk8188]

Cheers Ian, The best and clearest tute I've seen on this functionality. A confidence booster and really appreciated. Thx for all your input and support of the droning community. Kaz (Sydney, Oz)

[@IaninLondon]

Thanks for the good words 🤠👍🏻

[@garysaerialviews]

Nice bit of info there Ian.. 👍 Looked like Ted 🐶🐕 was enjoying his self as well. 👍

[@IaninLondon]

They love it up there.....

[@RonaldBrown59]

Great new features for ActiveTrack 360, and thanks for the tutorial on how to use all the new stuff.

[@Squidinc2]

Absoultly love your tutorials Ian. Straight forward, simple to follow, accurate, and entertaining. Cheers.

[@philipmaude]

just found your site and love it. I live near the south downs, Beachy Head where you have been. I have had the mini pro 4 now for 3 weeks and having fun

[@paulcain548]

As always a great useful and easy to follow tutorial. Cheers Ian 👍🏻

[@thedoctorwho73]

Just had the mini 4 out. Night mode is so good

[@waddac2]

Brilliant mate. I've never actually tried ANY of these functions.... Too scared to try 😥😥

[@karenmouselady]

Thanks Ian another great tutorial video. You make it look so easy 😊

[@IaninLondon]

Thanks Karen. These modes genuinely are 👍🏻👍🏻

[@SteveWigham]

Ive just bought my very first drone - a mini 4 pro and love these tutorials - keep up the great work - thanks!

[@dadsworkshopbykipplabrie7982]

Thank you for sharing.

[@john_woto]

Great video Ian - very informative 👍

[@IaninLondon]

Wondering how many more different names DJI can come up with for these Active Track options, but they really are great...... :)

[@andrewphillipsphotography3586]

Hi Ian, just wondering if the Mavic 3 series has the Active Track 360 Auto feature?

[@steviep147]

Thanks again Ian. I’m wondering how the law fits into all this? If the drone is following you how can you keep it in sight?

[@IaninLondon]

@@steviep147 CAA rules specifically cover this: You do not have to keep your drone or model aircraft in direct sight when follow-me mode is active and set to follow within 50m of you. You must still follow all of the other points.

[@theflyer498]

I also noted a dronie mode when doing activetrack 360. So we have follow, helix and dronie.

[@IaninLondon]

Ah, hadn't seen that. Good stuff 👍🏻👍🏻

[@marcelbartels8915]

Thank you Ian. Great short explanation for e new drone user. Do you have any idea why you only can switch Subject Scanning on when the drone is flying? Thank you.

[@grumpyclark]

Excellent as always, thanks Ian. Studio looking fantastic and the sound is amazing! Hope you've fully settled in now :)

[@IaninLondon]

Cheers! Yep, finally got a decent Rode mic for studio stuff.... Very happy all round 👍🏻👍🏻

[@grumpyclark]

@@IaninLondon 🤓❤️

[@jeremyparker3100]

Does any of this work on Mini 2 or have DJI stopped any further development ?

[@DRONEALD]

Thanks. Interesting video. I just ordered a mini 4 pro as an upgrade from my mini 2, so thats gonna bring me a lot of other oppertunities this summer. Greetings 👍🏼

[@IMPACT-NATION]

I’ve noticed in auto it will also do dronie along with helix. Love this drone 💪

[@hedleythorne]

Well explained, thank you. And what a location!

[@IaninLondon]

Brilliant isn't it Hedley 👍🏻👍🏻

[@bozmorley5353]

Thanks Ian.....appreciated!

[@keithterry2169]

Very interesting video, useful information. I am correct in thinking that the location was Firle Beacon ?

[@IaninLondon]

Yes indeed 👍🏻

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

Thanks for the tips, although I haven't moved up from my Mini 3 Pro yet. I mentioned to someone else here that I used follow mode recently (on a woodland track close to a road) and had an immediate disaster. As I walked away I tried to hide the RC in a large jacket pocket. Must have touched the screen or jiggled a joystick and the drone shot off sideways into the trees and snapped a couple of props. I counted myself lucky that it didn't shoot the other way and into the road! An open landscape, like yours here, is definitely more forgiving if you make errors. 🙂

[@IaninLondon]

Mini 4 Pro does have good obstacle avoidance all round, unlike the 3 Pro that is only forwards... 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

Actually it has forwards, backwards and downwards. Pretty good, hence I'm not changing up quite yet. The Mini 4 has upwards added? From DJI site: Forward Precision Measurement Range: 0.39-25 m Effective Sensing Speed: Flight speed

[@jimcadrin]

Hi Ian, great tutorial on the tracking options! Got the Mini Pro 4 in October and was having a lot of fun, however I am in Western Canada and am waiting for the cold winter weather to go, so I can get back out there !

[@IaninLondon]

You can fly down to around -10'c happily! ❄️❄️

[@femiomomo4467]

A quick one Is it now possible to to use AEB for panoramas? I need this for my business as Litchi does not yet support the Air2s or Mini 4 pro

[@MIGolfLive]

Why does my menu only show “Active Shots” and not “Active Track”? I see Active Shots, Spotlight, and POI…but nowhere do I get the straightforward Active Track.

[@FinnGange]

I have an addition. I was surprised by the Auto mode after just gotten the update, but used it to follow me on bike on a forest road (lots of trees both sides). A total failure. Looking at the screen recording, I noticed that the drone tried three different modes; Hold, Helix and Proxie. I guess it cycles through all automatically. Do you know? Do you also know what exactly those three modes do? (I believe the Hold Mode is similar to the parallel?). PS. Interesting to see you making the same mistakes I did; Start screen recording, but forget drone recording and also realise that you have to tick out the marking around the subject before you try flying the drone back to you. 🙂

[@localdiscgolf]

Great video! Thanks

[@neilbradshaw8008]

Hello Ian, thanks for another great video. Which drone do you think is most suited for videoing motorcyclist? Some drones are OK with cars and people but not bikes, why is that? Thanks

[@IaninLondon]

Mini 4 Pro should capture you fine... It captures cyclists without problems 👍🏻👍🏻

[@John-yc5xn]

Great video Ian. Thanks. When the drone is closeish behind you like this does it conform to vlos if you're challenged?

[@IaninLondon]

VLOS rules specifically allow for follow -me modes if they're less than a certain distance away; have to check but I think it's 50 metres

[@John-yc5xn]

@IaninLondon Thanks Ian I was not aware of that. I may now consider upgrading from mini2 as off to France in moho in May and 50m on auto may take pressure off a bit.

[@HikeFly22]

Good info thank you

[@Holdenmagroin75]

Is this new auto mode available on the Mavic 3 Pro or just M4p and Air 3? Cheers Ian

[@IaninLondon]

At the moment, just the Air 3 and Mini 4 Pro

[@Holdenmagroin75]

@@IaninLondonAh that's a shame

[@A-view-from-above]

Hopefully this will come on the Mavic 3 pro too

[@lindsayheyes925]

Great fun 👍

[@jesus194566]

Can you do mini 4 pro vs air 3 😅

[@davidkay3789]

Ian what SD card do you recommend 🙏

[@IaninLondon]

SD card links in notes of all my videos :)

[@daz51173]

Will it work on the mini air 2

[@garysaerialviews]

No

[@IaninLondon]

These nodes rely on obstacle avoidance, so they're not available on the Mini 2...

[@daz51173]

OK thanks 😊

[@nickstevens6398]

That looks like a slippery slope Ian! How far down?

[@IaninLondon]

It's all grassy 🤠🤠

[@east.suffolkdronephotography]

Hi Ian, My BIG complaint would be an automatic sticking a subject in the middle of the screen. I was a TV Cameraman, obviously we carefully ‘composed’ shots for best effect. Active track is just robotic and bland! Simon Blackburn, East Suffolk Drone Photography✌🏻

[@IaninLondon]

Fair point, but I'm the absence of a flying camera man, it's not a bad result 😉. It doesn't always keep things in the centre either, but yes, some more configurability would be good....

[@vigilantspb]

shoot 4k edit in 1080 and crop as you want

[@exmoorbaydrones]

Hi Ian. Hope you don't mind, but getting an answer from DJI is impossible! This concerns the RTH function on the Mini 4 Pro when using it in Tracking mode in a Car. Before each flight for this I specify the RC to be the Homepoint, but when I am about a Mile or 2 away from start point the Rc is beeping at me telling me The Battery is Low and Drone will return to Homepoint, So I check the Battery level and it is at 50 or even 60%!... The Drone says it is going back to the Start point So I have to Cancel the Active Track (POI or Trace) and concentrate on getting the Drone Down, Changing Batteries and starting all over again!.. I really Do think there is a Bug in the Software, and I think You are the perfect Man to bring this to the attention of DJI who simply just don't want to know from the likes of me! All the best, Percy.

[@IaninLondon]

I'll have a play and test this, but I'm guessing that just because you tell it that the remote is the home point, it simply sets the current location of the remote as the new home point, and doesn't dynamically update the home point as you move. All you can do is force the home point to update every few minutes. 👍🏻

[@exmoorbaydrones]

@@IaninLondon Yes Ian, it seems DJI have failed to include this absolutely essential function when Flying an Active Track mission in a vehicle. I don't know their reasoning for this, it just seems crazy not to even give the operator the Choice let alone have it set as default when in this particular mode. It really has spoiled the whole Tracking vehicle experience for me, I honestly thought there was something wrong with the Drone!

[@BazFairbrother]

Hi Ian, I'm back after being terminated by KZbin 3 weeks ago as unfortunately they can't or won't differentiate between naturism (filmed by drone at a distance) and pornography apparently uploaded for sexual gratification!!! So after countless appeals and emails being rejected I've had to start again with a new login and name etc. Anyway, another great video with lots of useful information, I must remember to keep my clothes on when trying out all the features!😂

[@IaninLondon]

Yep. Keep it above the belt! 🤠🤠

[@romo8547]

Just a thought from an old audio guy, but maybe reduce the bass boost on your audio a little. It comes across as a bit ‘boomy’.

[@IaninLondon]

It's a new mic; still fine tuning... Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻

[@stussyhuff]

Evening

[@IaninLondon]

Evening! First again! :)

[@berrybetty-e6z]

What’s the law on these ? From London ?

[@vigilantspb]

be careful with obstacle avoidance, it can't see some trees) checked twice, bought new drone (same one)....

[@IaninLondon]

Yep, especially in winter when twigs have no leaves.....

[@garylinnane917]

Have you been in hibernation 😂

[@IaninLondon]

Moving house takes up a lot of time...... 😉

[@DroneShowLive]

Great video and great information Ian 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@davidkay3789]

Ian what SD card do you recommend 🙏

[@IaninLondon]

Links in video notes 🌿👍🏻