DJI Mavic Air 2 - How to Use Active Track 3.0 - Tutorial - Parallel Mode is King - 4k

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Thank you. Finally found a upload where some one actually shows you what you want to see & know. Well done for taking the time to do this.

[@ukaszstozek8071]

Spot on mate. Simply demonstrated. I watched probably 20 videos previously just to confirm the active tracking was actually a thing, and how it worked. Here, everything is explained and demonstrated as it should be, great job.

[@uosocal]

Thanks.

[@TB66]

Just bought my drone, learning so much from you, thank you. Tony, Australia.

[@flyineyeaerialfpv5592]

"Don't tell me that DJI....Just do it!" That had me lmao😆

[@paullockhart5696]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Thought I had it down pat but it would not work. Came home viewed your instructions again and realized I was in tripod mode. Went out immediately and followed your instructions and bang it worked perfect. Keep doing what you’re doing. Again thanks.

[@uosocal]

I've done that a couple of times.

[@MeasuredLight]

Oh man, thanks so much for this video! I am a hiker in Australia just starting out my channel and I just got a Mavic Air 2 to help improve my video quality. The Active track is the biggest thing I want to use. Your video was so easy to understand and has really helped me get my head around it! I came across your video just by looking for Active Track videos, but now you've gained another follower :) Thanks again! :)

[@uosocal]

Super cool man. Good luck with the channel.

[@BobDiaz123]

Next test, put the drone well above anything it might hit, go into Sports Mode, and have a friend drive.

[@S0RELOSER]

Yeah im trying to figure out the capability of this drone with FocusTrack. What is the top speed it can follow me on a motorcycle? With & without obstacle avoidance. And what do all the modes mean? Spotlight? Trace?

[@davidwhitlock5625]

@@S0RELOSER I did that, top speed is only 40 mph. You have to do it in a city where you go slower

[@trevorwhat]

Great tutorial. Big thanks for putting this together. .

[@mrcpaceo]

Thank you for making this video! There was so much good information in here. I was on the edge of my seat when your MA2 almost crashed into that pole. I was using active track and had something similar happen..Except my did not register these tiny tree branches and crashed right into them. I’m from the Midwest and dream of having awesome places to fly like you do. Great content. Happy flying!

[@uosocal]

Thank you so much. I saw that pole coming and kind of closed my eyes while I was driving. Good thing no other car were around. Tiny branches are the worst. Come Autumn, the tiny branch crashes will go up.

[@originalfallinggirl]

Thanks! I bought this drone based on your recommendation so I could record myself zipping around in my Prius. So today I did what you did and got the drone to lock onto me as I was sitting in my Prius. I drove to get some cigs and left the drone in the air as I walked into Circle K. When I came out the drone was still there. So then I decided to zip around the city waving at friends. When I got home the drone was nowhere to be seen. You cost me almost $2k. I’m devastated.

[@uosocal]

That's not great. If you weren't monitoring the drone, the battery got to low to keep following you. It should have returned to its home point automatically. Did you go back and look where you originally launched it?

[@kawi_queen]

Great video I've had this drone for probably a year and still didn't even know I could do any of this with it. Super excited to go outside and mess with the settings definitely subscribing very educational.

[@stevewaller6303]

Wow! That last roundabout was fantastic! It's that sideways flight that comes with the "Parallel" mode that will eventually get you (I hope not). You did a great job of testing it man, you had me on the edge of my seat a couple of times round those poles and trees! I have not had the time yet to use the tracking very much yet on my Air 2, but this will give me some confidence to try.

[@uosocal]

Those light poles came close.

[@VisionCommunications]

Good stuff! I must say, you are much more brave than I am to trust active track to not crash a $1000 drone.

[@uosocal]

It scared me a couple of times, but I have insurance.

[@briancummings4912]

More tips passed on thanks 👍. At times my Air2 will not recognise me on the motorcycle with the black box popping up the same as you. If I stand away from the bike , draw the box around me, get back on and stand up as I ride away, it follows me consistently. Flying in open fields I’m getting the drone up to 20mph and 30 mph in sport but I can only do that in short bursts as the fields aren’t big enough. I need to go out an find some trails to test again 🤞

[@uosocal]

Sometimes it's just quirky.

[@briancummings4912]

What do you think of this? I don’t get the icon at the base of the green box, my firmware is up to dated. But I did it though my iPhone via the app, it’s still temperamental and unreliable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKPLi3ugaKhji7M

[@uosocal]

I am looking into it. I message back soon.

[@damienc7303]

I've had this drone for two years and I never tried the active track when walking with trees around like you did... That's impressive. I need to try that. 😁

[@jj8526]

Thank you for this video.. Just like you I occasionally(or did) have difficulty locking on while using Active track. As your video clearly shows, you have to form a proper box around the subject and then you'll see either little man or little vehicle at bottom of green square.. Happy out now, Thank you..👏👏

[@RayBrennanrookwoodproductions]

In trace mode, the clue is in the action, "Trace" the drone wants to trace the movemnets of your car, "copy" wheres as parrellel mode its only tracking the target, and not trying to copy the movements or route of the tracing..

[@PLEASUREDISE]

That is important info right there thank you

[@brianbathgate4944]

Excellent video man! Great work. Looking fwd to seeing your mtb parallel test! Think Ill be using trace to film climbs and parallel for descents :)

[@krazyklaas1531]

Good tip about putting the drone in parallel. I have a lot of problems with tracking on my bike. It is poorly recognised. It knows people and cars. Motorbikes don't. I'm going to try it in parallel mode. Thanks. And I'll be in touch. Greetings krazyklaas.

[@johncher]

Thanks for the very clear explanation. I understand much better the process of doing active tracking. Keep up the good work.

[@Dimnis]

Thank you so much for this video, my boyfriend is going to love this

[@OverlandGearGuy]

Very helpful, appreciate the video, keep them coming

[@uosocal]

Thanks, will do!

[@alloneword154]

Nice to see you didn’t edit out the fails.

[@uosocal]

Just trying to be as honest as possible.

[@aerialoklahoma3799]

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing it. I am starting to get into the DJI quick shots and extra features so I appreciated this. It was informative.

[@TheDogadobo]

Great video... Nice to see the test done in suburbia.

[@JohnMerryman]

Great explanation on using Active Track. Appreciate the effort.

[@philipdido7741]

I suspect that the parallel mode is faster because the colllision sensors aren't pointed in the direction of travel, so it isn't being as cautious. No collision sensors on the sides. Be careful!

[@hackman88]

There is no obstacle detection bar at the top of the screen. I'm guessing it's not doing any obstacle avoidance in parallel tracking.

[@mattludlow9297]

Good stuff. Thanks for the insight

[@elmono3939]

Very cool. These tests are very helpful. Thank you for sharing !

[@jajuajr5056]

Hi,was Watching you flying the DJI mavic at the park.My little advice is for you to fly a drone over everything like 350ft to 400 ft hi over Everything. The drone is meant to track you anywhere so if you fly it higher 300 to 400 ft' in the sky then your drone we be OK for good. I love your video and am going to buy one too. Be careful out there bro. Thanks Prince

[@MohAwad-mw2oz]

good video..now i know my drone even better..thank you..keep doing the good job

[@ChrisGangai]

I’ve followed motorcycles at 30 mph! Push that thing harder! 🤘

[@uosocal]

I've done a couple vids chasing my truck up to 43mph.

[@thecorporategypsy]

That was excellent and explained so much. Thank you!

[@sydoniejandoc-gonzalez6955]

Learned something new. thank so much. i hope more subscribers and views for your awesome tutorial.

[@vadimfuks463]

Good job, very interesting for me as new owner of mavic air 2. I owned yuneec 500 4k , there is huge difference. I am so excited 😁

[@michellesmith6678]

Very helpful and comprehensive. Thank you.

[@gqcwby]

Great info on the tracking. I had thought parallel mode would have the drone be going parallel with the object as it did towards the end of the video. However the only issue would be is that the sides of the drone does not have the obstacle sensors and can crash into a light pole or higher tree

[@uosocal]

Parallel mode is more light angular mode. I think that way the front sensors can still see most of the objects in front. Even though my Mavic 2 Zoom did pretty much the same thing in Parallel mode.

[@rayhayden]

Excellent demonstration... Thanks for posting! Dropping a LIKE on your video, watching and Supporting!

[@uosocal]

Thanks

[@thefullmonte1902]

Nice.. great to see how it performs in real life!

[@jacktoddy9783]

Fascinating video.

[@canadianfox3099]

Great video man,

[@kenbitar9897]

Really good clip. Thanks!

[@LukeMegBiking]

Great video, thank you. We just got the Mavic Air 2 for our MTB adventures, and this video was super helpful :-). We have subbed

[@adamczucz9993]

woow nice man.... time 10:20 cca when you started driving, it was look like in GTA game :D :D :-)

[@MDG_Collections]

I have the same drone and it tracks better in parallel mode because the profile of your vehicle in this case is a larger image for the drone to see and lock on to while following.

[@MVMTV4Videos]

Rally cool I love the Air 2. ell done Thumbs up.

[@2timothy477]

Thank you so much, so informative. Excellent! Steven.

[@troyd1986]

Reason the drone tracks faster in parallel mode is I’m sure probably because when it’s seeing your car on the side it’s more surface area for camera to lock onto to follow as opposed to just the back of your car. Also top speed in normal mode is limited to about 20 or 22 mph

[@jvictortorreblanca]

Thanks for the tips, Im considering this drone for my ski videos

[@uosocal]

Are you going to use it for tracking yourself? I'm currently using the skydio 2. It is light years ahead of dji for autonomous tracking. I've posted a couple of videos so far on it.

[@jvictortorreblanca]

@@uosocal thanks for the info, I will check it out. Yes, I intend to record my friends and I while skiing 👍

[@uosocal]

The Skydio has been amazing on my mtb.

[@banzaibob6569]

Excellent video and very educational!!

[@nwcic]

Really nice vid. Appreciate it very much, getting one today and it's like a got a training lesson.

[@uosocal]

Thanks. They are a lot of fun.

[@kathymcpartland5148]

14:36 just had the courage to take out my drone the other day 😂 thanks a mill can't wait to track myself on a hike ..how are you drawing the green box with your finger on the screen ? Thanks for showing us this ..really clear 😊& helpful

[@uosocal]

You can only do it when the drone is airborne. Just use your finger directly on your screen

[@KylanHurt]

I had a lot less luck with parallel mode. I specifically think curves cause the unit some issues. I really hope they try to improve the parallel mode though, because it makes for amazing shots!

[@uosocal]

Definitely

[@proemech]

My take is that you leave the camera field of view quicker when you are in parallel mode. When the drone is directly behind you ... you just get smaller. Harder to detect movement.

[@uosocal]

The field of view is different as well.

[@anthonycorrea547]

Great video! I just bought a new Mavic!

[@PLEASUREDISE]

Thanks for the information i just purchased this one for my channel. Hope to get some great shots for everyone.

[@gedheaton1415]

Great vid mate, wow 15-40 holy sht that's a lot of lamp posts (UK ) that Mavic is well on it's way to re-hab !!!. Thanks for that,well helpful, be safe mate.

[@pinivollach7703]

In parallel mode the drone recognise a vehicle by its two wheels while in trace mode it need to decipher an amorphic figure which take more computing time. Thats my explanation.

[@MrLhealex121]

Thank you. AWESOME keep up the good work

[@pepman1044]

Great vid man!!

[@dannie3117]

Very good demonstration and information. My Air2 is on order and looking forward to applying some of this information. I fish offshore and want to use it to track my boat

[@uosocal]

That will look really cool.

[@JQUICK21]

Just go and watch other speed test videos because this one is not correct! For instance, watch Justin Hill's speed test video where the drone is following his boat! He is definitely NOT going 14 mph.....and the drone is keeping up just fine

[@uosocal]

Depends on the flight mode.

[@900XP]

I guess you can operate in sport mode over the water because there are no obstacles to avoid

[@uosocal]

Birds every once in awhile

[@tanahhuat1757]

Awesome tips Sir

[@pruncas9]

Hi,very nice video!

[@tango165]

Good stuff, thanks for making this.

[@uosocal]

Thank you.

[@Tyty74628]

Very informative. Thank you sir.

[@sniperlife4966]

Great video! Very detailed!

[@HabibRobert]

Love this content. Love the analyzing of the "why's" this or that. Great explanation of all the details. I do have a question you didn't mention in the video: When it following you and it "loses you", does it stay in place hovering? Does it return to home?

[@uosocal]

It will stop and hover until you regain control, or rth when battery gets low.

[@cristiancartin1996]

Thank you for this amazing video , a lot of util information

[@luisvaliente1241]

Thank you very much for your quick reply. Let's keep droning!

[@et3rnalchaos237]

Can you set a height parameter for follow mode ? Like 45 feet or more and stay that height while tracking ?

[@janindurajapaksha5465]

If there are no obstacles it will stay on the height you leave it on

[@Pete_1986]

Very helpful, but it would have been good if you had explained exactly what is meant by 'Trace' and 'Parallel'.

[@YourDrawerness]

That walk through the woods was interesting. Was curious as to how good that will do. I want to take my drone disc golfing and I like how it’s going to follow and avoid trees extremely well. Just wish the active tracking could track a disc.. Idk why it can’t, especially if it’s a bright color completely different than the contrast of the grass and trees..

[@uosocal]

It should do a good job following you, but the disc would be moving too fast.

[@ibkfin]

I fly The Great Park too. awesome area to play

[@charlie.carter.outdoors]

Excellent info!!

[@buildingjmpr67]

Good stuff! 👍👍👍

[@pauldembowski5465]

I have the same drone Thank you for your instruction on FollowMee mode ! As far as crashing your drone, I’ve had many drones My last few two and $300 drones one of them I giveaway because i felt responsible for not tightening the prop down on the drone that my friend owned so I just gave him my drone. And the other one on the second flight just flew away lol bye bye $200. However my Mavic air two when I flew it inside of Lowe’s one evening, I was doing great until I got back to the back of the store and I got nervous and started to drift into one of the pallet racks it was not pretty! I mean it must’ve hit every bar in every piece of wood on the way down flipping and turning in all I was frozen I couldn’t move. It was my fault I got nervous and push the stick the wrong way. However The drone held up very well I had to change out a propeller only because it was nicked and I didn’t feel like sanding it out. Overall I am pretty happy with that drone . Thanks again. You be my go to mavic tech😀

[@uosocal]

They tend to get a little twitchy when they are really close to something.

[@joga9195]

Thanks buddy this videos are great I'm definitely subscribing to your channel

[@uosocal]

Thank you. I've done a bunch of vids on the MA2. I am doing another Active Track Vid in sport mode, coming soon.

[@SpeedDemonExpress]

Holy crap dude. You were asking to hit all those light poles. You got lucky. It doesn't have sensors on the side. You should have increased altitude.

[@uosocal]

I was hoping not to hit them. That was the point of the test.

[@PakDie]

for 1st flight i make sure the GPS more than 10.then i make sure RTH will be lock with GPS..so you can fly safely...insyaAllah..

[@Evilker]

17:30 You can turn the phone off, without problems. Atleast for Android phones. The activetrack will still follow. When mountainbiking, I can start activetrack. Turn phone off.. put remote with phone (screen off) into back back and start biking. Perhaps an update since your video. Tx for the video btw.

[@uosocal]

That is definitely an update. Glad to see DJI are still improving their product. Thanks

[@DeonMitchel]

Great detail video.

[@fdnyfish]

You have no obstacle avoidance tracking in parallel. The screen said to put the mode in spirt mode to track you at higher speeds

[@uosocal]

You do have obstacle avoidance in parallel. You can see the drone icon showing the sensors on while in parallel mode.

[@blainehouser4354]

Great Video!

[@tomasovicivan]

I think to by DJI Mavic 2 is it best options in class.. don't need professional.. but also won't to make great video.. Also looking program for processing data.. thx in advance

[@danmontoya1102]

Great information. Thank You Great information. Thank You.

[@dawidr6559]

You should open up your props so centrifugal force isn't needed to open them. It causes stress on them

[@dreamrestore213]

17:40.... That's a pretty dope shot.

[@6LNew]

I already know about the quality, performance and features of the Mavic Air 2 build, photography quality, and the DJI Fly app. But have not taken off due to not mastering the flight parameters like?

[@skwestle7872]

Great review

[@mahmoudbamarni3803]

thanks for this information

[@900XP]

The Mavic Air 2 Users Manual tells you that active track in trace mode will do 8 m/s while in parallel mode it can do 12 m/s. It does not explain why

[@uosocal]

It's very weird. I can only guess that the drone can anticipate where the subject is going, and therefore follow faster.

[@TheAussieRepairGuy]

I've read there is a sport mode on these to allow faster flying.

[@kaicameron6401]

I believe the speed difference with Active Track in parallel mode is because the drone is unable to track potential objects to avoid in parallel mode. This causes the tracking software to believe it is safe to fly faster because of fewer obstacles. BE CAREFUL IN PARALLEL. The Air 2 does not have side sensors or cameras so while you luckily didn’t hit a light pole with this video. I would feel safe wagering if you did this same test 10 times you would either hit one of the light poles or scare yourself enough to realize that the better speed is because the drone falsely is operating as if those obstacles do not exist.

[@Nikkorium]

Hey my understanding is, Trace Mode : Tripod/Normal has avoidance Sport doesn't. Parallel Mode : T/N/S none has avoidance. Is that correct?

[@lupe1489]

great video, got nervous around those light poles

[@uosocal]

It came really close a couple of times.

[@briancummings4912]

No need, it’s better than you think. The tighter the trail, the slower you have to go and it doesn’t like sharp terns. I’ll give it a try in parallel on open ground and see if that makes a difference kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2K1kpiajpiVosk

[@messagesent]

Only downside is most of the wrecks of the mavic air 2 happens in parallel mode. So if using the parallel mode try to be clear of all side objects. I usually go higher and go into sport mode. If tracking someone else I go into piont of interest and able in sport mode tracking up to 45 miles an hour but I'm doing the controls. Point of interest won't allow the object of of the screen. But your video is very good 👍 but please advise the drone has no side sensors and wrecks alot in parallel tracking mode.

[@uosocal]

I haven't had any crashes yet. Still more testing to do. I have been told by several people, that parallel tracking can lead to more crashes.

[@Outdoor-Adventures]

Great video !!!

[@myfishwagon]

Nice vid. There’s a moment where you show the drone “looking through the trees” to continue tracking your truck. Curious as to how likely (or unlikely) it would mistake your black truck for another black truck right behind yours, thus the drone track the wrong vehicle ? Again nice vid !

[@uosocal]

It happens sometimes. The video I shot in the desert, it locked onto a parked car.

[@Stromzilla]

Nice job👍

[@1975supermike]

Brilliant video you even invented a new word. Bicyclists impressive. 🤣

[@TroopyLife]

Good job man!

[@simon916sps]

Great video - heading out now to try 'parallel' mode!! A quick question, if you're tracking something and the gradient changes, does the drone adjust and stay at a fixed height above the object?

[@uosocal]

The drone will follow uphill and downhill, but the height will vary.