DJI Air 3 Range Test In-Depth | How Far Will it Go!? The Real Deal

Is the Air 3 worth the jump from the Air 2s or Mini lineup for that matter? Lets find out in this review series. Don't miss the other videos in this series.

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Dustin Dunnill - Drone Range Tests:

1. DJI Mavic 3 - 8.956 miles / 14.413 km
2. DJI Air 3 - 7.753 miles / 12.478 km
3. DJI Mini 3 Pro - 6.676 miles 10.744 km
4. DJI Mavic 2 Pro - 6.091 miles / 9.803 km
5. Autel EVO 2 - 5.433 miles / 8.744 km
6. FIMI X8SE 2020 Edition - 5.312 miles / 8.549 km
7. DJI Mavic Air 2 - 4.948 miles / 7.964 km
8. DJI FPV Drone - 4.356 miles / 7.010 km
9. V-Copter Falcon - 4.355 miles / 7.009 km
10. DJI Air 2S - 4.199 miles / 6.758 km
11. DJI Mavic 2 Pro (Light Urban) - 3.618 miles / 5.822 km
12. Autel EVO - 3.498 miles / 5.629 km
13. DJI Mini - 3.426 miles / 5.514 km
14. DJI Mavic Pro + Parabolic - 3.173 miles / 5.107 km
15. DJI Mavic Pro - 2.938 miles / 4.729 km
16. DJI Mavic Air - 2.863 miles / 4.608 km
17. DJI Mini 2 - 2.850 miles / 4.587 km
18. Parrot ANAFI - 2.200 miles / 3.541 km
19. DJI Phantom 4 Pro - 2.105 miles / 3.388 km
20. DJI Spark + Parabolic - 2.076 miles / 3.341 km
21. DJI Mavic Air (Urban Range) - 1.944 miles / 3.128 km
22. DJI Spark + OTG Cable - 1.884 miles / 3.031 km
23. Skydio 2 - 1.039 miles / 1.673 km

[russellcanderson]

Literally everyone who watches your videos already knows you are going to push the drone past the point where lesser men would lose their nerve. All the while ignoring the warning beeps emanating from the controller. Well done Brother!

[ALTNNRG]

Honestly, your range tests are a big determining factor for buying. Positive controllability at distance show’s the aircraft’s reliability. Big thumbs up for your reviews and test flights.

[Brandon-monp]

The range test all drone enthusias was waiting for. Nothing against any other youtuber that does range tests but yours are always the best out of all of them. It's straight to the point and kept on the same topic throughout the flight no jibber jabber about adds and nonsense no one cares about. Thank you again for an amazing range test! I have the Mavic 3 Pro and fly about once a week or so

[dejaesharp]

Hope you guys are safe buddy. I haven't been on your Channel for a while, but when I hear Hawaii, you the only thing I know about that place. God speed❤

[BearNecessitiesAerialPhotos]

Brother, I was on the edge of my seat on that one. You've done some long ones before, but man, this one...😂. Enjoy the day, and thanks for all you do for the drone community!

[gazd]

Hi Dustin, I knew little of Hawaii until I tuned into your channel. Hoping you and your loved ones are safe mate 🤞

[greatkingrat]

I love these videos. I find them calming and stressful at the same time.

[Icantdrive]

Congratulations for getting on DJI’s radar. It’s about time you got noticed! Your reviews are always top notch and honest and no one goes as in depth as you do making multiple videos on different aspects and capabilities. Great flight and review as always. Not a nail biter like some of your flights that you had to go down to 0% but great flight just the same. I did see it wanted to go down at the very end and you had to fly it the last couple of hundred feet. That is one thing that DJI has maintained all along is the ability to push up when the battery is low and the craft is trying to auto land. Even the original mavic pro which I still fly has this feature. Great job Dustin and DJI!!!

[ChaosMarine]

Just got myself the Air 3 after MUCH deliberation and research… If I had seen this video sooner this would’ve absolutely sold me on it. First drone I bought for myself was the original Mavic Air. Now being on the Air 3 I feel like I’m flying with true freedom and it’s glorious. GREAT test!! I’m sure there are a lot of folks out there who will be making their purchasing decisions based on this video. Well done!!

[guypool]

These range tests are what I look forward to!

[sydneyvrana]

Nice drone. Loved a lot of your past videos Dustin. Especially the thrilling Mavic 3 range one flight from Hawaii and also your Mini 3 range one from this past winter as well as many others. Thank you. I've done many range tests and videos myself. I haven't published any of them on YouTube yet since I'm a musician and will make a Nomad RV traveller channel and also a drone flyer channel in the future. I have the Mini 3 Pro and the Mavic 3. I bought the Mini 3 Pro in August 2022 and the Mavic 3 this past December 2022. I maxed my range in a nice open countryside high plateau area near here north of Montreal Quebec last May 22nd. My Mini 3 Pro got to 10.218 Kilometers (33, 525 feet, 6.349 miles) launched at 100 % and finally landed at 4 % during the auto landing feature with my RCN1 controller. My Mavic 3 is incomparable however! Great with my RC Pro controller now which had some signal issues last December but now has great solid signal even from very far away at 10 Kilometers! Always mostly 5 or 4 white bars and rare yellow bars, very very rare red ones! 🙏😊The red and yellow bars occur a lot more often however with my Mini 3 pro. 😢 My max distance with my amazing Mavic 3 was at 13.163 kilometers (Wow incredible and insane) but being so scared I landed it 2 kilometers before arriving when the auto landing function started at 9 %. I could have perhaps got it back to me at 1% flying it down to the last ounce during the auto landing but was cautious and too scared about damaging my expensive Mavic 3. I found a good spot and used the "Find my drone" feature! Great! The drone was in perfect condition. My most perfect flight to date however was last July 27th reaching 12.026 kilometers away (7.472 miles, 39, 455 feet) WOW! Could have gone further (perhaps even 13 Kilometers and get it back to me?). It got back to above me at 17 % so I'm getting less stressed as I am cautious! I always use and check the Windy app, UAV app, my great Airdata app and other weather apps.I always check all the elements thoroughly and only do my range tests in exceptionally low wind. I usually start my auto return to home at 60% if flying against the wind on my way back and sometime at 55 or max 50 % if my drone is flying with the wind on the way back. While flying I calculate my percentage every 1, 000 meters Great if using only 3 or 4 % every 1, 000 meters! Not so good good when calculating 5-7 % per 1, 000 meters! Obviously when fighting the wind it's flying slower, angling around on the compass icon and more percentage usage. etc. Also I rewatch my videos and calculate all the numbers after my flights on my amazing Airdata app which I paid for to have my account as well as on my DJI Fly app flight logs which precisely play back all my flights! So far due, to my meticulous calculations I have had no crashes nor loss! I did crash and broke my Mini 3 Pro only once last August 2022 on my 2nd or 3rd flight as a beginner and thankfully DJI sent me a new Mini 3 pro last August and since that incident I'm extremely cautious and have now flown 152 flights since then very well! I'm also into so many features such as Waypoints, Hyperlapse, Slo motion, cinematic gain settings for better cinematic flight videos, good videography, photography and so on! I've been getting better at all the many other features ie. Night Flying and all the others etc..Lots there to keep learning and improving! I will make a drone YouTube channel soon since I have tons of videos and video creations. Love it! Yes the DJI Air 3 seems great as well as the new Ocusync 4.0 and would really love to have it too but have to watch my budget. The main thing is that I'm super happy with my Mavic 3 and my Mini 3 Pro. My next investment which I wish for will be getting into FPV flying with the Avata, the Goggles and Motion controller and improving FPV flying skills as well. Have a great day Dustin.

[RandyCAstleMPM]

Epic Range test Dusti!! I remember watching you RT the M3 and you made it all the way to the Ocean i think 9+ miles, thats insane! I watched this on my big TV 👌 You timed your RTH perfect, well done man!

[tolycobbold]

Awesome range test as usual Dustin. No one comes close when it comes to range tests!!

[joeamericauavfordav]

I am a Air 2S supporter all day. The Battery life and O4 together make it hard to resist but for me I think the Air 2S with its 1 inch sensor will keep me happy for now. Beautiful flight. Thanks for sharing.

[alberteyde]

I cant believe you made me wait like 10 days for the range test. Your killing me Dustin. Great vid!!!

[bearsist]

Perfect review as always and I love your honesty and that’s what makes you in my opinion the best reviewer on YouTube but on this one I think I’m going to wait for the air3s i’m pretty sure DJI will put a bigger sensor on the second version the same way they did with the air2s 1 inch sensor I do own the mavic 3 classic great camera, but I would love to have something a little smaller, but I don’t want to lose the quality in the camera it doesn’t have to be exact, but something close lol and thank you again for the awesome video 😊

[CyrilHuntjens]

Would be nice to have someone standing at 10 miles away, land the drone, put a new battery in and see how far the signal actually reaches 🙂

[paulraymond]

Hi Dustin. I thought of you the moment I saw the Maui fires on the news. Hope you're ok. Love from Australia.

[willproduction]

I picked up the air 2s for 500 lightly used. I couldn't turn down a deal Like that. Great video as always!