Hands-On with DJI's Phantom 3 Professional Quadcopter Drone!

We take the new DJI Phantom 3 Advanced and Professional quadcopters out for some test flights! Eric Cheng of DJI joins us to discuss how these new quads differ from previous models in terms of their flight capability and cameras, bringing in features previously introduced in the Inspire 1. We then put these quadcopters up in the air to test the new stabilization systems and 4K video!

Thanks to Eric Cheng for some of the Phantom 3 video footage.

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Thanks for watching!

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[AliJardz]

Woah, I love how the DJI employee is totally honest about the strengths and weaknesses.

[echeng]

Why is everyone being so nice, on YouTube? It's freaking me out!

[StateParkers]

As a Phantom 3 Pro owner, I can tell you that this is a superior product as compared to other brands. Absolutely love the ease of use and capabilities. The footage is beyond good and the gimbal is dialed in. What I will say is that I had the worst customer service experience dealing with DJI in North America when filing a claim to replace my drone that landed in the bottom of a lake. Totally my fault. Didn't let it warm up enough in the morning and flew it over water after storing it in my vehicle over night at 36*. Way too cold. Not my brightest moment. I offered to "purchase" a new one from them. Looking for just the platform and didn't need the accessories since I still had my originals. It took them over 2 months to get my situation handled even while taking my money. When they shipped it to me they FAILED to provide a shipping address on the package and I almost watched it get sent back to CA from FEDEX. I had to race across town and pick it up myself. I was irritated. DJI gave me conflicting tracking information that didn't match up to FEDEX data.

My point is by all means get a DJI Phantom 3 Pro. It's awesome, easy and fun. But, if you need it repaired, or upgraded etc., make sure you find a local dealer, or drone store. You will be much happier. Try to avoid calling DJI for services. It's a bit of a pain.

[Spacemonkeymojo]

17:42 Quadcopters, woman running in power stilts, THE FUTURE IS HERE! 

Also, what were those buildings that looked like asterisks? And wow that ending was sick when he flew under the statues arm!

[Wakajce]

I flew one of these today against a fairly strong wind, I can vouch that it really does hold itself in place, and the camera is incredibly still. Wonderful piece of kit

[Deetronic]

This is the quad-copter I have to buy!!! Excellent review, outstanding quality! DJ Phantom comes to DJ Nykk :)

[digital-alchemist]

I have to admit, the video quality and stability on these is pretty stellar. I just wish I could afford one :(

[charlesgreco]

I'm convinced...I bought mine three days ago and the ease of flying is great. Still learning about the camera and struggling with the new downloads but should prevail soon. Thanks for the excellent video.

[Benseven]

Nice clarity from the camera but when panning around it looks like the image is a little choppy. Only slow movements look smooth. It looks like that on all the Phantom 3 footage I have seen so far and I wonder if that can or will be smoothed out via firmware or is that a limitation of the camera itself.

[EASkateTV]

3DR Solo looks a lot nicer and well built. The features alone won me over and it won best drone at NAB. The footage that was just released today looks incredible. And the Hero5 comes out this year and Blackmagic Micro.

[easterislehead]

That last shot, through the arm, WOW!

[RCjim]

After listening to Eric I think this will be my next quadcopter, thanks for the great review!

[KenHeron]

The Phantom 3 Professional is THE best aerial platform for the money!

[SoCal_FPV]

I got the pro and I'm more then satisfied with the stability and video quality. Amazing technology and easy to use.

[thejohnnylaw]

Maybe I missed it in the comments, but does the Professional NOT do 60fps? If not, is it because the 4K you can get just as good slow motion video as if it were 60fps?

[Biogreentech]

Love the quality of the video, This Phantom 3 is amazing I can't believe how stable it is ! It giving amazing video. I would Love one of them.

[natserog]

just bought one. Still in box. Cant wait to fly it. Having a hard time finding extra batteries. and not sure what would be the best SD card for the 4K.  HELP!! 
thanks!! great video!

[vanhanit]

We bought a Phantom 2 Vision+ about a year ago. The machine is quite nice but the customer service is terrible (at least for us). From start we had problems with an unfocused camera (blurry image) and after a lot of work got it sent to DJI for repair. 5 weeks later we got it back but nothing had been done on it! We had to fix the focus problem ourself by carefully disassemble the camera and adjust the focus of the lens. Needless to say that we will think twice before buying something from DJI again.

[alanguy]

That shot at the end though! Under the arm of the statue, amazing.

[danny_mixmandan_james]

Awesome! I just brought one and did my first test flight today... the Gimbal lock is a swine to get back on though!
Also you mentions it uses Russian satellites.. does not really help us down here in Sydney Australia where I've just found out today that a lot of populated areas are no-fly zones as well as DJI have limited the drone to 400m elevation... I'de love to get it higher, say in the outback... but to fly in populated zones or do shots for real estate (AKA make money) we have to do a course and certification which is $10, 000 aussie dollars! I have the Phantom 3 Standard with the 2.7k cam which so far on my first test flight was good - just remember (as I learned) keep the front pointing away from you so if you toggle left it goes left.. if it's facing you goes right as it's facing the opposite direction - would be nice if DJI came up with a POV from the remote so no matter which way the aircraft is pointing it would move in conjunction to your POV - so basically regardless of if it's facing forward, towards you or sideways it will stick left or right... it's only my first day using it so maybe there is a way of doing that.. just have to learn it!
Awesome aircraft though and I'll have as much fun as I can in our limited fun-police controlled Australia!
Check out my wall for the first test flight - the footage is amazing!