DJI Mini 3: When you Run Out of Battery... Max Flight Time Test

A very merry Xmas to you and yours Ian. Continue the filming and tips.

Thanks Ian for yet another real world test that all of us yearn to know but too squeamish to undertake. Have a great Christmas.

Good 2 know test! Merry Christmas 🎄 Thank you

Great video Ian as always. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 😊

Great to know what the ‘real’ limits are! Thanks Ian, and have a great Xmas.

No wonder you put that mini clip in Ian….Ted was gonna go for it!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣💪 Have a good Christmas mate 💪👍🤣

Despite the wind, good job
merry christmas

Hope you are enjoying a wonderful holidays and a MERRY CHRISTMAS! Interesting test!

Hey, I found out that the "Cine mode" gives exactly 21km
But have to test on a windless day or big closed shed. that's what breaks. he he

Excellent Test Video, and Excellent Information! Very Helpful. Merry Christmas To You and Your Family. Thank You Ian.

Happy Holidays, Ian. Thank you for all you do for the drone community. - Bill from the States.😎

Hi, Still not sold on the mini 3 or the mini 3 with lots missing - the extra range batteries were interesting however the over 250g went out of the window, so still not sold on it.
Mavic 2 zoom was my number one drone for the range of shots you could take, however that was gifted to Ukraine for better use, so my Air2s became the main drone of choice and has enough shooting choices to keep me happy.
The main selling point for the future will be battery capacity as with few exception (like the Mini 3 missing bits) avoidance and intelligence will be standard and better as time progresses.
So no Mini 3 or Mini 3 minus bits for me. I will stick with Air2s until battery capacity improvements are not an extra but standard - so Mini 18 welcome !
Have a Happy Christmas and New Year

Merry Christmas from Keith in the USA.
Keep making those cool videos.

This is a great video for helping me not to panic if I ever get into a low battery situation, which I hope will not... Big thumbs up!

Thanks Ian for doing these remarkable tests just show us all that will the drone be capable of, regards TJK UK, and a very merry Christmas to you and your family over this period and I look forward to seeing more in the New Year.

How about if you gave me the mini 2 drone as a present today Christmas day 😁

Merry Christmas Ian. What's your take on the Cap 722 changes/abolishment of the 500m rule? Having to have your UAS close enough to see its orientation realistically means having to keep it with in 100/200m max. Cheers.

Great review and thank you for using kilometre/h & Celcius metric number 👍.
And is that a standart battery or plus one ?

Temp and voltage?

hmm, other tests went beyond 40 mins..trying to see the difference in the flights

Good info!
Not that much different from the Mini 2 then in terms of flight time.

Apart from wind speed, another variable that affects flight time is ambient temperature, lithium has an optimal operating temperature, both extremes of hot and cold adversely affect the flight time.

The other thing to consider is how high you climb the drone, climbing to 1m and flying around will consume far less battery than climbing to 50m and doing the same test.👍

With specific settings, you can get 50mins+ flight time

I heard from an actual test that it can even fly more than an hour with the fly more combo..?

Excellent video, seems 22m+ for normal usage is a good guide when factoring a bit more wind or faster flying. One thing, I wish you could've taken a voltage reading straight after flying. It wouldn't be totally accurate, as its no longer under load but would be interesting to see how far the drone is willing to deplete the battery. Eg. is the first forced landing already at a point where the drone is sacrificing its battery health to survive a landing? or is the final critical forced landing still safely above what would damage actually battery? It's true depleting the battery is not recommended but without the figures it's a guess over how damaging it could be.

I can survey a big roof in 32 mins so no problem for me. No doubt battery tech will improve in the future and more air time will be possible. Thanks for the video.

Thanks Ian for doing these tests so that we don't have to. That is a pretty respectable flight time 28mins and then 32mins fully depleted. I have never taken any of the battery to that level but its great to know what happens.

Thank you so much from Sydney Australia! Great works!👍👍👍 I am a few months into flying drone, and nervous and over worrying about everything 😂! I have ever let my drone batteries run below 30%, your video helps me to understand how batteries works ! Thank you again! Keeping up good work! 🙏🙏🙏

Scary stuff and great to know! I'll continue to err on the side of caution and also factor in the wind direction and other conditions. Does a drone consume less battery power when hovering? Just wondering if your 4 minute hover time would be a lot less if the drone were travelling…

Hi Ian, did you ever hack the distance setting? Thanks.

Just ordered the drone but it looks like I will be needing extra batteries. 20 minutes to then have to charge it again for an hour doesnt seem enough.

Considering that you weren’t just in a 30min hover in a controlled environment, I thought that the battery did a pretty good job there. Glad to see that it didn’t just drop out of the sky too!

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how do i change the "low battery" level?
Or maybee its not possible on the mini 3?

I could do it on my phantom 3 at least.

brave man to let it hover that high at 5 seconds left lol

oooh so it will force land at the end rather then fall out of the sky thats nice

Good video that mate helpfull 😂 doing whot we dernt lol

So, Depleted? What was the cell voltage at that point? You have glazed over the real info like so many others on the site.

Very useful test and video again Ian, thank you! I didn’t know about the 3 battery status indicators as I haven’t had my mini 3 pro very long. Wish I had seen this video earlier. I lost my drone shortly after getting it, by being over confident re the battery. I got the low battery RTH warning but, because it wasn’t far from me I decided to cancel and fly it back to land manually. Big mistake! I got the aircraft orientation wrong and ended up flying it further away and lost sight of it. It force landed in a field ( I was in open fields) and it took several hours to find it! Huge lesson learned.

Main reason I bought a mini 3 instead of a mini 4 pro

Please start recording then we will have real battery test

I was just flying my DJI mini 2 se a few minutes ago and was about a mile away at 30 percent. I made it back to my house at 3 percent and was able to land safely. But it freaked me out when force landing above the woods. So glad they let you keep it up for a little bit longer cause that saved me

nice vid
hi
today i use my DJI air3 first time,i m totally beginner so i was forget that drone battery was very low..after 5 mins my RC2 controller gave warning beep or drone was nearly out of cintrol..thanks God they were landed at my place
my question is that
"HOW SET OPTION IN MY RC2 THAT MY DRONE LAND AT MY PLACE BEFORE 10 MINUTES OF BATTERY END AUTOMATICALLY"
pls guide

Great video! Excellent test. Thanks for sharing the process and results to clearly.

Fun times in London

I got 23mins first flight, it logs the data on the controller

What's your thoughts on the actual flight time? And remember, even tho it's Christmas, I'm not giving away prizes so do NOT reply to any comments asking you to contact me.... Cheers and Merry Crimbo everyone! Ian 🎄🎄🎄