![]() ![]() ![]() Irritating, but it means Europeans shouldn’t let the potential extra battery influence their decision. Because of the wording of the law in the UK and Europe, DJI won’t sell the extended battery in those markets as even the potential to carry more weight would move every Mini 3 into the more regulated C1 category. We like that – in some places at least – it’ll be possible to get the Intelligent Battery Plus – for the Mini 3, offering the extended times above but pushing the take-off weight over 249g. Tricky conditions or aggressive piloting will also draw more current. You’ll need to take a few minutes off for hover, approximately 20% off for the return-to-home time (both drones will be pretty clear about this via their apps or displays). DJI Mini 3 Pro vs Autel EVO Nano+: Battery lifeīecause drones are at their most efficient when travelling forward, the theoretical maximum flight time is rarely a measure of the actual time you’ll get in the air. Where collision sensing is enabled, both drones have the ability to circumnavigate obstacles and it has to be said that – clever though this is – both also do so rather more slowly than a human might, throttling back while the AI does its thing. A plus for DJI is a slider switch between speed modes on the remote (though the Autel remote has a user definable key). Soon after your first flight, the lower setting is still useful for controlling speed when capturing video, while at the highest the collision sensors aren’t guaranteed (or are simply turned off on the Mini 3). The machine didn’t seem to actually manage this when moving forward too, but perhaps a tweak to the control settings may be in order.īoth drones offer three different speed modes DJI call them Cine, Normal and Sport while Autel brand them Smooth, Standard and Ludicrous, but in practice it is similar. In our tests the Mini 3 Pro was pretty agile, and can ascend and decend at 5 m/s, which speaks highly to stability. DJI and Autel advertise their aircraft as being able to operate in up to Force 5 on the Beaufort scale, which is also known as a “Fresh Breeze.” In practice, the Mini 3 looked happier in the air as the wind reached this kind of speed – the Autel seems to dance a little more, which doesn’t inspire confidence. By perhaps the most practical measure – the level of wind force they may be flown in – this category is (on paper) a tie.
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