In the event you have been the latest recipient of the brand new feature-rich DJI Air 3, there’s a lot to find out about your new drone.
There’s a lot to like with the DJI Air 3, from its dual-camera system, 10-bit coloration, and omnidirectional impediment avoidance system.
Whenever you add into the combo additionally determining easy methods to cost the batteries, cost the distant controllers, and use the Air 3 particular energy switch function, it may be fairly daunting.
This text and the included YouTube video are a step-by-step tutorial displaying easy methods to cost the DJI Air 3 drone batteries individually, inside the Air 3, and collectively within the three-battery charging hub, in addition to charging each sorts of DJI distant controllers and cellular units.
We’ll additionally stroll by utilizing the Energy Switch operate on the battery hub.
Charging the DJI RC 2 or RC-N2
An important step to carry out after buying the Air 3, or any new drone, is charging all batteries earlier than utilizing them, whether or not these be drone or distant controller batteries.
To cost the DJI Air 3, DJI recommends utilizing their 100-watt Energy Adapter. A 100-watt charger will present the quickest charging speeds for the Air 3 batteries.
Whereas utilizing the DJI-branded 100-watt charger is advisable, aftermarket 100-watt PD chargers additionally work nicely.
Not solely do they work nicely, however many have a number of USB ports for charging further units. This is useful when on the lookout for an all-in-one answer to cost the Air 3 batteries and distant controller.
Within the following steps, we stroll by charging the DJI RC 2 and RC-N2 with a single charger.
STEP 1: Utilizing the included DJI USB-C cable, connect the cable to your 100-watt USB-C charger and plug the charger into your energy supply.
Once more, the USB-C charger doesn’t should be a DJI 100-watt charger. Any 100-watt PD charger would be the quickest charging machine for the Air 3 batteries and controller.
STEP 2: Plug the USB-C cable into both the DJI RC 2 or DJI RC-N2 controller. The lights on the controller will blink, displaying that they’re charging.
STEP 3: After charging is accomplished, take away the USB-C cable from the distant controller.
In the event you’d wish to verify the quantity of energy the distant controller has at any given time, merely press the ability button as soon as, and the LEDs will provide you with a warning to the remaining battery stage.
Under are the values for battery energy on the DJI RC 2 and RC-N2:
- 4 inexperienced LED: 75% – 100% battery life
- 3 inexperienced LED: 50% – 75% battery life
- 2 inexperienced LED: 25% – 50% battery life
- 1 inexperienced LED: 0% – 25% battery life
Charging a Single Battery
Just one battery will likely be included if you are going to buy the Air 3 & Controller-only combo.
To cost the only battery that got here with the Air 3, it have to be completed so inside the Air 3 itself:
STEP 1: As with the RC, connect the included DJI USB-C cable to a 100-watt PD charger and plug the charger into your outlet or energy strip.
STEP 2: Insert your Air 3 drone battery into the Air 3.
STEP 3: Plug the USB-C cable into the Air 3. The lights on the drone will blink, displaying that it’s charging.
STEP 4: After the Air 3 has accomplished absolutely charging, unplug it from the USB-C cable.
Charging through Multi-Operate Charging Hub
The multi-function battery charging hub within the Air 3 Fly Extra Combo permits you to:
- cost three clever flight batteries
- cost both the DJI RC 2 or RC-N2 distant controller
- cost a cellular machine
- switch energy from two depleted batteries to a 3rd
Like with most DJI hubs, the charging is finished sequentially, with the drone battery with the best battery stage being charged first.
To cost three batteries:
STEP 1: Insert your Air 3 batteries into the charging hub.
STEP 2: Utilizing an accessible USB-C cable, join the Air 3 battery hub to your 100-watt PD charger.
Your Air 3 batteries will cost sequentially till all batteries have absolutely charged.
To shortly verify how a lot battery life is left on the batteries within the charging hub, merely press the ability button as soon as on the facet of the charging hub.
To cost a distant controller (or cellular machine) utilizing the charging hub:
Word: You’ll want a USB-C to USB-C cable.
Step 1: Make sure that at the very least one Air 3 battery is within the charging hub and has battery energy.
Step 2: Plug one finish of the USB-C cable into the battery hub’s USB-C port.
Step 3: Plus the opposite finish of the USB-C cable into your distant controller or machine.
Step 4: Press and maintain the black energy/operate button on the battery hub.
The lights on the Air 3 battery or batteries inside the hub will start to blink, in addition to the lights on the distant controller, signifying charging. If you’re charging a cellular machine, it can additionally present that it’s charging.
To make use of the Energy Switch function:
Step 1: Insert all three batteries into the unplugged battery hub.
Step 2: Press and maintain the black energy/operate button till the LED indicator adjustments from yellow and blinks inexperienced.
Step 3: To cease the ability accumulation operate, merely press and maintain the Operate button till the LED standing turns yellow.
Once more, the remaining energy from a number of batteries will switch to the battery with the best remaining energy.
As an alternative of getting 3 partially powered batteries, relying on the ability stage of every, now you can have one absolutely, or near a totally, charged battery on your subsequent flight.
