For those who have been the latest recipient of the brand new feature-rich DJI Air 3, there’s a lot to study your new drone.
There may be a lot to like with the DJI Air 3, from its dual-camera system, 10-bit colour, and omnidirectional impediment avoidance system.
If you add into the combo additionally determining cost the batteries, cost the distant controllers, and use the Air 3 particular energy switch characteristic, it may be fairly daunting.
This text and the included YouTube video are a step-by-step tutorial displaying cost the DJI Air 3 drone batteries individually, throughout the Air 3, and collectively within the three-battery charging hub, in addition to charging each kinds of DJI distant controllers and cell gadgets.
We’ll additionally stroll by way of utilizing the Energy Switch perform 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 really helpful, aftermarket 100-watt PD chargers additionally work properly.
Not solely do they work properly, however many have a number of USB ports for charging extra gadgets. 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 way of 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 need to be a DJI 100-watt charger. Any 100-watt PD charger would be the quickest charging gadget 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.
For those who’d prefer to examine the quantity of energy the distant controller has at any given time, merely press the facility button as soon as, and the LEDs will warn you 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 probably 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 should be executed so throughout 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 totally charging, unplug it from the USB-C cable.
Charging by way of Multi-Perform 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 cell gadget
- 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 out there 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 totally charged.
To rapidly examine how a lot battery life is left on the batteries within the charging hub, merely press the facility button as soon as on the facet of the charging hub.
To cost a distant controller (or cell gadget) utilizing the charging hub:
Word: You’ll want a USB-C to USB-C cable.
Step 1: Be sure that a minimum of 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 gadget.
Step 4: Press and maintain the black energy/perform button on the battery hub.
The lights on the Air 3 battery or batteries throughout the hub will start to blink, in addition to the lights on the distant controller, signifying charging. In case you are charging a cell gadget, it’s going to additionally present that it’s charging.
To make use of the Energy Switch characteristic:
Step 1: Insert all three batteries into the unplugged battery hub.
Step 2: Press and maintain the black energy/perform button till the LED indicator adjustments from yellow and blinks inexperienced.
Step 3: To cease the facility accumulation perform, merely press and maintain the Perform 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 facility stage of every, now you can have one totally, or near a totally, charged battery to your subsequent flight.
