dji MAVICT Air 2 User Manual

User Manual

2020.05

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Using this Manual

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Warning Important Hints and Tips Reference

Read Before the First Flight

Read the following documents before using the DJITM MAVICTM Air 2:

1. In the Box & Disclaimer and Safety Guidelines

2. Quick Start Guide

3. User Manual

It is recommend to watch all tutorial videos on the ocial DJI website and read the disclaimer and safety guidelines before using for the rst time. Prepare for your rst ight by reviewing the quick start guide and

refer to this user manual for more information.

Video Tutorials

Go to the address below or scan the QR code to watch the Mavic Air 2 tutorial videos, which demonstrate how to use the Mavic Air 2 safely:

http://www.dji.com/mavic-air-2/video

Download the DJI Fly App

Make sure to use DJI Fly during ight. Scan the QR code on the right to download the latest

version.

The Android version of DJI Fly is compatible with Android v6.0 and later. The iOS version of DJI Fly is compatible with iOS v10.0.2 and later.

For increased safety, flight is restricted to a height of 98.4 ft (30 m) and range of 164 ft (50 m) when not

connected or logged into the app during ight. This applies to DJI Fly and all apps compatible with DJI aircraft.

Download DJI Assistant 2 for Mavic

Download DJI Assistant 2 for Mavic at http://www.dji.com/mavic-air-2/downloads.

The operating temperature of this product is 0° to 40° C. It does not meet the standard

operating temperature for military grade application (-55° to 125° C), which is required to endure

greater environmental variability. Operate the product appropriately and only for applications that

it meets the operating temperature range requirements of that grade.

Contents

Using this Manual

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Read Before the First Flight

Video Tutorials

Download the DJI Fly App

Download DJI Assistant 2 for Mavic

Product Prole

Introduction

Preparing the Aircraft

Preparing the Remote Controller

Aircraft Diagram

Remote Controller Diagram

Activating Mavic Air 2

Aircraft

Flight Modes

Aircraft Status Indicators

Return to Home

Vision Systems and Infrared Sensing System

Intelligent Flight Mode

Flight Recorder

Propellers

Intelligent Flight Battery

Gimbal and Camera

Remote Controller

Remote Controller Prole

Using the Remote Controller

Linking the Remote Controller

DJI Fly App

Home

Camera View

Flight

Flight Environment Requirements

Flight Limits and GEO Zones

Pre-Flight Checklist

Auto Takeoff/Landing

Starting/Stopping the Motors

Flight Test

Appendix

Specications

Calibrating the Compass

Firmware Update

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Product Prole

This section introduces lists the components of the aircraft and remote controller.

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Introduction

DJI Mavic Air 2 features both an Infrared Sensing System and Forward, Backward, and Downward Vision

Systems, allowing for hovering, ying indoors as well as outdoors, and automatic Return to Home. Capturing complex shots is made eortless with DJI signature technologies such as Obstacle Sensing and Advanced Pilot Assistance System 3.0. Enjoy Intelligent Flight modes such as QuickShots, Panorama, and FocusTrack, which include ActiveTrack 3.0, Spotlight 2.0, and Point of Interest 3.0. With a fully stabilized 3-axis gimbal and 1/2” sensor camera, Mavic Air 2 shoots 4K/60 fps video and 48 MP photos. Meanwhile, the updated Hyperlapse

feature supports 8K timelapse.

Built into the remote controller is DJI’s long-range transmission technology OCUSYNCTM 2.0, offering a maximum transmission range of 6 mi (10 km) and displaying video from the aircraft to the DJI Fly app on a

mobile device at up to 1080p. The remote controller works at both 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz, and it can select the

best transmission channel automatically without any latency. The aircraft and camera can easily be controlled using the onboard buttons.

Mavic Air 2 has a maximum ight speed of 42 mph (68 kph) and a maximum ight time of 34 minutes, while the

maximum runtime of the remote controller is six hours.

Maximum ight time was tested in an environment with no wind while ying at a consistent 11 mph (18 kph)

and the maximum flight speed was tested at sea level altitude with no wind. These values are for reference only.

The remote controller reaches its maximum transmission distance (FCC) in a wide-open area with no electromagnetic interference at an altitude of about 400 ft (120 m). The maximum runtime was tested in a laboratory environment and without charging the mobile device. This value is for reference only.

5.8 GHz is not supported in some regions. Observe the local laws and regulations.

Preparing the Aircraft

All aircraft arms are folded before the aircraft is packaged. Follow the steps below to unfold the aircraft.

1. Remove the gimbal protector from the camera.

2. Unfold the front arms, and then unfold the rear arms.

Attach the gimbal protector when not in use.

3. Attaching the propellers.

Attach the propellers marked white to the motors with white marks. Press the propeller down onto the motors and turn until it is secure. Attach the other propellers to the unmarked motors. Unfold all the propeller blades.

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4. All Intelligent Flight Batteries are in hibernation mode before shipment to ensure safety. Use the provided

charger to charge and activate the Intelligent Flight Batteries for the ﬁrst time. It takes approximately 1

hour and 35 minutes to fully charge an Intelligent Flight Battery.

Unfold the front arms before unfolding the rear arms.

Make sure the gimbal protector is removed and all arms are unfolded before powering on the

aircraft. Otherwise, it may aect the aircraft self-diagnostics.

Preparing the Remote Controller

1. Remove the control sticks from their storage slots on the remote controller and screw them into place.

2. Pull out the mobile device holder. Choose an appropriate remote controller cable based on the type of mobile device. A Lightning connector cable, Micro USB cable, and USB-C cable are included in the packaging. Connect the end of the cable with the phone logo to your mobile device. Make sure the mobile device is secured.

If a USB connection prompt appears when using an Android mobile device, select the option to charge only. Otherwise, it may result in connection failure.

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Aircraft Diagram

1. Forward Vision System

2. Propellers

3. Motors

4. Landing Gears (Built-in antennas)

5. Gimbal and Camera

6. Downward Vision System

7. Auxiliary Bottom Light

8. Infrared Sensing System

9. USB-C Port

Remote Controller Diagram

1. Power Button

Press once to check the current battery level. Press once, then again, and hold to turn the remote controller on or o.

2. Flight Mode Switch

Switch between Sport mode, Normal mode, and Tripod mode.

10. Battery Buckles

11. Front LEDs

12. Aircraft Status Indicators

13. Backward Vision System

14. Intelligent Flight Battery

15. Power Button

16. Battery Level LEDs

17. microSD Card Slot

3. Flight Pause/Return to Home (RTH) Button

Press once to make the aircraft brake and hover in place (only when GPS or Vision Systems are available). Press and hold the button to initiate

RTH. The aircraft returns to the last recorded Home

Point. Press again to cancel RTH.

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4. Battery Level LEDs

Displays the current battery level of the remote controller.

5. Control Sticks

Use the control sticks to control the aircraft

movements. Set the ight control mode in DJI

Fly. The control sticks are removable and easy to store.

6. Customizable Button

Press once to turn the Auxiliary Bottom Light on or o. Press twice to recenter the gimbal or tilt the

gimbal downward (default settings). The button can be set in DJI Fly.

7. Photo/Video Toggle

Press once to switch between photo and video

mode.

8. Remote Controller Cable

Connect to a mobile device for video linking via the remote controller cable. Select the cable according to the mobile device.

9. Mobile Device Holder

Used to securely mount the mobile device to the remote controller.

10. Antennas

Relay aircraft control and video wireless signals.

11. USB-C Port

For charging and connecting the remote controller to the computer.

12. Control Sticks Storage Slot

For storing the control sticks.

13. Gimbal Dial

Controls the tilt of the camera.

14. Shutter/Record Button

Press once to take photos or start or stop

recording.

15. Mobile Device Slot

Used to secure the mobile device.

Activating Mavic Air 2

Mavic Air 2 requires activation before using for the rst time. After powering on the aircraft and remote controller, follow the on-screen instructions to activate Mavic Air 2 using DJI Fly. An internet connection is required for

activation.

Aircraft

This section introduces the ight

controller, Forward, Backward and Downward Vision Systems, and the Intelligent Flight Battery.

Aircraft

Mavic Air 2 contains a flight controller, video downlink system, vision systems, infrared sensing system, propulsion system, and an Intelligent Flight Battery.

Flight Modes

Mavic Air 2 has three ight modes, plus a fourth ight mode that the aircraft switches to in certain scenarios.

Flight modes can be switched via the Flight Mode switch on the remote controller.

Normal Mode: The aircraft utilizes GPS and the Forward, Backward, and Downward Vision Systems and Infrared Sensing System to locate itself and stabilize. When the GPS signal is strong, the aircraft uses GPS to locate itself and stabilize. When the GPS is weak and the lighting conditions are sucient, the aircraft uses vision systems to locate itself and stabilize. When the Forward, Backward, and Downward Vision Systems are enabled and lighting conditions are sucient, the maximum ight altitude angle is 20° and the maximum ight

speed is 12 m/s.

Sport Mode: In Sport Mode, the aircraft uses GPS for positioning and the aircraft responses are optimized for agility and speed making it more responsive to control stick movements. The maximum ight speed is 19 m/s.

Obstacle sensing is disabled in Sport mode.

Tripod Mode: Tripod mode is based on Normal mode and the ight speed is limited, making the aircraft more

stable during shooting.

The aircraft automatically changes to Attitude (ATTI) mode when the Vision Systems are unavailable or disabled

and when the GPS signal is weak or the compass experiences interference. In ATTI mode, the aircraft may be more easily aected by its surroundings. Environmental factors such as wind can result in horizontal shifting, which may present hazards, especially when ying in conned spaces.

The Forward and Backward Vision Systems are disabled in Sport mode, which means the aircraft cannot sense obstacles on its route automatically.

The maximum speed and braking distance of the aircraft signicantly increase in Sport mode. A minimum braking distance of 30 m is required in windless conditions.

Descent speed signicantly increases in Sport mode. A minimum braking distance of 10 m is required in

windless conditions.

The aircraft’s responsiveness signicantly increases in Sport mode, which means a small control stick

movement on the remote controller translates into the aircraft moving a large distance. Make sure to

maintain adequate maneuvering space during ight.

Aircraft Status Indicators

Mavic Air 2 has front LEDs and aircraft status indicators.

Front LED

Aircraft Status Indicator

Front LED

Aircraft Status Indicator

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The front LEDs show the orientation of the aircraft and glow solid red when the aircraft is turned on to indicate

the front of the aircraft.

The aircraft status indicators communicate the status of the aircraft’s ight control system. Refer to the table

below for more information about the aircraft status indicators.

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Aircraft Status Indicator States

Color Action Aircraft Status

Normal States

Alternating red, green, and yellow

Yellow Blinks four times Warming up

Green Blinks slowly With GPS

Green Periodically blinks twice With Forward and Downward Vision Systems

Yellow Blinks slowly

Green Blinks quickly Braking

Warning States

Yellow Blinks quickly Remote controller signal lost

Red Blinks slowly Low battery

Red Blinks quickly Critically low battery

Red Blinks IMU error

Red Solid Critical error

Alternating red and yellow

Blinks Turning on and performing self-diagnostic tests

No GPS, Forward Vision System or Downward

Vision System

Blinks quickly Compass calibration required

Return to Home

The Return to Home (RTH) function brings the aircraft back to the last recorded Home Point when the GPS is signal is strong. There are three types of RTH: Smart RTH, Low Battery RTH, and Failsafe RTH. This section

describes these three types of RTH in detail. If the video link signal is lost during flight while the remote controller is still able to control the movements of the aircraft, there will be a prompt to initiate RTH. RTH can be cancelled.

Description

Home Point

GPS

The default Home point is the first location where the aircraft received strong

GPS signals (the white GPS icon has at least four bars). The aircraft status indicator blinks green quickly after the home point has been recorded.

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Smart RTH

If the GPS signal is sucient, Smart RTH can be used to bring the aircraft back to the Home Point. Smart RTH

is initiated either by tapping in DJI Fly or by pressing and holding the RTH button on the remote controller until it beeps. Exit Smart RTH by tapping in DJI Fly or by pressing the RTH button on the remote controller.

Smart RTH includes Straight Line RTH and Power Saving RTH.

Straight Line RTH Procedure:

1. The Home Point is recorded.

2. Smart RTH is triggered.

3. a. If the aircraft is further than 20 m from the Home Point when the RTH procedure begins, the aircraft

adjusts its orientation and ascends to the preset RTH altitude and ies to the Home Point. If the current altitude is higher than the RTH altitude, the aircraft ies to the Home Point at the current altitude.

b. If the aircraft is at a distance of 5 m to 20 m from the Home Point when the RTH procedure begins, the

aircraft adjusts its orientation and ies to the Home Point at the current altitude.

c. If the aircraft is less than 5 m from the Home Point when the RTH procedure begins, it lands immediately.

4. After reaching the Home Point, the aircraft lands and the motors stop.

If the RTH is triggered through DJI Fly and the aircraft is further than 5 m from the Home Point,

a prompt will appear in the app for users to select a landing option.

Power Saving RTH Procedure

During Straight Line RTH, if the distance is too far and the altitude is too high from the Home Point, the aircraft will enter Power Saving RTH in order to save power.

Power Saving RTH is triggered automatically. The aircraft calculates the best distance and angle (16.7° horizontally) and then ies to the Home Point. When the aircraft reaches 50 m above the Home Point, it lands

and the motors stop after landing.

Area of where Power Saving RTH is triggered

Aircraft triggers Power Saving RTH

Descent of aircraft in

Power Saving RTH

50 m

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Low Battery RTH

Low Battery RTH is triggered when the Intelligent Flight Battery is depleted to the point that the safe return of the aircraft may be aected. Return home or land the aircraft immediately when prompted.

DJI Fly displays a warning when the battery level is low. The aircraft will automatically return to the Home Point if

no action is taken after a 10 second countdown.

The user can cancel RTH by pressing the RTH button or Flight Pause button on the remote controller. If RTH is

cancelled following a low battery level warning, the Intelligent Flight Battery may not have enough power for the aircraft to land safely, which may lead to the aircraft crashing or being lost.

The aircraft will land automatically if the current battery level can only support the aircraft long enough to descend from its current altitude. Auto landing cannot be canceled but the remote controller can be used to alter the direction of the aircraft during the landing process.

Failsafe RTH

If the Home Point was successfully recorded and the compass is functioning normally, Failsafe RTH automatically activates after the remote controller signal is lost for more than 11 seconds. The aircraft will y backwards for 50 m on its original ight route, and then enter Straight Line RTH.

After ying for 50 m:

1. If the aircraft is less than 20 m from the Home Point, it ies back to the Home Point at the current altitude.

2. If the aircraft is further than 20 m from the Home Point and the current altitude is higher than the preset RTH altitude, it ies back to the Home Point at the current altitude.

3. If the aircraft is further than 20 m from the Home Point and the current altitude is lower than the preset RTH altitude, it ascends to the preset RTH altitude and then ies back to the Home Point.

Obstacle Avoidance During RTH

When aircraft is ascending:

1. The aircraft brakes when an obstacle is sensed from in front and flies backward until a safe distance is reached before continuing to ascend.

2. The aircraft brakes when an obstacle is sensed from behind and ies forward until a safe distance is reached

before continuing to ascend.

3. No operation will occur when an obstacle is sensed below the aircraft.

When aircraft is ying forward:

1. The aircraft brakes when an obstacle is sensed from in front and les backward to a safe distance. It ascends until no obstacle is sensed and continues to ascend another 5 m and then continues to y forward.

2. No operation will occur when an obstacle is sensed from behind.

3. The aircraft brakes when an obstacle is sensed from below and ascends until no obstacle is sensed before

ying forward.

During RTH, obstacles on either side of and above the aircraft cannot be detected or avoided.

When ascending in RTH, the aircraft cannot be controlled except when moving the control sticks to accelerate or decelerate.

The aircraft cannot return to the Home Point if the GPS signal is weak or unavailable. If the GPS

signal becomes weak or unavailable after RTH is triggered, the aircraft will hover in place for a while before landing.

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It is important to set a suitable RTH altitude before each flight. Launch DJI Fly, and set the RTH

altitude.

The aircraft cannot avoid obstacles during Failsafe RTH if the Forward and Backward Vision Systems are unavailable.

During RTH, the speed and altitude of the aircraft can be controlled using the remote controller or DJI Fly if the remote controller signal is normal. The orientation of the aircraft and the direction of flight, however, cannot be controlled. The aircraft cannot avoid obstacles if users push the pitch stick to accelerate and exceed a flight speed of 12 m/s.

If the aircraft flies into a GEO zone during RTH it will either descend until it exits the GEO zone and continue to the Home Point or it will hover in place.

The aircraft may not be able to return to a Home Point when the wind speed is too high. Fly with

caution.

Landing Protection

Landing Protection will activate during Smart RTH.

1. During Landing Protection, the aircraft will automatically detect and carefully land on suitable ground.

2. If the ground is determined unsuitable for landing, Mavic Air 2 will hover and wait for pilot conrmation.

3. If Landing Protection is not operational, DJI Fly will display a landing prompt when the aircraft descends below 0.5 m. Pull down on the throttle stick or use the auto landing slider to land.

Landing Protection activates during Low Battery RTH and Failsafe RTH. The aircraft performs as follows: During Low Battery RTH and Failsafe RTH, the aircraft hovers at 2 m above the ground and waits for the pilot to conrm it is suitable to land. Pull down on the throttle for one second or use the auto landing slider in the app to land. Landing Protection activates and the aircraft performs the steps listed above.

Vision Systems are disabled during landing. Make sure to land the aircraft with caution.

Precision Landing

The aircraft automatically scans and attempts to match the terrain features below during RTH. When the

current terrain matches the Home Point terrain, the aircraft will land. A prompt will appear in DJI Fly if the terrain

match fails.

Landing Protection is activated during Precision Landing.

The Precision Landing performance is subject to the following conditions:

a. The Home Point must be recorded upon takeo and must not be changed during ight. Otherwise, the

aircraft will have no record of the Home Point terrain features.

b. During takeo, the aircraft must ascend vertically 7 m before moving horizontally.

c. The Home Point terrain features must remain largely unchanged.

d. The Home Point terrain features must be suciently distinctive.

e. The lighting conditions must not be too light or too dark.

The following actions are available during Precision Landing:

a. Press the throttle stick down to accelerate landing.

b. Move the control sticks in any direction to stop Precision Landing. The aircraft will descend vertically after

the control sticks are released.

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Vision Systems and Infrared Sensing System

Mavic Air 2 is equipped with both an Infrared Sensing System and Forward, Backward, and Downward Vision

Systems.

The Forward, Backward, and Downward Vision Systems consist of two cameras each and the Infrared Sensing System consists of two 3D infrared modules.

The Downward Vision System and Infrared Sensing System helps the aircraft maintain its current position,

hover in place more precisely, and to y indoors or in other environments where GPS is unavailable.

In addition, the Auxiliary Bottom Light located on the underside of the aircraft improves visibility for the

Downward Vision System in weak light conditions.

Forward Vision System

Infrared Sensing System

Downward Vision System

Auxiliary Bottom Light

Backward Vision System

Detection Range

Forward Vision System: Detection Range: 0.35-22 m; FOV: 71° (horizontal), 56° (vertical)

Backward Vision System: Detection Range: 0.37-23.6 m; FOV: 57° (horizontal), 44° (vertical)

Downward Vision System: The Downward Vision System works best when the aircraft is at an altitude of 0.5 to 30 m, and its operating range is 0.5 to 60 m.

0.35-22 m

71° 71°

57°

0.37-23.6 m

44°

0.5-30 m

56°

Calibrating Vision System Cameras

Auto Calibration

The Vision System cameras installed on the aircraft are factory calibrated. If any abnormality is detected with a vision system camera, the aircraft will automatically perform calibration and a prompt will appear in DJI Fly. No

further operation is required.

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