Hi I went flying with a friend, he has a brand new Air3s. It intermittently surges in level flight in calm wind? He has changed the props, anyone experienced similar issues? Thanks

Not seen any reports in relation to the Air 3S, but there were a couple of reports, within the last three months-ish, of this happening to one or two Mini models. I’ll try and find them later.

Maybe I have, the obstacle avoidance is a bit too sensitive to direct sunlight, more so than the Air3. I have to put it in sport when it does it. Ask your friend to do some tests in sport mode and see if its the same story.

Had this happen a couple of times with my MINI3 Pro, usually due to low signal strength, usually rising higher clears the transmission and normal control is resumed…

Certainly a possibility - but I seem to recall one of the Mini reports said it wasn’t the sun that day.

When you say he has changed the props, what to, genuine or third party props?

Overcast day, photo taken that day from my Air2s [DJI_0186T]

He wasn’t that far out as we were going for air to air shots

I’ll get him to change to sports mode.

Is the obstacle avoidance getting triggered. I have had insect swarms trigger obstacle avoidance in nifty mode making it more skittish both the air 3 / mini 4 do this but in brake mode it seems less sensitive.

Air 3s surging in straight and level flight

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OzoneVibe 27 November 2024 21:04 14

Found one of the other threads I mentioned.

Have a read and see how similar your friend’s was behaving.

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