It’s constructed of hard grey plastic and feels reassuringly resilient, but like most drones isn’t designed to be flown in bad weather conditions – or into hard objects (more on how it avoids doing that later). If you’ve seen a DJI folding drone before, you’ll find the Air 3’s design familiar: a rectangular body with four fold-out propeller arms, a removeable battery pack at the back and a gimbal-mounted camera unit at the front. Supplied with new RC-N2 touchscreen controller.720g take-off weight with corresponding restrictions.That said, the DJI Air 3 is larger and heavier than the Air 2S, and its camera sensors are slightly smaller than the Air 2S’s 1-inch CMOS – so with that in mind, are you better off sticking with the older model, or even dropping down to the tiny DJI Mini 3 Pro? Here are my thoughts. DJI hasn’t rested on its laurels when it comes to this model, upping the ante with a dual camera setup and a raft of new features and quality-of-life upgrades. The DJI Air 3 is the first new Air model since 2021’s Air 2S (a highly impressive drone that I awarded a full five-star rating at the time).
These mid-range folding camera drones aren’t aimed at beginners or professionals, but somewhere in between: the enthusiasts who want great aerial image quality, but not at great expense. Wedged between the tiny Mini and premium Mavic ranges sits DJI’s Air series.
