DJI Air 3 ?

To our knowledge DJI will not be adding SDK support for it, so no.

Zane, any more updates on if Map Pilot Pro will work with DJI Air 3?

No updates. Be sure to let DJI know SDK support is important to you.

Regarding the DJI Air 3 and the "Export Only" feature of the map pilot pro: my air3 has rc-2 remote control so my guess is I can't transfer the flight plan to the controller, rigth? But if I buy the rc-n2 controller I will be able, right?

You should be able to do it if you can get the KMZ onto the remote somehow. This is not something we have tested. 

Hi, 

The directory structure in the RC2 remote is as shown in the image below. Tried to put the exported "wayline_mission" folder in couple of places in the tree but nothing happens. I have also tried with the dummy mission approach but a crash happens when opening the mission in the rc2 remote (crash dump also included below), it is  a java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException, maybe the format and database used in rc2 is different than fly app, who knows... For transferring files I use a mac and the Android File Transfer App installed with brew.

Javier: That looks right. You need to copy the KMZ you make with Map Pilot Pro into your 1915F871-B660-4346-AEB0-F4DC99D5778B folder. Then copy the name of the existing KMZ (1915F871-B660-4346-AEB0-F4DC99D5778B.kmz in your case). Then delete that file and change the name of the file you made with Map Pilot Pro to 1915F871-B660-4346-AEB0-F4DC99D5778B.kmz.  Then restart the DJI Fly app. 

We HATE this workflow which is why we tried to make it as easy as we could for the operating systems that support it. 

I am following the steps mentioned but when I open the plan in the RC2 controller, it crashes. Just to clarify, the RC2 controller is the one with the screen in it, no mobile device at all.

Regards

Javier: Try using an SD card to move the files around instead of connecting it to a computer. 

Hi, I don't think the problem is regarding the mechanism to transfer the kmz. I have tested to copy a valid kmz created in the rc2 controller to the laptop, change something like point heith and copy back again to the controller and it works.

In fact, I have been comparing the template.kml and waylines.wpml files created by the rc2 controller and the ones created by pilot pro and I see differences:

- the template.kml file from rc2 is pretty simple, the one created by mpp has more stuff in it

- the <actionGroup> section of the wpml is the place whe I think is the issue because the way <actiongroup> and <actionid> are numbered differs from one to the other.

See screenshots, I can share the files created by rc2 controller if you want.

kml comparison (rc2 controller on the left):

wpml conparison (rc2 controller on the left):

Ive watched the video a few times and am working my through the process. I have an Air 3. under settings, do I select Mavic Air 3 (export only)? I don't see an Air 3 option. I realize this is a DJI issue and you're trying to provide a work around which I appreciate because I really don't want to buy a new drone right now.

thanks

Joe

The it will say Air 3 in the future. The Air used to be part of the Mavic family and we still have it categorized there internally. Same same.

We are actually seeing that the RC2 works fine with the KMZ files currently being generated by Map Pilot Pro. Here are the steps to reproduce:

1. I made a dummy mission
2. I made a mission in Map Pilot Pro and exported it
3. I deleted the dummy mission in Android Transfer window on my mac
4. I renamed the exported KMZ to the dummy mission UUID
5. I moved the renamed exported KMZ into the dummy mission folder
6. I started up DJI Fly on the RC 2
7. found and loaded the mission

Zane,

The Waypoint missions (KMZ) are limited to 200 points, ok?

Is there any way, for large areas, to split the mission in multiple KMZ files (200 points)? For example, one mission with 1000 points could be flown with 5 KMZ files, in sequence.

We will be adding support for generation partial missions using the manual restart point feature in the future. You would basically have to choose where to restart a mission in Map Pilot Pro and then generate the KMZ. So you would go back and forth between MPP and the DJI app.

Hi,

I was able to export a KMZ with 148 waypoints using Simple KMZ method to the new DJI RC2 with an Air 3s.  When flying the mission the RC2 controller freezes up and crashes.  Fortunately RTH button on the controller still worked and the aircraft returned home safely.  I also noticed on another flight if I try to move or expand the on screen waypoint map to follow the aircraft this also seems to cause a freeze.

Do you think the RC2 is not capable of handling complex maps?  I'm thinking of buying the RC-N3 to pair with an iPad Mini.  I use an Air 2s with RC-N1 (or is it 2?) and iPad with no issues.

Please comment and help if you can!

The RC2 is super limited in what it can do. We recommend keeping RC2 flights to less than 100 total waypoints.

Thanks for the quick replay Zane!

Would have have better luck with the RC-N3 with an iPad or Android tablet?

We haven’t tested with that at all yet. I wouldn’t expect much more from it though.