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DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual
(DJI Store, 2020)
Created by: Felix van Leuven, Agnieszka Lisonek and Eline Rentier
Supervisor: Dr. W. M. (Thijs) de Boer
Course: Environmental Measuring Techniques (5264ENMT6Y)
Date: 26-03-2020
University of Amsterdam

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  • Page 1 DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual (DJI Store, 2020) Created by: Felix van Leuven, Agnieszka Lisonek and Eline Rentier Supervisor: Dr. W. M. (Thijs) de Boer Course: Environmental Measuring Techniques (5264ENMT6Y) Date: 26-03-2020 University of Amsterdam...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual Contents Important information ..........................3 Content of the box ..........................3 Quick Start Guide ............................ 4 SETUP ............................... 4 Flying/landing the drone ......................... 6 DJI GO App ............................... 8 2D markers ............................14 Advanced Settings ..........................15 References .............................

  • Page 3: Important Information

    The DJI Phantom 3 is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In the Netherlands, flying an UAV under 4 kilograms requires a theory certificate from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.

  • Page 4: Quick Start Guide

    DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual Quick Start Guide SETUP 1. Attach the propellers to the drone. Make sure that: The black propellers are on the black base (see photo) The grey propellers are on the grey base (see photo) Follow the instructions on the propellers for tightening/loosening 2.
  • Page 5 DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual 4. Check if there is an SD card in the drone (with enough free space). Each photo will take up around 5-7 MB, so multiply that by the number of estimated photos in your flight plan to calculate the required free space.

  • Page 6: Flying/Landing The Drone

    2. Go to the flight plan you wish to execute and click “Fly” (If you do not have a flight plan yet, make one first and check the next chapters about the DJI GO App and advanced settings.) 3.
  • Page 7 DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual The drone will automatically launch itself and start flying according to the flight plan. When it has finished, it will return to the home point and land. You can also abort the mission (for example when you see it might hit something or someone) by hitting the ‘home’...

  • Page 8: Dji Go App

    The extended manual can be found on: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/groundstation_pro/20181102/GS_Pro_User_Manual_v2.0_EN_201 811.pdf There are two DJI apps on the iPad: ‘DJI’ and ‘GSP’. You need the GSP-app to create a flight plan and fly the drone. The app icon looks like this: When you open the app.
  • Page 9 DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual When you click on a mission you will automatically zoom to the location of the mission on the map and a summary of the settings of that mission will be shown on the right. Also, the buttons ‘Fly’ and ‘Edit’...
  • Page 10 DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual Follow the instructions: ‘Tap on the map to make a flight area’. It is easiest to first zoom to the area you wish to fly and then tap to make a flight area. Once you tapped on the map, a flight area will be created and a menu will pop-up in the right part of your screen.
  • Page 11 DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual Flight parameters: Waypoints: number of waypoints (points that instruct the drone where to fly). Max. 99 points can be set for a mission. Flight Length: the total length of the flight in meters. Mainpath No.: The number of lines the drone will have to fly over the area.
  • Page 12 The figure on the next page is reprinted and modified from the DJI GS Pro app manual and shows what your in-flight-modus looks like on the iPad.
  • Page 13 DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual credits of this photo go to the DJI GS Pro User Manual (see references) 1. Camera settings and Micro SD card capacity 2. Focus/metering button. The square indicates auto-focus and is the recommended setting. 3. AF = Auto focus (tap on screen to use), MF = Manual focus (use focal length slider, 5, to focus) 4.

  • Page 14: 2D Markers

    DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual 2D markers You can analyse your drone photos in Agisoft, a programme that performs photogrammetric processing of images and creates 3D spatial data. When you analyse your drone photo’s in Agisoft you will have to align your photos. This is done by manually finding ground control points (GCP) (objects) in your photo.

  • Page 15: Advanced Settings

    Camera settings (by van Arkel, 2019) If you wish to adjust the camera settings. This can best be done via the DJI GO app on the iPad. The changes that are made in this app will automatically be changed in the DJI GS Pro app too.

  • Page 16: References

    DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Manual References DJI Store. (2020). Dji Phantom 3 Advanced [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.dji- store.it/prodotto/dji-phantom-3-advanced/ DJI. (2018). GS Pro User Manual. Retrieved from https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/groundstation_pro/20181102/GS_Pro_User_Manual_v2.0_EN_201 811.pdf van Arkel, J. (2019, June 13). Dronecamerasettings tips van Jan van Arkel. Retrieved March 23, 2020, from .

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