Can You Fly A Dji Mavic Air 2 Indoors?

If you have flown a drone before, you understand how challenging it can be to control one outdoors and indoors. Drones often have difficulty detecting objects in their path when flying at fast speeds or low altitudes.

Therefore, they crash into walls or other obstacles regularly while flying.

Luckily, the DJI Mavic Air 2 is equipped with multiple sensors and algorithms, making it an ideal indoor drone.

Can You Fly A Dji Mavic Air 2 Indoors?

Yes, you can fly a DJI Mavic Air 2 indoors. This drone is equipped with multiple sensors on the back, front, top, and bottom of the drone, allowing it to detect obstacles in its path and avoid collisions.

These sensors also help keep the drone in a stable flight without a GPS signal while flying indoors. However, drones need space to fly around, so even small rooms may not be suitable for indoor flights.

Many older drones do not have the same type of sensors, so they were pretty problematic to fly indoors.

Getting Ready for A Dji Mavic Air 2 Indoor Flight

Getting ready to fly your drone indoors follows the same process as if you were getting ready to fly outdoors. We will assume that you already have the outdoor flying procedure down.

DJI Mavic Air Indoor Settings

Before flying your drone inside, you must also check some settings to calibrate it for indoor flying. These are some recommendations that you should take a look at before you take to the flying task:

• Set remote signal lost to Hover – Since there are usually a lot of chances for interference, such as walls, large appliances, other wireless frequencies, etc., you need to change the settings for what happens if the drone disconnects from the controller.
• Turn off the return home feature – If this is turned on and the battery gets low, there is a risk that if it tries to automatically return home, it may crash into the ceiling.
• Turn off the obstacle avoidance feature – Since you are indoors, there will probably be a lot of obstacles close enough to trigger the feature. So it is best to turn it off until you get the hang of controlling it.
• Turn on the Display Radar Chart feature – This will give you a visual display on your screen of potential obstacles in the drone’s path when flying in an indoor environment. It shows you what the radar sees in the camera view in real-time. This will come in handy when first learning how to control the drone. It will give you a better idea of where your boundaries are so you can learn how to maneuver around the objects without crashing into them.
• Turn on the vision positioning feature – This helps the drone maintain its position if it loses the GPS signal, thanks to its ultrasonic sensor array on the bottom of the drone. However, be careful with this when flying over things like tables. The drone will try to maintain a certain height from the ground. If you fly over a table, it will cause the drone to fly higher, and you are at risk of hitting the ceiling.
• Adjust the control sensitivities – Set all the EXP values here to 0.1. It basically means that when you move the sticks on the controller, it will be a more gradual control of the drone. You may also consider adjusting the Attitude, Brake, and Yaw Movement Limit settings to help control your drone easier, but this is all up to your preference.
• Turn off the multiple flight modes – This will prevent you from accidentally changing the drone to sport mode and making it harder to control.

Getting Good DJI Mavic Air Indoor Footage 

If you are getting into indoor drone photography and videography, there are some things you should keep in mind:

• Make sure there is enough lighting in the room where you are shooting – It is best to shoot in a room with plenty of light so you will get good footage. Without enough light, your video or photo will be blurry or dark because the camera will have trouble focusing correctly with the limited light source.
• Bring along a reflector – Reflectors help bounce light back into the camera and help brighten up a scene, so you get better images. Having a few reflectors on hand can help you fill in any shadows in your video or photo shots that are too dark due to low light conditions.
• Fly at slower speeds – You will not be able to record as much footage as you could if you were outside since you are inside, where there is usually less open space to move around in. So it is best to slow down the speed at which you are recording so you do not fill up the memory too quickly with the footage you cannot use later in your editing process.
• Look for exciting angles – If you are doing any kind of video production work, try to look for interesting angles to shoot from instead of always standing in the same place. You can also move around to get different angles of the same scene. Remember that you don’t have to get the perfect shot every time. Sometimes just playing around with various shots, getting creative, and having fun with your footage is all part of the experience.

Flying Drones Indoors – Things To Keep In Mind

If you are planning on flying your drone indoors, there are some other things that you can do to help make it more enjoyable as well as keep your drone and stuff around your home safe:

• Use prop guards – Propeller guards are something that many people forget to install on their drones because they don’t think it is necessary until it is too late. However, propeller guards can help prevent damage to things like walls and furniture and keep people from accidentally getting injured by a spinning propeller. They also help protect the propellers from dust and debris that can cause damage over time to your propellers. Having them installed can also help prevent crashes because they will be stopped in their tracks if the propellers hit something. I would recommend these for the Mavic Air 2.
• Familiarize yourself with the room – Before you take your new toy for a spin, it is a good idea to take a quick look around to ensure there is nothing fragile or breakable in the room like picture frames, vases, etc. You don’t want to ruin your new toy by hitting one of these things while you are flying it around.
• Manual takeoff only – If you fly your Mavic indoors, it is a good idea to turn off the auto takeoff feature and only fly it in manual mode until you get the hang of it. This will help you prevent any crashes if you take off and land while the drone is in an area with no GPS signal available. Remember, you can still land manually on a flat surface even if it is not on a designated landing pad area. Hold the stick until the blades stop spinning and let go of the throttle.
• Don’t fly it too high – When flying your Mavic around your house, try not to go too high because it could crash into things that are too low to the ground if you are too close to the ceiling, such as ceiling fans, light fixtures, etc. Keep it low to the ground until you get comfortable flying it around more.
• Fly slow – When flying around inside your home, try to move slowly so you don’t run into anything or get too close to people or pets that could be in the way of your flight path.
• Use tripod mode – Tripod mode is a feature many overlook when flying their drones around their house. It will help limit your speed and lower the sensitivity.
• Use cinematic mode – This flight mode will help stabilize your video and photos to get smooth results when you are shooting indoors.
• Use course lock – This feature will make it much more intuitive to fly your drone and allow you to make fewer mistakes.

Is It Legal?

Yes, flying a drone indoors is legal as long as you follow the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States and the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom.

Other countries have set their own laws regarding the use of drones inside buildings as well. These include Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and many others. Special rules are set to allow commercial use of drones in restricted areas such as warehouses or factories.

So check with the law where you live to see if you are allowed to fly a drone inside your home or office.

FAQ

Can Other DJI Drones Be Flown Indoors?

Yes, other DJI drones can also be flown inside. This includes the Mavic Pro, DJI Spark, DJI Phantom, etc.

Is Flying Your Drone Inside The Safe?

Yes, it is safe to use a drone indoors if you follow all the safety guidelines listed above. Remember that you should always exercise caution when flying a drone around a room or house so that nothing gets damaged in the process.

Also, remember that if you use a Mavic Air 2, you will need props guards to protect your drone and its props from any unexpected collisions.

Conclusion

While you can fly your Maciv Air 2 inside, there are many things to keep in mind to ensure you don’t get hurt or damage anything in the process. As long as you follow these tips and rules, you should be able to safely fly your Maciv Air 2 anywhere you want in your home without worrying about damaging it or causing any damage to anything in the room you are flying around.