Learn to fly a drone
At the ARC this summer!
Flying hands on demo and class:
■ 5 minutes — Introductions and walking to the take-off location■ 5-10 minutes — Overview of the drone hardware components
■ 15-20 minutes — BATTERY 1
■ Pre-flight checklist and inspection
■ Powering up and getting into the app
■ Compass calibration and basic introduction to the DJI Go 4 app
■ “Return-to-Home” and how it works, setting RTH altitude
■ Taking off and hovering
■ Pitch and Roll, Thrust and Yaw
■ Switching between looking at the aircraft and the screen
■ Other basic flight maneuvers until battery 1 gets low and RTH is triggered
■ Take over manual controls
■ Land manually (not with RTH or other auto-land button)
■ 5-10 minutes — Flight debrief
■ 15-20 minutes — BATTERY 2
■ Pre-flight checklist and inspection
■ Powering up and getting into the app
■ Taking off and hovering
■ Repeat of 1-2 basic exercises to get warmed up
■ Practice 2-3 new exercises
■ Intelligent Flight Modes
■ 5-10 minutes — Flight debrief
■ 15-20 minutes — BATTERY 3
■ Practicing more intelligent flight modes
■ Diving deeper into photo / video settings and take some photos and videos
- 5-10 minutes — Class debrief and wrapping up
Editing and publishing
- 5 minute- Go back to class room
- 5 minutes- Computer and peripheral requirements
- 10 minutes – Get footage from drone to computer
- 15 minutes- Editing footage, software needed
- 10 minutes Publishing to youtube and face book
- 5-10 Minutes – class debrief and wrap
Flying laws and safety
- 5 minutes – Faa licence part 107
- 5 minutes` where you can and can’t fly
- 5 minutes safety practices
- 5-10 Minutes- class debrief and wrap up
Call or Email Bob Lieberman @ 847 687 2269 or RCVL@mac.com
for more information