In-person Drone Flying Lessons

In a couple of hours learn how to legally and safely fly a drone

During the lessons we will fly one of my drones or yours if you recently purchased one

I found each training has been unique and for slightly different reasons.

The cost per session is typically $150.00 (up to 2 hours).

Prerequisites:

  • Please contact me for the cost per lesson. It may depend on many factors.

  • 16 years or older (if 16-17 accompanied with an adult or parent)

  • Live in or near central Ohio

  • Physically able to stand for 1-2 hours

  • Sufficient eyesight and general health

  • Not under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs

  • Not sleep deprived or in a condition that may affect judgement

  • Pass the Recreational UAS Safety Test: TRUST (it’s easy and free). This is needed for any drone recreational flyer to operate legally (Please let me know if you have any questions)

  • Bring your printed TRUST certificate

Lessons are approx 2 hours long

  • Please contact me for the cost per lesson. It may depend on many factors.

  • These lessons are to give you the basics to be a responsible recreational drone pilot

  • I reserve the right to refuse lessons if I feel uncomfortable with how one of my drones would be flown. They are not toys and all have a cost for them either when purchased or ongoing use for doing drone services.

Lesson #1: Let’s get in the air!

The below agenda may change depending on the drone and training.

  • We will first go over the characteristics of the drone we are going to fly

  • Pre-flight inspection of the drone’s hardware

  • Go over the drone software used:

    • Basic walk-through

    • System, camera settings and more

    • ‘Return to home’ RTH ability and why it is important

    • Go over the controller buttons

    • How to know if you are legally allowed to fly in a location

  • First flight:

    • Safety around people

    • Flight stick commands (Pitch, Roll, Elevation and Yaw)

    • Basic flight maneuvers

    • Having some fun flying, getting comfortable with it

    • Go over some of the photo and video settings

    • Go over some of the intelligent flight modes

    • Using RTH and landing manually

    • Emergency landings

Lesson #2: Advanced Topics

The below agenda may change depending on the drone and training.

  • Uncontrolled and Controlled airspace

  • How to get permission to fly in Controlled airspace

    • Phone or tablet applications you need and want

    • Websites you need to use and ones you will want to

    • Setup the drone and fly in Controlled airspace

  • How to register a drone

  • Do’s and Don’t: how to avoid unwanted conversations while flying your drone

  • Looking at some of the more advanced settings in your drone application

  • In-depth look at the photo and video settings

  • In-depth look at the intelligent flight modes

  • What is Part 107 and how do you become a commercial drone pilot

  • Flying exercises to hone your skills

  • Keeping a log of your drone flights/missions

  • Discuss any and all questions you may have