Welcome to our new weekly series: Fly Day Friday! Every Friday, we will create short and simple drone tutorials that can be applied in the field immediately! These weekly videos will give you the tools and education you need to elevate your drone game. Kicking things off, this first video covers how to fly a drone for the first time! We discuss some pre-planning steps before flying and show you how to take off, hover, and land your drone! We can’t wait to provide you with tips and tricks to help enhance your drone skills!
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Hey everyone, I'm Adam with UAV Coach and today I'm going to show you how to fly a drone
for the first time.
This is great for anyone new to drone flying or anybody who is thinking about getting a
drone.
So let's get into it.
Before you go out to any location, make sure to have a fully charged battery and you know
how to power on the drone and the controller and how to link them together.
Also, if you have a DJI drone, it is highly recommended that you download the DJI Fly
app, as it will allow you to have a camera view, alert you on any flight error messages,
access intelligent flight modes, and unlock geo zones.
I have the DJI Air 2S, so to link the drone and controller, I first power on the drone
by pressing and holding the power button for around 4 seconds and then do the same thing
with the controller.
Next, I connect my phone to the controller with the cable.
Finally, I open the DJI Fly app and press go fly.
You should now be able to see what the drone is seeing.
Next, you want to find a very open area to fly your drone.
Nearby parks or fields are perfect for this.
Not only are you away from people, but you are also away from trees and other objects.
Once you get to your location, try and find a clean, flat area to take off from.
Grass, concrete, or a bench are great.
One tip if you're in grass is to place your drone on top of a case or a bag just so the
propellers don't get caught in the grass.
This will help make the entire takeoff and landing process a lot easier.
After you've found a good location, it's time to fly your drone.
First, unfold the propellers and place your drone with the back end facing toward you
and the camera facing away from you.
To start my drone and get it ready for takeoff, I pull back and in on both of the joysticks
at the same time.
This might be different for your drone, so make sure you read the instructions to know
how to start the propellers.
The left stick controls the throttle, or the drone's height, so once the propellers are
going, I will slowly push up on the left stick and watch the drone rise.
After taking off, let go of the stick and let it hover about 5 feet off the ground to
make sure everything looks and sounds good, because if anything is going wrong, you would
rather it drop from this height instead of 100 feet plus in the air.
Now, once the drone is up, give yourself a little pat on the back, because you are officially
flying a drone.
To land the drone, you are going to use that same left stick you used to take off and just
press down on it.
As you press down, you will see the drone start to slowly descend downward and finally
land on the ground.
Once the drone is on the ground, the propellers should automatically stop.
Now congratulate yourself again, because you have officially taken off a drone, let it
hover, and landed a drone.
And once you get comfortable with this process of taking the drone off, letting it hover,
and then landing it, you can then begin to learn some basic controls of the drone.
And that is what part 2 of this video will be all about, learning some basic controls
you can practice next, like flying left, right, forward, backward, and spinning the drone.
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Until next time, blue skies and safe flying.
