Drone Flying 101 – An interactive tutorial for beginners

Post by dkn775 » Fri, May 24, 2024, 4:11 AM UTC

saidinesh5 wrote: post #3

avidiax wrote: post #2

It's quite annoying that every stage of the lesson requires you to recalibrate your controller. When I learned to fly racing drones, I used Velocidrone; I have no experience of FPVSim. Even if you don't plan to eventually fly an acrobatic or racing drone, the sim experience can be a bit relaxing & focused. I used to practice on a 2nd monitor while I was in large mandatory group meetings for work. If you do plan to bu…

I think these days things have changed for the better... Free simulators,light weight fun builds that don't easily be damaged/cause damage from crashes.. I just bought my first fixed wing, but it made me realize why i like my sub 100 gram " 3" toothpick" kind of quads even more. i can fly those around the home, i get 10+ minutes of flight time (trust me, it gets annoying after 8-9 minutes and you need a break before…

Post by Stevvo » Sat, May 25, 2024, 8:08 PM UTC

poulpy123 wrote: post #52

coldtea wrote: post #42

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Not sure for FPV (don't own one), but it's quite trivial to get an operator license/registration, and you don't even need one for a certain smaller / more toy-like class of devices. And this covers most parts of EU. For 99% of flights you also don't need any per-flight "bureucracy". There are some limitations, like X height in city, not above crowds, no "no-go" zones, but totally not "illegal to fly in most parts of…

In france, Drone less than 250gr are legal without any documentation in autorized places (or more exctely where it's not forbidden) but you need to be able to see the drone. So FPV is legal as long as the drone isn't too far.

Post by padfootprong » Mon, Jun 03, 2024, 9:01 AM UTC

l3x4ur1n wrote: post #134

For those considering getting a drone license in Europe, this is free and official and applicable to whole EU https://learningzone.eurocontrol.int/ilp/pages/login.jsf?fac...