Manual Drone Flight

Controls

  • Throttle - Moves drone up and down
  • Yaw - Moves drone around Z-axis
  • Pitch - Moves drone around Y-axis
  • Rolls - Move drone around X-axis

Manually Launching and Landing DJI Drones

Launching:

  1. Push RC controls down and toward the center at a 45⁰ angle
  2. Throttle up drone after propellers start spinning for a few seconds

Landing:

  1. Throttle down drone to lower altitude
  2. Orient drone so that it is facing the same direction as you
  3. Continue to lower drone down until you are above landing area
  4. Once drone is in position, hold down on throttle to automatically land drone

Best practices

  • Level surface
  • Clear around surface
  • Free of obstacles above

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