Astro Training

Train together and save! Orders of more than one training package receive a 20% discount at checkout.

Come learn about Astro from the source, right here at Freefly headquarters in Woodinville, Washington! We’ll teach you safe operating procedures for the Astro line of drones, from setting up your radio and charging batteries to tuning your system and troubleshooting issues.

This training is offered a few times per month and has a fantastic instructor to student ratio (max 3 students to 1 instructor) for both classroom and flying field time and the option to use your own Astro, or one of ours (refundable deposit may apply if you fly our aircraft during the class).

Note: To get the most out of this training it is recommended to arrive already comfortable with the ability to takeoff and land in manual mode on a small drone. Nose in flight should also be mastered but we can help!

1-day Class

This class is 8 hours long, at Freefly, and includes Ground School and Flight Training. What does that mean?!

Ground School

Before we fly, we have to know the hardware and how to prepare for flight! Topics covered will include:

• Understanding your Freefly Astro and accessories
• Controller features and setup
• Battery features
• Skynode overview
  
• Auterion Suite introduction
  
• Payload planning
• Pre flight inspections, processes and best practices
• Flight planning and execution
• Astro maintenance and troubleshooting

Flight Training
After Ground School, we’ll head out to the field to get some time in the air with Astro. Topic covered in the field will include (you can bring your own Astro, or use one of ours)*:

• Preflight
• Flying!
• Confirm competent understanding of all controls
• Confirm pilot is comfortable with basic takeoff and landings
• Confirm pilot understands available methods to monitor flight pack voltage and when to land
• Cover emergency situations and how to train for them and respond appropriately
• Build time after subjects covered