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Review Summary
1 Day
Learn the basics as well as advanced skills from the same team that supports our Alta pilots every day.
Small Class Sizes
Alta Training has a fantastic instructor to student ratio (max 3 students to one instructor) for both classroom and flying time. This ensures we can cover the topics that matter most to you.
Our Alta or Yours
We're totally flexible. If you want to leave your Alta at home and use our demo model, we've got you covered.
Always Relevant
The drone landscape is constantly changing so our courses evolve to cover the most current Alta hardware and software.
1-Day Training Curriculum
This class is 8 hours long, at Freefly, and includes Ground School and Flight Training.
Ground School
 Understanding your Freefly Alta and accessories
 Radio selection and setup
 LiPo Battery Selection, charging and safety
 Synapse/PX4 overview
 Alta App/QGroundControl
 Payload planning
 Pre flight inspections, processes and best practices
 Deep dive into system tuning and analysis
 Flight planning and execution
 Alta maintenance and troubleshooting
 Data Viewer tutorial
Flight Training
 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