Freefly Astro 1 Day In-Person Training Course

Come learn about Astro from the source, right here at Freefly headquarters in Woodinville, Washington!

Small Class Sizes
This training is offered once per month and has a fantastic instructor to student ratio (max 8 students to 1 instructor) for both classroom and flying field time.

Our Astro or Yours
We're totally flexible. If you want to leave your Astro 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 Astro hardware and software.

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 Training Curriculum
his class is 8 hours long, at Freefly, and includes Ground School and Flight Training.

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 (you can bring your own Astro, or use one of ours). Topics covered in the field will include:

• 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