Hey, y’all, I want to help us to be on guard for Canada, and I was thinking I should learn how to fly drones.
I have started looking at schools and at the Transport Canada website. I’d like to hear from those who know more about drone flight schools and fly drones themselves.
I’ve never flown one myself, even if I do find them rather cool. I’m too old and creaky (and too averse to hierarchy) to join the military, but I can make myself useful in other ways.
Should I get a small drone (below 250 g) and practice?
Are there virtual tools I could practice with? I wouldn’t want to crash an expensive piece of gear while I’m learning to pilot it.
Please chime in with your advice.
The best first step I think is to get a virtual drone simulator. There are free ones online that will give you a taste of how it’s like to fly drones and will let you get a taste of what it’s like. This alone will take you a long way towards being able to use them practically at virtually zero cost, or maybe at most the cost of purchasing a controller to more closely simulate a drone’s controller.
Just look up FPV simulator, racer, or anything similar. There are free ones even on Steam.
I just tried DRL (Drone Racing League) on Steam. I started with the tutorials. Good fun! Thanks for the suggestion.