New Phantom 3 Pro...Any Checklist to complete before the First Flight...?

[MarioMiami]

Im new to the "Drone World" , What to do first?
Should I search for any update?
Any Checklist to complete before the first flight?
Advices?
Thanks.

 

[Meta4]

The main thing to check is that you have read and understand the manual.
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After that, do your early flying in a large open area, well away from buildings, trees etc

 

[Kevin Barber]

I would recommend getting some practice with the simulator first. You can access the simulator from the help in DJI Go. That will give you some good practice with the controls.

 

[MarioMiami]

Thanks Meta4 and Kevin, I will do it...I was reading some reports of crashing and Im a bit concern about crash mine...I dont know what is the actual percentage of crashing the drone due to a system failure...???...or if somebody can say something about it...of course excluding any human error.

 

[TheRealNick]

Mostly human error...I made a list of my prechecks in another thread....recently a lot of people crashing due to battery issue. I would only fly on a fully recently charged battery. I try to fly without about 8 hours of full charge but have flown as long as 16 hours after full charge. Personally I would also not try to sneak in extra flight on a battery either...charge it up before every flight...Google DJI top 10 crash forum and see their list of top 10....

 

[Acepdr]

Regarding Checklists.

I have been a Pilot for over 35 years and have flown both fixed and rotary wing aircraft, and for every aircraft that I have put by butt into, the first thing I look for is a Checklist, no checklist, then NO-GO flight. I would think there are lot of very smart drone pilots on this forum with all kinds of experience flying DJI's equipment and that somebody has not produced a viable "Checklist" that can be transported with the drone for each flight. A commercially produced Checklist could prove lucrative to someone. I have used both paper and electronic ones, both serve their purposes. Anyways just my thoughts.

 

[MarioMiami]

Thanks you both...

 

[Kevin Barber]

Most problems I have run into have been human error. The worst crash I had was because I was in a hurry and I think I had a compass error that I didn't catch before flying. Fortunately the phantom was fine (i had to ditch it into a muddy soybean field as it was going uncontrolled off-course). Each time something happens, I try to evaluate what went wrong and if it was preventable (so far 100% of the time) try to take that into account for next time.

 

[AHill]

Regarding Checklists.

I have been a Pilot for over 35 years and have flown both fixed and rotary wing aircraft, and for every aircraft that I have put by butt into, the first thing I look for is a Checklist, no checklist, then NO-GO flight. I would think there are lot of very smart drone pilots on this forum with all kinds of experience flying DJI's equipment and that somebody has not produced a viable "Checklist" that can be transported with the drone for each flight. A commercially produced Checklist could prove lucrative to someone. I have used both paper and electronic ones, both serve their purposes. Anyways just my thoughts.

There are several checklists available on this forum made by different members, do a search for them.