One of the most important tips. Always know where the front of your drone is. Some people will even change the color of the front propellers to help keep track.

I like the five steps to show someone now to fly a drone. It seems like many people are just scared to touch the control after they see it fly. This is a good way to build some skills, some confidence and keep your drone out of harm's way until they are ready to advance to the next step.

2 minutes into this and Im still waiting to start..... Jesus.... Droning on and on and on

Well it’s so weird to watch this old video and how drowns have really changed since then! 😊

Good info for a drone noob like me. I bought a U818A Kolibri to learn on, and the first thing I did was practice taking off and landing, over and over again. Still working on mastering step 3. For me it's more like, "Forward, good. Now backward. Not that far backward! Forward again! Why is it going left? Go right, go right dammit! Stop! Sit! Stay! Arrghhh!" Luckily I have a field full of tall, soft grass to practice my uncontrolled ground contact maneuvers.

Thank you! I just bought a used cheap Latrax Alias to learn how to fly and found this video really helpful!

When I was about to give up on drones,I found a drone that I could fly very easy,a FY 603 Smart egg with altitude hold ,it would Hoover on it own ,then I could slowly stir around ,and it gave me the coincidence ,to fly ,I now have GPS drones and a new optical.flow drone , a Tkkj L603.as soon as I get cooler weather I will fly it .I think for beginners,use these things to help you.

I enjoy that the instructor is clearly an actual pilot of manned airplanes as well

I learned with the Syma X5c.I had two hands then,so it was just a matter of practice.Next step was a blade 180qx.from there,I went to Yuneec,and Autel. A test is a dji Spark.It,like the yuneec,and the Autel ,essentially flies itself.I would recommend,the Syma,with the caveat,that it has a really crappy camera,where the others have pretty decent cameras.Thanksnfor the video

Thanks!!! I’ve done my best flying after watching this video..

My first drone was an X5C and it lasted almost 3 years, its a great drone for learners. My more recent drones have headless mode so learning to fly heads in (point 5) does not seem necessary these days.

The Syma X5SW is my drone and an AWESOME one for the $$. I paid $40 for it and of course bought extra batteries, props and parts for it for a total of around $100. It comes with a camera which I don't use because I don't have a smart phone but don't care. It has 6 gyros so it hovers like a champ. I've been playing with it in my gameroom and have gotten very good with the controls. It comes with a 500mahr battery but it's not bad. Just a simple $20 upgrade and you get (6) 750mhr batteries with charger so you have endless fun. easy to fly? My god yes. Because of the gyros I can pick up a GI Joe guy off a table with ease. Now the trick is to put it into headless mode for beginners. Just follow the directions. It's a great toy!

This video brings back many memories with my first drone years ago it looks like this drone but a different brand and some of you might be watching this because your confused on the controls. When I got my first drone flying I crashed a lot but it's okay because the drone is not for professionals all we need to do is Never Give Up and Practice More. And we all know that a professional was once a begginer.

Great tips...starting to fly my new DJI Quadcopter next week and will keep your tips in mind. luckily I've been flying RC for quite a while now and hope it will help....

The terrifying part, anyone who's never flew b4, think it's as easy to transition from a drone to a rc helicopter. (It's not even close). I see this all the time.

Just got my first one, your tip about ground effects really helped, ty

Thanks. I’m just starting out and can use all the help I can get.

After all these years, SYMA X5c is possibly the best toy grade drone ever.

Ah the x5c the good old teacher ;) Like a car without ESP servo Abs Airbags and so in;D

"Ground effect" creates overpressure, not a vacuum. Imagine a pillow of air underneath the drone, which makes it wobbly to control.

The background music is too loud

From 6:39 to 7:04 the quadcopter was in the air for 49 seconds. That's the Syma power! Nice and funny video though, thanks :)

Am a newbie...not done 1st flight yet. This WILL help.... THANKS !

Excellent learning video for us beginners. Thanks million man.

Very nice video guys! I've been looking for this basic quad pilot training. Thank you!

My dad ordered us a Syma X5C (I'm not sure whether it's the -1 the Amazon page is unclear) and I'm so excited to start flying it! Thanks for this it'll help a lot as I start flying

That second timer was so fast

Great video

Coming from the RC world I agree with most of what you are saying. I teach people how to hover tail in (this is also part of the learning to use the throttle to hold a hover) just the way I teach it. then once they can hover tail in I teach them how to fly straight away and straight back like you do and then left and right, I then teach them how to do the same with the nose in so they understand left is right and forward is backwards and so on. once they master this 99% of the orientation problems are gone as they know that just turning a 1/4 turn in any direction puts them in a place they can control! Great video again thanks for sharing.. and great choice of the first drone used to train I use a JJRC HSC5 for all my new pilots

You could call the right toggle a yoke btw...it controls pitch, yaw, and roll in standard planes

Hardest thing to overcome in my opinion is the opposite control when the drone is facing you and coming toward you. You have to overcome the instinct of pushing the stick in the direction you want the drone to move. I'm slowly learning to overcome that instinct but it's difficult to counter especially in an emergency situation.

Thank you, sir for doing these videos. Thanks to your instruction, I was able to take my Syma X5C-1 out on my first drone flight today. It may not have been pretty, but it was fun!

watching this brings back memories of my first drone but it wasn't that hard. its like I had a natural gift for it.

I bought the Syma x5SW today and looking for a tutorial videos, your video is helpful thank you very much. I will watch it again once my drone arrives to improve my skills.

I just got the X5C for Christmas and have that exact controller. Mine is the blue one. Glad I found this cause I've never flown drones.

Very good intro and thx! My 12 yr old son is interested in these and this looks like a good starter.

The white drone is Syma I too bought the same two years ago.

This was very helpful, my first vid on the subject, i use drones to film aerial footage of downhill biking

3 minutes in and I'm thinking to myself "Sorry, I can't take this terrible repetitive too-loud music for another ten minutes." a drone was barely off the ground when I gave up. Just a tip for future videos: the music should complement the video not distract from it.

The first problem you describe is very true although a better to describe it is propwash, not ground effect which refers to an strong increase in lift when flying at low distance over ground.

MY GOD - HOW FAST WAS THAT CLOCK RUNNING???

I have that same one I bought on eBay for $50 it's definitely a trick to fly to say the least. But I think I'm ready for the phantom.....(wife may disagree)$$

I got a Dura VR drone for Christmas. The drone is really small so once it gets too high or so far away I can't tell which direction it's going. Should be fun if I ever figure it out though. I have 2 batteries that last around 6 minutes each. So, I get around 12 - 15 minutes to practice flying and then 2 hours of recharging batteries. Today is too windy to take it out.

the dead cat thing is actually the funniest part of this vid XD

Interesting thing that I found is that there are RC helicopters that performs almost the same function and that was how i learned. I now have a mavic 2 and I love it.

Great video guys! I'm glad that there's lots of help for beginners

I got my drone unused at a tag sale for $5 and this really helped me learn!

my first drone was a dx4 by sharper image. i taught myself with it and what was nice is that it had altitude hold. it gave me time to think about my next maneuver so it was easy to learn on. I've been flying now for about 2 years and can't count how many I've crashed or lost because i lost orientation or got to ballsy! I'm a good pilot now and don't really like alt. hold quads any more but for me it was a great way to learn.

Congrats Kelly on this 1M views on this video. This is the one that got me hooked and never went back

Awesome shirt... _"Drone star state"_

Thanks guys. I am new to Drone flying and I chose a $100 non GPS style drone for the exact reason you stated... if I can fly this drone proficiently without GPS assistance I assume the DJI or Parrot Drones will be really fun and hopefully easier

LoL I have that one right now and I'm just starting to learn all over again but it is extremely fun I just picked one up from winners just a few minutes ago I'm going to have some fun in my classroom learning and watching the video right now

Getting the drone to climb and hover is literally the first flight test of the first drone on Mars.

Good video,better after you turned the music off.My suggestion,and i am just a beginner is to by a mini inside home drone to learn to fly.Sometimes cheaper and you can fly anytime you want.Happy Flying.:}

I hope you can have dual screen where on one side you show the movement of your hand and the other screen the drone movement. That would be awesome for beginners.

You can practice this with your Tello too. To use ATTI mode with Tello, cover the VPS with tape. Advanced users only. Thanks RSD!!!!!

A $49 dollar drone can save your $1000 drone from ending up a $1000 crash.

hey guys i bought the hifly JJR/C here in SOUTH AFRICA its exactly the same one you fly in the video only difference is my remote ain't near to yours so i"m battling a bit cause my remote have a key return but i"m unable to get that trick under my belt cause when i"m flying maybe i"m getting nervous then it fly"s away in a difference direction so ill kill the throtle ..cause i do push the button of key return but its like nothing is going on with that button..or i"m doing something really wrong..this battles my mind....i"m still new on the drones my first week..your help will be appreciate sir

Hello, fellow drone pilots.

Great video to show it takes practice and perseverance.

I'm watching this as I'm charging the battery for my new drone, it's all assembled and ready to fly once it's done charging. Great video, very informative. I plan to practice some of the maneuvers you showed him as I get to learn my drone.

"If you can fly these..." sounds like, If you can drive stick you can drive automatic :P

Thank you great video. I have the syma 5c and I'm using it to learn on before I get something more expensive. Loved your video and I hope you do more of these. I have to master this one before I graduate to something better.. Having fun with it and it's almost bomb proof. I put a better antenna on it to keep it from flying away out of range. lmao

just wanted to visit this video again. It was one of my favorites for learning how to fly a syma x5c. cheers if you get this Kelly.👍👍

I'm new to the whole drone thing. I've never flew a drone. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on my first drone so I bought a Sharper Image dx3. When it comes most drones I don't think it's fair that a drone has to be charged for 3-4 hours but only has maybe 20 minutes of flying time. With that being said since I only paid $40 for my dx3 I'll deal with the short flying time.

I remember when I was 1st practicing hovering

Should show the controller when flying it.......

Great vid! Thank you.

thank you this helped me out alot

i read the description saying "Does you kid always ask to fly your drone and then immediately crash it'? i thought no its the opposite

I just got into flying a drone and got one for Christmas and I experienced a Flyaway with my Promark P70 VR drone. could you please do a video explaining all the things you need to do to keep this from happening

my first drone was cheap and didn't have GPS I kept crashing it and eventually throw it away then my wife bought me a phantom 3 for Christmas didn't want it but after I flew it fell in love with drone flying GPS makes all the difference in the world whether you enjoyed it or not

Great video ! I am learning my drone ,and crashing a lot, this helps. Thanks !

Thanks Kelly this is mine first drone video that I started to watch and then i was hooked you made a Drone monster. I was asked today, witch drone would be best to learn on and I sent this video. Great video Kelly

Nice tip mate! 2 thumbs up:)

Hi guys! I’m a musician from Mexico and I recently bought a drone just lIke the one you show on this video. I play at parties sometimes outdoors, sometimes indoors and my idea of bringing a drone is to shoot some nice vids instead of just selfies of the best moments. So my question is, do you recommend to master the outdoor basics and then start to practice indoors? Or is it a complete different approach? Thank you! (I’m gonna hire my 16 yr old son to do the flying job 😜)

I flew 3 mini-drones, should I buy a bigger one that is around $200 to start with flying bigger ones? Or should I first buy a cheaper one?

cool informative video,thanks man ! I'm subscribing to your channel.

thank you and happy holidays to you and your family 😎

My sad story is I bought a DJI Mavic Pro (£1200 $1500) as a treat for some friends in Cyprus and 6 weeks after all the hassle of getting it through customs after sending it to North Cyprus (who take longer to deal with things) etc etc. So the guys waited weeks nearly 2 months for their drone. The day we got it we all went to the beach and we were all very excited filming with it. We were on the deck sunbathing. When the drone returned to us it just flipped and landed in the sea for no apparent reason! We got it out after about 2 seconds, dried it in rice, but it didn't work! When I phoned DJI long distance, they said they would repair it free for us so I spent more money £50, sending it back (which meant travelling through the border, again thru customs, to the South of the Island, I don't drive, to find a Post Office so I could track the drone.) Then strangely DJi wouldn't confirm that they received it 4 weeks later (even though tracking showed it arrived) until I could find all my receipts and evidence my end which I had temporarily lost. This took another week and a half, more long distance phone calls, to different people as no record was kept of my calls. It was a total nightmare. Finally, they decided they were not going to fix it free after all and gave no real reason. They then quoted €890 to repair it which seems steep when you consider they replace a chip or something. I just asked them to return it. I cannot explain why I wasn't angry with them on the phone I was polite all the way - so I am at a loss. In ads and KZfaq you see the machine over water there is no warning that it is NOT even semi-waterproof or splashproof. I explained to Amazon where I bought it who decided they would sort it for me and if they couldn't get redress from DJI they would pay me and I agreed half. I waited and waited for my refund. Out of the blue, Amazon too decided they weren't going to pay me anything not even a postage stamp. So I am £1500 plus down and all my time and effort and nothing to show for it. Not to mention all the time and trouble travelling to South Cyprus to send it back via tracked mail. But what I wanted to asked anyone PLEASE - what do I do with all the batteries and stuff? Can I use them on a different drone (not DJI as I am still sore!) There has to be a clone out there where I can use the batteries surely it just seems a waste..

1st try - auto - up about 3 feet and drifted toward street- I could not get it back or make it land, almost hit by 2 cars , finally came down in yard 2 houses down 2nd try - manual take off, drifted toward fence, could not get it to auto land - it finally came down - not sure if I caused it or it did it on its own. I am not using the cell phone (yet) and did not do a calibration - could that cause the problems? maybe I just need more experience update - 3rd flight much better, learning to control, beginner mode very sensitive to wind

Great..i am a fan of Herman Brood !! greetzz from Holland !!

thanks this video was really helpful ..

Thanks for making this video. It's a great tutorial for beginners!

Thanks for taking time to make a video to help those of us that are beginning. I am in my mid 60's and I am trying to learn flying the quadcopter so that I can do it with my grandsons.

a big difference of drone to airplane is that drone has no physical nose or tail. It is hard to keep track its nose orientation once we yaw. I sparay-paint the front blades with green, it helps somehow. anyone else got an idea for us , the beginners? please share it

Great tips! The Latest Late Show is great!

Nice video for beginners. Thanks!

I like your phantom 4 and your blue x5c. You also explained the universal drone controls really well! great video ill have to check out your others can't wait to subscribe

Killing the stick when I’m in trouble is impossible. In my remote panel there is a up and down *button* so when I down it just keeps going and there is like a 4 second delay and it just sucks. It actually sizzles the pointer tips of each middle of blade

A big key they didnt talk about was making sire the trim is set properly.

Altho I agree everyone should learn with a cheap drone with manual controls, Headless & GPS are simply the evolution of the machine, not cheating. It's not till you fly FPV that you dramatically change the sport.

I practice theses on a regular there a must good video.

Thanks i just got this drone and this was so helpful thank

Great video, now I just need a drone

I went out today it was little to no wind I have a d 10 drone so I was able to hover and 360 I didn't do the circle one not that advance yet and I did headless mode and did it wrong but took pics anyways

great lesson

Enjoyed

Oh i do have a JJRC H8 mini ive been learning on like hoover and stuff but its so small i have probs.

Good video. Have a pilot license, flown fixed wing R/C for 50 years-just can't get the hang of quad flying. Must be a right-left brain thing. Or maybe I'm just old.