Where/how to learn to fly?

[ilovemyheckler]

I am new to drones and have recently bought a Mavic pro.
I have flown it a couple of times (take off's landings, left, right, forwards, backwards, squares etc.) but how do I learn to fly it properly?

I haven't got round to taking photographs/videos yet

Is it just practice, practice, practice?

Thanks

 

[Saj]

Indeed it is, just keep practicing and watch a view YouTube videos on taking videos and photos with it, all comes with experience and flight time!

 

[Ping^Spike]

I went and stood in a field for a few days in beginner mode, until I was brave enough to venture out of that mode

 

[IflyMavic]

I understand where you're coming from. Before I got my Mavic I downloaded Airmaps to see open areas in my city that I would be able to fly in with no problem. Luckily I found a park, so when I got the Mavic I had no problem flying it around in beginner mode and on top of that, I met a cool friend who was flying his Yuneec.

 

[RavenTBK]

Yep. Find you a ball field and fly out all your batteries...if you've got more than one...which I would recommend you do.

One up and done for another hour to recharge will quickly burn you out. You just need flight time. Get up and keep moving.

 

[RavenTBK]

You could also look into getting one of those cheapies from the mall or Amazon....like a Hubsan X4 for a good example for ~30usd.

It lacks GPS, so it forces you to do the flying. It's also small enough to fly indoors if the weather is poor. [emoji106]