How to Fly a Parrot Bebop 2 Drone
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Introduction
- About the flight controls of the Parrot SkyController 2 remote control.
1 Safety First
As with all Drone flying, please keep the following in mind:
- Make sure you are properly registered with the Federal Aviation Administration, or qualify to fly without registration.
- Make sure you have permission to fly from the person or group that owns the land you'll be over.
- Make sure you are in-touch with the control tower before flying near an airport.
- Make sure there's no obstructions, such as power lines or trees, above your flight area that could cause problems.
- Make sure there's no one below your flight area that could be hurt.
- Make sure you are not near government infrastructure or other sensitive properties.
- Make sure the weather is safe to fly in.
- Make sure you keep your drone in your sight at all times, and get help from an observer if necessary.
For more detailed information, please visit:
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/
2 Flight Controls
To Fly Your Drone Using the Remote Control:
- Press the Take Off / Land button to turn the motors on and take off or land and turn the motors off.
- Press the Return Home button to have the drone return and hover above the spot where it took of from.
- Use the left stick to change altitude going up or down as if on a vertical axis or rotate left or right as if around a vertical axis.
- Use the right stick to fly forward, backward, left or right as if in a horizontal plane.
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YesNo- About the flight controls of the Parrot SkyController 2 remote control.
As with all Drone flying, please keep the following in mind:
- Make sure you are properly registered with the Federal Aviation Administration, or qualify to fly without registration.
- Make sure you have permission to fly from the person or group that owns the land you'll be over.
- Make sure you are in-touch with the control tower before flying near an airport.
- Make sure there's no obstructions, such as power lines or trees, above your flight area that could cause problems.
- Make sure there's no one below your flight area that could be hurt.
- Make sure you are not near government infrastructure or other sensitive properties.
- Make sure the weather is safe to fly in.
- Make sure you keep your drone in your sight at all times, and get help from an observer if necessary.
For more detailed information, please visit:
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/
To Fly Your Drone Using the Remote Control:
- Press the Take Off / Land button to turn the motors on and take off or land and turn the motors off.
- Press the Return Home button to have the drone return and hover above the spot where it took of from.
- Use the left stick to change altitude going up or down as if on a vertical axis or rotate left or right as if around a vertical axis.
- Use the right stick to fly forward, backward, left or right as if in a horizontal plane.
