Drone Lessons

Remote drone experiences are great - it means you can explore the world without having to get on a plane. The drone and operator are in the location you choose and you control the drone from your home. The images you get to see are incredible, often over inhabitable and inaccessible places in any of the four corners of the globe!

No. All the schools we use have their own fleet of drones from well-known drone manufacturers such as DJI, Parrot and Xero. They're all maintained in tip-top flying condition ready for you to learn all the basics of drone control and flying.

You don't actually need a licence to fly a drone in the UK, but if you want to fly drones for commercial gain, you need what's called a PfCO - Permissions for Commercial Operations. This certification comes under the remit of the CAA, the Civil Aviation Authority.

It is, but the CAA has issued guidelines as to where you can fly drones and there is much discussion in the media and within the business as to how and should drone flying be regulated. This sort of thing is covered in-depth in the theory part of drone courses.

There are several 'sorts' of drone pilot. Some of our schools are born out of traditional plane and helicopter flying schools, where pilots have developed drone flying as an additional service. Others are experts at all things remote-controlled and gadgets and some are professional camera persons or photographers who have naturally migrated to working with drones. In all cases, your tutor will be a highly skilled drone expert.

Drone racing is an exciting sport that involves several smaller racing drones taking off at the same time and being flown around a circuit and negotiating obstacles as you go. It's usually indoors, with dimmed lights and theatrical lighting that makes for something like a Robot Wars sort of setting. Have a browse and see if we have any current indoor race drone experiences. 

We have drone lessons that take place entirely outdoors, partially indoors and totally indoors. It all depends on the set up the school has, so check each individual drone school page for more details and feel free to contact us for more info if you need it. The quickest and easiest way is by using the online chat box that will pop up on the page.

Some of the experiences use micro drones that can be flown indoors and are great fun. Others let you loose on the professional-standard drones (once you've gone through all the theory before taking off!). We're talking big name drones like the industry-standard DJI Phantom and Mavic models.

We'll be honest with you, it's tricky. If you've ever tried a remote control model aeroplane, you'll know what we mean. You will have the controller in your hand and it's your job to safely take off, fly and then land. Luckily the experiences are all run as one-to-one lessons, so you'll learn lots about drone flight from some of the best pilots in the UK.

That all depends on the model of drone, the batteries and the range of the transmitter and receiver. As you can imagine, you can get yourself in quite a pickle if your drone is flying off somewhere and runs out of power, so these eventualities will all be covered in your course.