Introduction to drone piloting

• Individuals who plan to focus on piloting drones, but do not yet feel confident in their abilities – do not master these systems and the rules related to them;
• Businessmen, managers or other employees who plan to start using drones in their professional activities, but have not yet acquired the necessary knowledge and skills on how to do it correctly or have minimal experience.

• Independently prepare the drone for flight, plan the flight route, taking into account risks and restrictions;

• Carry out a flight in manual mode and safely control the aircraft;

• Use the drone’s automatic flight modes;

• Adequately act in more frequent emergency and emergency situations;

• Understand the requirements for registration, examination, insurance, as well as be up-to-date on where to find information on current flight restrictions in Latvia and elsewhere in the European Union;

• Familiarize yourself with flight regulations;

• Continue to learn drone technology.

Training materials prepared by BDA for theoretical part and reminders on practical piloting (pre-flight checklist).

You must come to the practical part of the training with your own multirotor drone. If you don’t have your own drone, it is possible to rent it, but the benefits will be more significant if you have an unmanned aerial vehicle that you will continue to use on a daily basis.

Not intended, but taking this course will help prepare you for the A2 subcategory CAA exam.

Theoretical part 

• Introduction to drones, their application, types, characteristics;
• Introduction to DJI drones (construction, preparation, performance, safety systems);
• Drone control application and work with it;
• Working with a drone camera;
• Using the drone’s automatic functions (quick-shot, hyperlapse, active tracking);
• Legal aspects of drone piloting (main regulatory acts, flight categories and subcategories, permitted flight areas and restrictions, registration, examination, etc. issues).

Practical part (takes place at the Drone landfill in Baloži)

• Choosing a piloting site, preparing the drone for flight, safety aspects, pre-flight inspection;
• Drone control in the air and flight in manual mode, work with the remote control;
• Review of security features and their application;
• Figure flights in handheld mode;
• Working with a drone camera, introduction to object photography;
• Using the drone’s automatic functions (quick-shot, hyperlapse, active tracking);
• Action in emergency and emergency situations;
• Automatic flight planning and execution (waypoint mode).