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Flying Strategies

Flying Strategies

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Flying Strategies

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- We've got green lights all around. We did a test shot to make sure that the camera was rolling. Before you drive yourself nuts, make sure you get the right card in there. We're going to do some basic flying. I'm a little nervous here. We're awfully close to the blades, but why is it on top of a case, here? What's the benefit? - I personally like launching off the case rather than having it on dirty grass or some gravel because the case is safe, it's plastic, and it's a flat surface. That's the reason why I always use the case as a launching pad. - We got the basic controllers, here. I see up and down. Before we do that, I'm assuming we should probably step back a little bit from the unit. - Yeah. - We're just going to take a few steps back because you don't want to be right next to it. We're ready to get it up in the air. What's the first step? - The first you want to do is you want to take both the joysticks of your controller, you want to point in, and then down. I'm going to turn…

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