At Draganfly Innovations we've worked hard to develop a simple, cool, helicopter system that's easy to use and as you might expect, our proven training methodology follows the same innovative thinking. We've been training for years, the training is a good investment, and because we have access to an incredible indoor facility, training can be conducted year round whether it's raining, snowing, too cold, too windy or too hot. Too hot in Saskatoon, no, it doesn't happen very often, but if/when it does we're ready. You might think that because the Draganflyer systems feature a sophisticated autopilot, the autopilot is doing all the work for you. In some respects that's very true but we firmly believe at Draganfly to be safe operating any aircraft, the pilot in command (PIC) should develop the skills required to fly. Flying the helicopter is a process of controlling the orientation and altitude of the aircraft using the controller joysticks and requires good hand-eye coordination along with excellent depth perception. Like anything, to become good takes repetitive practice with a goal of taking these learned skills and transforming them into instinctive reactions. The actual schedule might vary from time-to-time but the bulk of your training hours are spent flying various flight drills. Our experienced staff take time to cover the theory of flight, safety in operating the equipment, and cover in detail what's involved to keep system software up-to-date. In addition to the basic training, your instructor will pass along real world flight experiences from various projects and experiences relayed to us from customers all over the world.