### DJI

– INSPIRE 1 CHECKLIST



## Pre

- Flight Checklist:

1. Confirm Weather:

- Verify weather minimums are within VFR conditions.

- Confirm wind is less than 20kts. 2. Find a Good Take

- off / Landing Area :

- Flat, free of obstructions, people, and possible radio interference. (really important when people/ traffic are around) 3. Check Props :

- Make sure they are nice and snug

- by hand. (use prop

- locks if provided ) 4. Check Camera Filter:

- ND or regular, depending on sunlight. ( use ND Filter on bright clear days ) 5. Turn on Remote Control:

- iPad also turns on at this time. Confirm your remote is charged...4 white lights on lower face of remote. 6. Confirm your Tablet Battery is Charged. 7. Turn on Airplane Mode:

- On your tablet/monitor Settings, Turn on airplane mode or confirm you are in Airplane mo de

. 8. Make sure Flight Mode Switch is in the P Position

– Flight Mode

– P

- Atti:

- GPS Control. (3 position silver switch on the left rear of the remote

- put it on P) 9. Turn on the Inspire 1

. 10. Turn on the Pilot App:

- S elect the Camera Icon... Confirm that the BASICS AR E CORRECT on the Aircraft State Screen . Flight Mode, (P

- Atti)

– RC Mode (Mode 2)

– Aircraft Battery (fully charged?). RC Battery (good charge?).



## Pre

- Take

- Off Checklist:

11. Perform a COMPASS CALIBRATION:

- Do this every time before you fly and when you move to a new location.

- Do this in an area that is free of metal objects...sidewalks are not good because t hey have iron rebar underneath.

- Calibration

- Press the compass calibration “button” on your APP. A Yellow Light should come on at the rear of the craft. Hold the Inspire horizontally in front of you and make a slow 360 circle.... wait for a solid green light ... then turn the Inspire vertically in your hands in front of you and make another 360 circle.

- At this point, you can set the Inspire back in the take

- off area you have designated.12. Confirm on

- screen that you have GPS Control :

- You should have white solid bars next to the satellite icon on the top of the screen on the APP. (# of satellites are not visible anymore on the APP). The light on the rear of the craft should be Blinking Green . There should be a message at the top of the screen that says Safe To Fly

- GPS Control . (The video DJI just put out on :”How to Fly” says you should look for a blinking purple light to confirm GPS control

– this is not correct) 13. Conf irm the Gimbal Mode you want to be in on the APP :

- Left hand side of screen...P refer ably the Follow Mode

. 14. Do a quick Map Check on your APP monitor :

- M ake sure the Inspire Icon matches the home base you have just established with calibration...go back camera mode after you do this. 15. Check and Confirm Camera settings :

- A uto iris, white balance, shooting res olution, frame rat e, ( mostly in auto mode for iris an d white balance )



## Take

- Off Checklist:

16. Stand Behind the Inspire for take

- off:

- Do a final check to make sure people are clear...if people are standing too close, ask t hem to stand back. ( more comfortable standing behind the Inspire...not totally necessary, but this helps ) 17. Take Off and Hover 8

- 10 feet or so, initially. (P refer ably taking

- off manually) Let the craft hover for 30 seconds or so close to you :

- D o a quick status check on your monitor to make sure everything is in order...GPS control, battery levels. Check the blinking light status on the rear of the craft...Blinking Green. (This is a double check) 18. Raise the Landing Gear. 19. Go fly. Get Your Shots. Be safe and have fun.

- Don’t fly with the air craft out of visual line sight (VLOS). Don’t fly a bove 200 feet. Use common sense.

- Don’t fly low over crowds of people o r traffic

. 20. CONSTANTLY CHECK INSPIRE BATTERY LEVELS AS YOU FLY :

- Make sure you have enough battery to return in plenty of time. (30% warning level set on your APP)



## Landing Checklist:

21. When you Land, Turn the Inspire Off First:

- Then turn off the remote control unit.

### INSPIRE 1

- Checklist Card :

1. CHOSE A GOOD TAKE

- OFF LANDING PLACE 2. CHECK PROPS 3. CHECK CAMERA FILTER 4. TURN ON REMOTE CONTROL 5. CHECK TABLET BATTERY LEVEL 6. TURN ON AIRPLANE MODE ON TABLET 7. FLIGHT MODE SWITCH IN P POSITION ( P

- ATTI) 8. TURN ON INSPIRE 9. TURN ON PILOT APP

– CONFIRM BASICS ON SCREEN FLIGHT MODE (P

- ATTI) AIRCRAFT BATTERY CHARGED RC BATTERY CHARGED 10. CALIBRATE COMPASS 11. CONFIRM GPS CONTROL APP SCREEN

- SATELLITE BARS FULL APP SCREEN

– SAFE TO FLY (GPS CONTROL) INSPIRE REAR LIGHT BLINKING GREEN 12. CONFIRM GIMBAL MODE ON APP (FOLLOW, for me) 13. MAP CHECK

– AIRPLANE ICON AT HOME BASE? 14. CHECK AND CONFIRM CAMERA SETTINGS 15. STAND BEHIND INSPIRE 16. TAKE OFF

– HOVER

– FINAL CHECK OF BATTERY L EVELS, GPS CONTROL 17. RAISE LANDING GEAR 18. FLY SAFELY, SHOOT. CONSTANT BATTERY CHECK

– ALLOW TIME TO RETURN