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PHANTOM PILOT TRAINING GUIDE

Earning Your Stripes

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T h i s p roduc t i s not su i ta b l e for peo p l e under t h e age 

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. P l ease carefully read the " Qu i ck

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tart Gu i de "

, "User G u i d e

, d i sc l a i me r

, and fully watch the " Qu i ck Start V i deos" before

us i ng the P HANTOM. U sers shoul d make every effort to fly regu l ar l y i n order 

### t o i mprove

the i r fl i ght skills as an adva n ced l evel pilot ( 

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. P l ease f l y safe l y and responsi b l y.



### P l ease fol l ow these g u i del i n es pr i o r to f l y i n g your P h a n to m :

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A l ways turn on the Remote Controller p rior to t ur n i ng on the Phantom.



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### @ Be sure there are no distractions when you'reflying.

When starti n g your tra i n i ng, be sure you are i n a very l arge open are a

. Be aware of your

surround i n gs. A l ways f l y i n areas vo i d of obstacles and away from traffic and peo p l e.



### @ Before actually taki n g of f

, be sure you have cal i b rated the compass and you have f u ll

GPS satellite reception (Slow Continuous Green Flashing).



# 0 Never fly over 

### 400 feet.



### f) D ur i n g tra i n i n g

, stay be h i nd your i mag i nary bar r i er and never fly beh i n d yourself.



# 0 When i n doubt. gent l y pull down on the thrott l e st i ck an d l and.



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DO NOT to u ch t h e propel l ers after the Phantom h as been star t e d

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Take off an d l and w i th battery faci ng you

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Hove r i n one spot kee p i ng battety feeing yo u

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Rotat e l eft, rotate r i g ht but try 

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Mari< a spot (8)on the ground lOft. &Wf!IY from the Phantom

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Phantom pointed at yourself.

Fly forward to a spot 2 0 3 0 feet away.

Then fly back keeping the battery p o inted at yourself.

take off po i nt. Hover and fly towards that spot and l and at

the !SpO t ( 8 ). Then go b!Kk into a hover end bring thll Phantom

back to its original position (A) and land again.

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Be aure to be in control and atop and hover in place

at each point before proceeding to the next point.



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Starting with the battery pointed at youraelf, go into a hover.

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point ,square box formation going clockwise. Be sure to be in

control and atop and hover in place at each point before

proceeding to the next point. 

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Return Home 

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Be sure you are i n a l arge open area. Before you take off.

make sure you have a good GPS l ock 

### by ensur i ng your L ED

i nd i cators are f l ash i ng Green. F l y the Phantom at l east 50ft

away from your take off po i nt. T u m off 

### the Remote Controller.

The Phantom will enter i t ' s fa i l safe Ret urn To

- H ome Mode.



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I nterc e p t i ng R e t

urn Home 

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Be sure you ar e i n a l arge open area. Before you take off. make

s ure you have a good G P S l ock by ensur i ng your LE D i nd i cators

are flas h i ng Gree n

. F l y the Phantom 

### 50ft away from your take

off po i nt

. Turn off the Remote Controller. The Phantom will

enter i t ' s fa i l safe Ret urn T o

· Home Mode. When the Phantom



### is return i n g home, you can i ntercept RTH Mode 

### by sw i tc h i ng

the Sl Sw i tch from the top pos i t i on to the m i dd l e or l ower

pos i t i o n

, then cont i nue fly i n g the Phantom.



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