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This product is not suitable for people under the age of 18. Please carefully read the "Quick Start Guide", "User Manual", "Disclaimer", and fully watch the tutorial videos before using the PHANTOM. Users should make every effort to fly regularly in order to improve their flight skills as an advanced level pilot (

# ***) .Please fly safely and responsibly. 

### Please follow these guidelines prior to flying your Phantom: 

# G Always turn on the Remote Controller prior to turning on the Phantom. @Toggle Sl, S2 to the top. 

# 8 Be sure there are no distractions when you're flying. 

## C) When starting your training, be sure you are in a very large open area. Be aware of your surroundings. Always fly in areas void of obstacles and away from traffic and people. 

## Ci} Before actually taking off, be sure you have calibrated the compass and you have full GPS satellite reception (Slow Continuous Green Flashing). 

### 6) Never fly higher than 400 feet. 

# fl During training, stay behind your imaginary barrier and never fly behind yourself. 

### @} When in doubt, gently pull down on the throttle stick and land. 

# 0 DO NOT PANIC. The aircraft nose should face AWAY from the pilot before takeoff. DO NOT fly the Phantom within a radius of 2 meters. DO NOT touch the propellers after the Phantom has been started. Nose CAUTION
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# * ) a Take offand land with batteryfacing you.

Hoverin one spotkeeping batteryfacing you, make sure to control Left/Right/Forward/Back movement.

Rotate left, rotate right but try to keep the battery pointed atyourself.

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# * ) Slowly fly forward/back/left/right with back of Phantom pointed atyourself.

Fly forward to a spot20-30 feet away. Then fly back keeping the batterypointed atyourself.

Mark a spot (B) ontheground lOft away from the Phantom's take off point. Hover and fly towards that spot and land at the spot(B). Then gobackinto a hoverand bring the Phantom backto its original position (A) and land again. 

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Fly Figure 8 patterns while experimenting with different orientations. For example, aircraft nose always pointed in a given direction or opposite/left/right the direction oftravel, etc. Be sure to keep the altitude thesame and the circle as uniform as possible. 

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### & Land Mode Be sure you are in a large open area. Before you take off, make sure you have a good GPS lock by ensuring your LED indicators are flashing Green. Fly the Phantom at least 50ft away from yourtake off point. Turn offthe Remote Controller. The Phantom will enter it's failsafe Return-To-Home Node. Letthe Phantom finish it's routine and land itselfwithin 2 meters ofthe take off point.



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### & Land Mode Be sure you are in a large open area. Before you take off, make sure you have a good GPS lock by ensuring your LED indicators are flashing Green. Flythe Phantom 50ft away from your take off point. Turn offthe Remote Controller. The Phantom will enter it's failsafe Return-To-Home Node. When the Phantom is returning home, you can intercept RTH Node by switching the Sl Switch from the top position to the middle or lower position, then continue flying the Phantom.

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### APPENDIXH: AVIATIONEXPERIENCE 

### VSI's Chief Pilot (CP), Ian Fitton, has a Private Pilot's Certification, Commercial Pilot's Certification, and is a certified Flight Instructor. Ian has 412.2 hours total time rotorcraft, 70 hours R-44, 240 hours R-22, 100 hours S-61. His relevant certifications are attached to this appendix. In addition, our CP is an experienced operator ofthe DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, logging over 37.5 hours onthe aircraft. The CP'sflight log forthe Vision is attachedto this appendix.

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