30 photos tell you how to spend 2800 yuan to get a drone driver's license.

Hello, this is boss Qiu from Hong Forum? Because I am a homestay in Dali, everyone calls me Boss Qiu.

Drones are so common now that almost all my friends who love to travel have one, or even three or four, such as "Brother is very busy" in Hong Forum.

With the popularity of drones, flying is now prohibited in many places. Some of them are due to special units and special areas, but there are also some places that are purely a distrust of "Black Flying". What is "black fly"? Just as unlicensed tour guides are "black tour guides", unlicensed vehicles are "black cars" and driving without a license planes are "black flies".

Although the country has not yet made requirements for driving drones, in order to avoid becoming a black flying hand and join the regular flying hand army as soon as possible, I decided to take a drone driver's license.

Looking up the information on the Internet, I found that there are three companies in the market that can obtain drone driver's license, namely AOPA (China Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) and? ASFC (air sports Association of China)? UTC (Huifei UAV Application Technology Training Center). In contrast, United Technologies Corporation is the most cost-effective company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DJI Innovation DJI, a global leader in drones, and provides drone training services to customers.

Open UTC official website and you will see UTC training courses. There are many courses about UAV operation, including some highly specialized counterpart courses, such as UAV mapping. Of course, those courses are expensive, and some even cost tens of thousands of yuan.

As an ordinary drone photographer, it is enough to learn a drone aerial photography technology. The price of 2800 is not expensive, and four days is not much.

After registration, the local training teacher will contact the students and tell us some points for attention in the exam. It mainly includes two aspects: on the one hand, it will issue an examination question bank with about 200 questions.

For people who know photography, the topics are not difficult, they are all principled topics, and of course some are also memory topics.

On the other hand, the coach stressed that it is necessary to pass the online mock exam, and only by passing the mock exam can you qualify for the formal exam. ? Online courses are explained by videos, and there are quizzes at the end of each chapter. Pass the test with 80 points, and there is no limit to the number of wrong questions. If you make a mistake, you can start over. Passing the theoretical simulation exam is also 80 points. If you fail the exam, you can retake it in 24 hours! The mock exam needs to be completed 2 days before the formal exam.

There will be a training course before the exam, and the training place is usually in the local DJI direct store or after-sales outlets. The training place in Yunnan is Wan Hong International, Panlong Road, Kunming.

The training content is not difficult. The operation page of UAV and some basic knowledge of UAV are introduced. It will be a bit complicated for people who have never been exposed to drones, but it is no problem for people who often operate drones.

The picture shows the basic operating habits. Because I usually use my own drones, I don't pay much attention to the hands of countries. However, the training coach said that you should pay attention to which country's hand will be injured before taking off, otherwise it will be easy to blow up the plane.

When I used to operate the plane, I seldom paid attention to the lights on the plane. In fact, different lights represent different aircraft states. Knowing this, I can understand the language of the plane.

The content of the training is basically explained around the questions in the question bank, which is also a process of answering questions!

The next day is the actual operation, and the operation place is a football field in Changchongshan, Kunming.

Before the actual practice, the coach set up a coordinate pile on the ground, which is a square with a little added in the middle.

It is not difficult for me to operate the plane and draw a square above the coordinates. I gave the opportunity to other students with simple operation.

* * * Four students are studying together, and the other two men are photographers of a TV station in Yunnan.

The two have been exposed to drones before, so it is relatively simple to operate.

The hardest thing is that this lady knows nothing about drones, but a friend around her learned this driver's license and she wants to learn one!

There are no shortcuts and quick ways to operate machinery. Practice makes perfect. Just practice more!

Pack your equipment and go to eat at noon.

Charge the battery before eating, or it will be dead in the afternoon. Sufficient batteries can ensure that each student has enough training time.

We went to a special restaurant nearby for dinner, and the students had dinner. Generally speaking, it is a student AA, but the two bosses of the TV station pay the bill. Learning a driver's license is a process of learning and making friends!

Training a new project in the afternoon, over-the-horizon flight, is that the plane is invisible to the naked eye during the flight.

The coach put two flags in the distance, the plane circled around the two flags respectively, and then took a QR code on a bench!

In fact, back-to-back operation is needed, and the difficulty is not small.

Rotating around the flagpole can be realized by the intelligent mode of surrounding points of interest, but training and even practical exams are all done manually. This flight mode, known as "brushing the pot", is still a bit difficult to operate.

The last item is to take the QR code on the bench.

After finishing the practical project, I flew the plane directly into the sky, overlooking Kunming City.

This practical operation takes two days. The practical test is in the training ground, and the examiner is the coach, so it is very simple to pass the practical test.

The last day is the official online drone training exam. Since receiving the coach's information, the coach has been emphasizing the latter topic, because the exam is invigilated by the staff of the civil aviation system. Although it is an online exam, it is very strict.

The examiner was present and monitored the whole process. If you recite all the questions in advance, you will pass the exam.

Full mark 100, passing mark 80, I got 99. After answering the question, I knew where I was wrong. Actually, I still want to take a 100.

Finally, several of us passed the exam.

Passing the online exam means that the driver's license has been tested, so wait for the driver's license to be issued!

One last small reminder: the sooner a friend wants to get a drone driver's license, the better. Just like the motor vehicle driver's license in those days, the initial test was difficult and the pass rate was high, but the stricter the back, the higher the price and the lower the pass rate, so it is better to start first!