How to Fly a Drone (Basic Tutorial, Quadcopter) 

An old, but still very good video for a beginner. Add to that, the X5C is still available, and is probably one of the best drones ever for a beginner. They fly well, for a reasonable length of time, and batteries and parts are readily available and dirt cheap. A true classic. One word of warning, unless you have some experience, DO NOT try and fly it in any kind of wind. It is a guaranteed way to lose your drone before you learn to fly it. Don't try and "trim" wind out, it will make it hard to control when the wind is behind it. Trim should be adjusted for the drone to stay in place in calm conditions. Always fly into the wind so if it gets too far out, it will tend to come back toward you.

Thank you! You are the only youtuber whom actually took the time and patience to teach us. I think you earn more subscribers than you have,again thank you.

Many thanks Furulevi. I am an Irishman and this was one of the most informative videos on the basics of drone flying I have ever watched. From the joysticks with their pitch, yaw and roll and on to headless view I have learned so much as a beginner and I thank you. I have subscribed and am awaiting notifications for your next video. Go gently my friend.

Between the detail of what you were explaining, and the on-screen illustration. Well done, simply said. As others mentioned this video is very explanatory and actually teaches you what to do and how to do it

Great job showing the basics but you did an awesome job showing it. I would have to say the best tutorial I have seen, Thanks for posting this, now I can fly....

great tutorial. Simple explanation that any beginner can understand and use. Thank you.

Thank you, the best controller tutorial I have seen. lots of great beginner information.

Thank you, I didn't know about the headless control. That explains why I was thinking it's getting away from me and not responding.

Thank you so much. Very good tutorial for beginners and more helpful.

Thank you very much for this, been thinking about getting a drone but didn't know much about them, this video made it much easier than just going out and getting one first and finding out through trial and error. Thanks again.

This helped a lot more than i imagined. I have being looking for the best explanation and this just topped it. Thanks so so much.Great help

Excellent presentation showing how to move the sticks to make the quad go in the required direction.

Thanks for the tutorial. I got a new small drone today and I need to learn how to fly it and I learned it from you.

THIS is the ONLY youtuber who ACTUALLY has a legit quadcopter flying tutorial. Forget about all the advanced stuff! I HIGHLY recommend this video to anyone with a basic, and I mean, BASIC quadcopter. NO advanced stuff, just basic drone physics. REALLY helped a LOT thanks a lot man! :)

Excellent, thanks for putting the effort into showing newbies how it's done thank you from the UK.

Thank you, just what I needed, helps me with my new drone.

Thanks, nice and simple intro, I feel more confident to give it a go now.

thank you for this very much needed tutorial.

Thank you very much. This is one of the best beginner tutorials I have watched so far. Too many people who fly drones, forget they were once like me.

Excellent presentation, including language and humor; saved me much time as novice. Pitch, roll and yaw labels are most helpful. Clear, simple demo also gives good idea of performance in wind. Thanks!!

Very thankful , it was wonderful explanation of the movement and important information . Keep it up good work.

Very good and easy to understand tutorial, good job !

This was very helpful thank you :)

The best presentation so far. Thanks

very great video nice and thank you for teaching us you teach us everything....bravo....

Dude. A whole lot of people love this video. I have flown RC planes, RC Helicopters, real helicopters, real planes too, for over 40 years. UH-1 crew chief. Now a drone is a whole different ball game. I will get it though. Thanks for you time and effort.

Great video i think i have somewhat the same model (Cheerwing Syma X5SW-V3) it should come thursday 😃

Just been given one yesterday by a friend this has really helpfull. A BIG thank you. When you were in the car park I thought you had a dirty carpet.

Great video , nicely illustrated, clear and effective. Thanks!

Terrific - liked and subbed. I also have a Syma XC5-1 in my hangar.

Thanks now I understand you are good teacher 😊😊😊😊 I subbed

My first tutorial for these gadgets. Very clear. Simply explained. Thanks!

Thank you very much for this video

Very helpful man, Thanks.

thanks for an easy to understand video for someone new to drones

Muy buen Totorial! Lo pude entender perfectamente sin nesecidad de hablar ingles, Saludos desde Argentina! 🇦🇷

Very helpful. Thanks

Thank you so much brother for explaining how to fly this drone..as a newbie now I know I to fly it..many thanx bro.

Thanks for posting this, now I can fly.

Thank you for the help,😃👍

Thanks for the tutorials :) pal !

Great video! Thank you.

Thanks for the great video very helpful!

nice tutorial, my bro :)

Huge help. Thanks a lot!

well explained i love that keep it up

Thaaaaank you sooo much :) I just got a drone and I have no idea on how to use it. Even if mine's a different one at least I found out the basics :)

Thanks man!!! Funny as well as tutoring!!

Thank u very good explanition

Thanks a lot this video was very very helpful just got a quadcopter think I can master it in a few weeks....very helpful you gave a very descriptive presentation and explained everything clearly

Thanks for valuable information thank you so much from India

thank you for the video my friend

thanks for the vid ot realy helped me

Thank you great video.

Very helpful. Thanks!

Okay so i have a question, on my udi818 quadcopter when i give the throttle lets say 50 percent and i leave it there without touching it.It still continues to gain alltitude is it supposed to do that?

Many Thanks for that.

Thanks..great tutorial

Thank you for your instruction

thanks my guy! i have a polaroid pl100 micro quadcopter that i bought a while ago and forget how to fly. lost the manual. this helped!

Thank you so much. Got our first drone as a Christmas present for my 5 year old & that is far too young to be given a drone, in my opinion! Kids should master remote control cars long before they should be taking to the skies with toys! It is fun to learn new tricks though & this video is very informative. Many thanks again :D

Great basic video. I'm a NEWBIE in my 50's. This is just what I needed. Thanks for sharing.

Training for rc helicopter and now the DRONES.... Well this is a very good tutorial... :)

Best Basic Tutorial by far, Thanks.

Thank sir, nice explanation

The first time that I flew my drone, I flew it into a tree! 🤣

Thank you. I got my very first drone yesterday and this really helped.

Excellent learning vdo . Thank you

love his preparation and handke very nice👌🤙🤘👏

Great video learn a lot watching your demo THANKS

very nice tuturial. thank you man.

Thank you for this video

Many thanks for video,as a 74 year old newbie to quads this was most helpful.

Thank you so much now i can record any place

Very nicely u teach me to use drone . Thanks

Helpful tutorial, thanks :)

The wind was so strong! but thank you for the tutorial. I think I'm ready to fly my drone.haha!

I love this video.. Thanks .. it works to my HJ14W Drone.. Thank you I Appreciate It... It makes my day

This drone of yours was nice.

Very nice - thanks!

Great video, thanks very much.

best video i need it for remot operating

Excellent, thank you for this detailed tutorial pitched to the beginner (like me).

Thanks you for that very elaborate illustration. I look forward to flying one soon 😊

Very useful. Thank you💐

Thanks for the tips.

hola muy buen video desearía que continuen haciendo material de calidad¡¡¡!!! Voy a continuar mirando sus creaciones. Les envio un saludo nos estamos viendo ❤️👍🏽

Thank you for that tutorial, just got a drone today and I had no idea how to fly it. Cheers.

Thanks from India Assam. Really appreciated

I have aerocraft X777 Space aDrone.. I got everything except the Camera in the box ! I really need a camera and I don't think that the drone would handle the heavysmartphone/ real camera hanging... can someone help me ?! I need a small camera

Thanks man this has helped me so much

useful tutorial for beginners..thanks

Good job explaining to this old man Thank You

Best I've ever seen for a beginner! Thank You!

Triple awesome video and so nice and so wonderful

This was the best video for learning drone. So many details for beginners. Thank you so much.

I am a newbie to the "drone" world. I am waiting on my drone to arrive. I was hunting down some videos to learn how fly and use these machines. This video was the all in one tutorial. Very informative and awesome video footage of what does what and the how. Thank you

thank you soo much best video

I clicked on to a couple of "beginner " videos and straight away they were talking in unfamiliar jargon, and one of them was talking about building your own drone! SERIOUSLY??? I was looking for a video aimed at someone who had just bought a beginner's drone, who had never had one before and had no idea what they were doing, or what they had to do to fly one. Then I found your video! It was exactly what I was looking for. You have explained what the two sticks are for. Now I think I will at least have a chance of getting my el cheapo beginners drone to at least raise off the ground, which is a great start for a novice! Well done :)

Thanks for the video