Name: Drone Flight Planning 101 - A Checklist Guide!
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Created byJosh Owen

Last updated 5/2024

English

What you'll learn

Create documents that are CAA-approved and worthy of a noble ROC.
Identify correct procedures to take when planning flights for drones.
Execute drone flight planning effectively and according to regulation.
Complete a full-scale Field Operations Manual, approved for planning.

Course content

13 sections • 41 lectures • 8h 8m total length

Introducing The 2nd Course!1:08
Designed and developed by a police-affiliated drone instructor, this practical checklist guide will provide you with exactly what you may need to know and be able to provide when flying or planning a CAA-approved drone mission!

Don't forget to download the resources provided! They are the actual checklists that you get to have and keep for the rest of your drone piloting careers!
Introducing Your Instructor!3:31
If you want to know about me, and you need proof that this course will be to your absolute benefit, this is the video to watch! Again, don't forget the resources provided! Those are your actual checklists to use for your planning! If you haven't downloaded them already, head back to your first video and find them in the Resources section!
Explaining The Editing Issues!3:37
Unfortunately, I need to make this video because I trusted somebody who turned out to be untrustworthy, and this course has suffered as a consequence. I need to apologise for the really terrible editing that you will find throughout most of the course. I have no way of rectifying the situation, so please bare with me and do your best to get through the hardest moments. And above all else, remember to keep learning!
What To Expect From The Course!5:16
This video will detail the information and structure of the course, allowing you to understand how we are going to be attacking these documents!
These Are The Course Documents!9:38
This video, the last of the introduction section, will showcase to you all the checklist documents that we will use for this course!

A reminder: if you haven't done so already, remember to download these documents from the Resources section within the first video of the course!

Flight Requirements Checklist!8:25
Use this checklist to help yourself identify the reasons and requirements behind your flight objectives!
System Details Checklist!19:50
Use this checklist to identify what exact type of equipment you will need to accomplish your flight objectives!
Flight Details Checklist!6:09
Use this checklist to establish exactly what the details of your flight are how you want to go about flying it!

Pre-Site Planning Checklist!36:34
Use this checklist to properly plan for your mission and assess your surroundings at your predetermined location!
Ground Evaluation Checklist!36:22
Use this checklist to assess the ground space and floor-level obstacles of your chosen location!
Air Evaluation Checklist!21:51
Use this checklist to identify any risks or issues that may present themselves in the air of your chosen location!
Basic Emergency Checklist!13:21
Use this checklist for your basic emergency planning (and I am so sorry for the terrible audio of this video)!
On-Site Planning Checklists!7:37
Use these checklists to plan your mission and assess your surroundings upon arrival at your chosen location!
Aeronautical Chart Application!16:23
BONUS VIDEO: Use an aeronautical chart to plan your mission, instead of any possible apps and software!

Crew Management Checklist!15:31
Use this checklist to identify who of your crew should have what responsibility and then to delegate crew roles!
Crew Safety Checklist!5:39
Use this checklist alongside your crew to establish your ability to perform on the day of the flight!
Crew Weather Briefings!4:30
BONUS VIDEO: Use this section of your crew briefing checklists to establish weather safety conditions for the flight!

Departure Equipment Checklist!13:23
Use this checklist to properly check all of your equipment before leaving your base and heading to the flight area!
Preflight Multirotor Checklist!16:47
Use this checklist to properly check your Multirotor-type aircrafts before take-off!
Preflight Fixed-Wing Checklist!24:03
Use this checklist to properly check your Fixed-Wing-type aircrafts before take-off!
Preflight VTOL Checklist!6:52
Use this checklist to properly check your VTOL-type aircrafts before take-off!
Final Equipment Checklist!4:54
Use this checklist to properly check all of your equipment at the end of the day before heading back to base!

Flyaway Calculations Checklist!13:20
Use this checklist to calculate your flyaway area of affect and then plot it onto a map system!
Airspace Area Of Affect Checklist!8:19
Use this checklist to identify any of the major airspaces that may be affected during a flyaway situation!
Aerodromes Area Of Affect Checklist!14:37
Use this checklist to identify any of the licensed aerodromes that may be impacted during a flyaway situation!

Response Planning Checklist!10:11
Use this checklist to assess possible emergencies and create effective response strategies for if they should arise!
Emergency Contacts Checklist!9:49
Use this checklist to find and house all emergency contact numbers for easy access, should an emergency arise!
Emergency Preparation Checklist!10:14
Use this checklist to assess the capabilities of the self and crew, and assign duties for if an emergency should arise!

Radio Call Checklist!24:58
Use this checklist to summarise the radio call and highlight the most important aspects of said radio call!
Initial Call Checklist!16:31
Use this checklist to write out the initial radio call before giving it on the radio, prior to your take-off!
End Call Checklist!3:54
Use this checklist to write out the final radio call to give on the radio, once the flight has come to an end!

Requirements

Entry-level drone knowledge needed. If you need help, check out the first course Drone Flight Planning 101.

Description

Plan your drone missions to the highest-rated category available using the checklists and guidance shared in this course!

Our first course was all about understanding drones and drone flight planning. This second course is all-encompassing of said drone flight planning. It includes detailed video examples of how to use the checklists provided, and where to get the information needed for these checklists.

If you are always stressing about doing the best flight planning job possible, but you get easily overwhelmed at the vastness that is drone flight planning, this course takes all that vastness and sums it up for you in a neat little single-document Excel Spreadsheet! That's right, no more late night planning before your exams, and no more stressing about CAA regulations!

This course, through it's many layers of checklists, will teach you how to plan for past, present, and future drone experiences! Learn about emergency procedures, risk mitigation, legal assessment management, and so much more! PLUS, there is more than one BONUS video thrown into this course, including a practical guide on how to actually understand and use such things as an Aeronautical Chart (a giant, confusing map!)... so, have at it and enjoy the learning process!

Welcome, to the second course: Drone Flight Planning 101 - A Checklist Summary!

Who this course is for:

Beginner Drone Pilots and Drone Operators
ROC-Holders and Drone Companies and ATOs
RPAS Students wanting to achieve their RPL
Anybody who wants to know what drone flight planning entails

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Course content

Drone Flight Planning - A Practical Checklist Setup!5 lectures • 23min

Section 1: Flight Details Checklist!3 lectures • 34min

Section 2: Site Assessment Checklists!6 lectures • 2hr 12min

Section 3: Crew Briefing Checklists!3 lectures • 26min

Section 4: Weather Assessment Checklists!2 lectures • 33min

Section 5: Overall Equipment Checklists!5 lectures • 1hr 6min

Section 6: Flyaway Preparation Checklists!3 lectures • 36min

Section 7: Risk Assessment Checklists!1 lecture • 33min

Section 8: Emergency Response Checklists!3 lectures • 30min

Section 9: Radio Preparation Checklists!3 lectures • 45min

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