Lesson Info
12. The 180 & The Box With Yaw
Lessons
Class Introduction
05:31 2How Dirk Got Started With Drones
19:43 3What is a Drone?
21:50 4Registering Your Drone
08:53 5Drone Terminology
05:03 6DJI Go App
04:22 7FAA Drone Rules
07:40 8Apps for Flying Drones
03:02Pre-flight: Drone Flight Checklist
07:05 10How to Fly Overview: Take off, Hover & Land
14:36 11Straight Line & The Simple Box
04:34 12The 180 & The Box With Yaw
05:17 13Drawing Shapes
12:50 14Q&A
11:40 15DJI Intelligent Flight Modes
15:32 16DJI Go App: Photo Settings
29:02 17Tips for Capturing Drone Photos
28:40 18Creating Panoramas
09:58 19Post Processing for Drone Photography
29:10 20DJI Go App: Video Settings
13:41 21Accessories
19:10 22Tips for Capturing Drone Video
06:01 23Camera Moves
10:23 24Post Processing For Videography
07:02 25Simple Color Correction For Footage
07:48 26Adding Music & SFX
09:48Lesson Info
The 180 & The Box With Yaw
Next, The 180 and then this is where it just, you have to flip your brain a little bit, because when your drone flies out, it's like, easy, right stick, big deal, but when the drone turns around, and it's facing you, we've flipped. And you have to get comfortable with that. And that's where people really get messed up. It gets a little confusing for them. So, yeah, easy, we fly out, right stick, no big deal. But we'll twist the drone, add some yaw, and to bring it back, it's still forward, 'cause it's the forward for the drone, not for you, right? Next, we're gonna introduce the left stick. I'm gonna do the same thing though by flying out straight with my right stick, and now I'm gonna turn the drone. This is called yawing. With the left stick, I'm going to go right. I'll wait 'til the drone faces me, so now the camera's facing me, and this is where it can get a little tricky for people. You have to be able to go forward with the right stick. So you may think, oh, just like The Box, I'...
m gonna pull back. No, you have to go forward. So I'm gonna go forward with the right stick and it's gonna come towards us. I'll let go, I'll go right on the left stick to twist it back around, and I just yawed it back and it's now facing the direction that I'm facing. And left is left now, right is right now. So that's the trick with The is once you turn the drone, so it's facing you, the controls just flipped and that's the big hurdle people have to get over at first. Okay, flipped, it's all about which way is the drone, which way the drone is facing. In this scenario, that's really easy for you guys to tell because you can see the drone, you're like, oh, the camera's facing me. When it's way far away, it's not so easy, right? So that's something to be mindful of. So we go forward on the right stick, takes the drone forward, we introduce the left stick and do some yaw, and then we go forward with the right stick and bring the drone back to us. And all these exercises are really important to master, because when we get to the last segment today, and we talked about filming and all that, being able to fly is essential. Being able to do that straight line, and to introduce a little bit of yaw to get a nice curve as you're flying, right? All these are gonna come into play, so that's why I keep saying, you gotta practice 'em. And now you have a goal of, oh I'm gonna practice The Box, I'm gonna get comfortable with that, right? So, the box with yaw, this is where we do the right stick, but we also have some left stick, all right? So, we're gonna go forward with the right stick but we'll introduce some left stick and yaw. We'll go forward with the right stick, left stick yaw, forward again, it's always forward, right? Forward, yaw, and then forward to bring it back to us. So, now you're starting to get like, oh okay, this is how I do it with two sticks. And really, when you're flying, you're jumping back and forth between the sticks, right? You're controlling both. So let's watch how we do The Box out in the field. So now that you understand how the drone works with both sticks, we will draw a box using the left and the right stick. So with the right stick I'm gonna fly out, I'll let go, and with the left stick, I'm gonna turn to the left, and I wanna go forward. So it's always the direction the drone's facing. So I'll go up with the right stick, I'll let go, I'll yaw the drone again with the left stick, I'll go forward with the right stick, and then I'll yaw the drone with the left stick one more time, go forward. And that's how you draw a box using yaw. It's cool to see the drone angle, right? My co-pilot was out with us capturing some of that. So just to recap, we got right stick forward, left stick yaw, right stick forward, left stick yaw, and then right stick forward, left stick yaw, and then to complete it we got the right stick forward. So, once you're doing this move, things are starting to feel a little more comfortable. You're like okay, I'm getting the hang of this. This is not too bad.
Ratings and Reviews
MARGARET NICOSIA
Dirk really did a nice job taking new students thru exercises to gain confidence. The work in Lightroom and Photoshop was helpful, but I wish more time could have been focused on flying or tips. Dirk has presets that he offers. It would have been helpful to see the results using those presets. Looking forward to the free which Drone to buy class and the advanced class
JBPhotoDesign
I definitely recommend this course if you are thinking about getting into drone photography looking for the fundamentals. I now feel pretty confident I can get started and that my learning curve will be greatly shortened thanks to the technology available today and a great roadmap of getting started. If you are already started... follow up with his advanced topics... I know I will.
MikeD
Super class. As a beginner I had little idea what to expect and never got started because of all the talk of people crashing drones right and left and losing a fortune. Dallas made it seem simple. So I bought a Tello beginners drone (great starter by the way), got hooked and am now flying a DJI Mavic Pro 2 and studying for a commercial license. Not sure, this is a great class to start with.