My IRIS+ came with a "Flight Checklist" also available on the 3dr web site (link Below) but lets be real. Don't we all have "other things" on our mental checklist to do before we get airborne. As a newbie to drones trying to figure out the complexities of these modern marvels I think it would be helpful to have a REAL list so we can be safe and enjoy our passion with fewer problems.
I propose, all of us "experts" put our own mental checklist together here in writing. I'm going to start it off with my favorite..one so simple that I've overlooked it on many flights.
1) Clean lens on GoPro Doesn't require explanation, except when you forget and have to explain why your video looks like crap.
2) check Tx display. Verify Battery charge & stick calibration
What else does everyone check???????
link to 3DR checklist
http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IRIS-Plus-Flight-Checklist-vB.pdf
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No Worries about the spelling. I'm not the "Church lady". Excellent comments. Know what you're doing without guessing...sooo critical when things are NOT going well.
definitely have to add "switches up" to my Tx checklist
Hi Heller. Always good to have an exit plan.
when you say calibrate it every time, do you mean the IRIS compass?