PRE-Flight RC Simulator Drone Edition

It is my pleasure to present the PRE-Flight RC Simulator Drone Edition.

In my experience, 50% of beginners totally destroy their RC aircraft in the first week. About 25% destroy them in their first flight. This is a costly exercise, as the typical FPV-capable drone start at around $400 and may cost up to $3000. Some High-end drones may cost up to $30,000. It does make sense to have some form of FPV (First Person View) and line-of-sight flying practice without risking a huge investment in money (and time in building and repair as well as waiting time for the goods to arrive).

Limited practice can be had from flying any of the numerous toy drones costing $40 or so but:

1)not the same flying characteristics as the larger FPV drones
2)not suitable for outdoor practice (even in light wind)
3)too small for longer range line-of-sight flying
4)range is too short
5)most importantly - no FPV practice possible

Note: There are some micro FPV drones available but they would cost closer to $200 - and would still have problems 1-4 above as well as be prone to damage and loss.

The PRE-Flight Drone Edition is a special collection of popular drones, like the Parrot Drone and the Phantom, all faithfully reproduced. The Drone Edition also has a set of special FPV sceneries featuring realistic, interesting - and some - challenging 3D elements (like the London Eye and Statue of Liberty). These models and sceneries make the Drone Edition a pleasure in putting several hours of flying experience where it counts - towards a safer, more enjoyable, and less expensive crash-free flying experience.

The PRE-Flight Drone Edition models (all models have configurable on-board cameras and its possible to add more):

-Parrot Drone 2 - Indoor mode
-Parrot Drone 2 - Outdoor mode
-DJI Phantom 2
-x525 quadcopter - popular DIY drone
-Octocopter - Carbon Giant, heavy lifter, high-speed
-Reaper UAV - scale model
-Reaper UAV - full scale
-Walkera UFO - one of the first true drones
-Walkera UFO - 3X scale for visibility and ease of flying

The PRE-Flight Drone Edition sceneries (all sceneries have customizable wind conditions):

-London Eye - animated
-Statue of Liberty - great for FPV exploring
-Titanic - explore the outside, and inside of this famous vessel
-Titanic and Iceberg - on a meeting with destiny
-Titanic sinking - be in the front seat with FPV
-200 Windmills - animated windmills
-T62 Tank - animated - try to track this intimidating object in FPV
-T62 Tank - static - not so intimidating

For Ordering and more details, see this link: http://preflightsim.com/mainre.html
PRE-Flight Main Page: http://www.preflightsim.com/

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Comments

Jose Pena July 8, 2014 at 6:18pm

Hi Rolf - very sorry. I just uploaded the new version. I didn't realize it expired 2 days ago!!
jetjitters July 8, 2014 at 5:11pm

LOL! Also when flying the DJI Phantom, every 30 seconds, in big letters, 'Warning, Know the rules!! "

I don't think the new Phantom buyers will buy Sims because the advertisements say EASY, EASY all over it.
Rolf Stefani July 8, 2014 at 8:34am

How do you contact the company. Couldn't find a link on the web site. Downloaded the USBCHK application to test my Tx for suitability but software warns that it is expired.
Rolf Stefani July 8, 2014 at 7:54am

Looked interesting. Went to your web site found that I could test my transmitter to see if it would work with the simulator and downloaded USBCHK.exe but when run, says it's expired version..

Can not find any way on the web site to ask this question. So I asked here....
Darrell Burkey July 8, 2014 at 1:49am

Make sure that for the Phantom you put in some firework scenes to fly through. And lots of people to fly over. Seems to be all the rage right now.

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