Most schools teach you to fly. We teach you to build, fix, and crash on purpose. Here's the playbook.
No real drone outdoors until you've logged sim hours. We count them like flight hours.
Angle mode is a temporary scaffold. We rewire your reflexes for real flight in week one.
Every student builds the drone they fly. No loaners. No shortcuts.
If your drone's failsafe doesn't drop within 1 second, it doesn't fly. Period.
First crash gets a sticker. We celebrate the breaks because that's where the learning lives.
Choose your build on day one. We support all three. Most students start tinywhoop and graduate to 5".
75 mm · 1S · indoor
Best for: complete beginners on a budget.
5″ open frame · 6S · outdoor
Best for: outdoor pilots who want the real thing.
3″ ducted · 4S · cinematic
Best for: content creators and B-roll hunters.
90 minutes per session. Eight weekends. One Build Day in the middle. By graduation you've flown your own drone, fixed it, and attempted your first freestyle trick on camera.
Pick your class. Install the sim. Start the FAA TRUST test.
60-second hover. Throttle is everything.
First real-world hover on a tinywhoop. Figure-8 in the sim.
Three clean joints. The tug test.
One Saturday. Six hours. You leave with a fully assembled, motor-tested, Betaflight-flashed drone — no props until Weekend 6.
Radio bound. Failsafe tested. Motor direction verified.
The 5-second script. Your drone, the field, real air.
Rates. PIDs. Filters. Don't touch what isn't broken.
Inspect. Repair. Attempt your first trick. Earn the certificate.
Tuition is flat. Drone-kit cost varies by class. Everything else (lab gear, instructor time, field access, certificate) is included.
| Tinywhoop | ~$600 |
| Cinewhoop | ~$800 |
| 5″ Freestyle | ~$950 |
"By the end of Weekend 8, you will have built your own quadcopter, configured Betaflight, flown it in acro at our flight field, and attempted your first freestyle trick."
— The How2FlyFPV.com promise
Three cohorts per quarter. Six students per instructor. No waitlist past sold-out.
Check your email — we just sent your cohort confirmation, the parts list, and a calendar invite.
First-crash sticker ships with your kit.
The questions every cohort asks. If yours isn't here, email hello@how2flyfpv.com.
No. Most of our students have never held a radio. Half have only ever flown a DJI. The course assumes zero.
$600–$950 depending on the class you pick. Full parts list is sent with your booking confirmation.
Each weekend has a 30-minute makeup window with your instructor before the next session.
Yes — from Weekend 6 forward, every session is at our outdoor flight field.
16+. Students under 18 need a parent on the Build Day waiver.
Cohorts run out of our home workshop. Address is shared with confirmed students.
Full tuition refund, no questions asked. (We've never paid one out.)
Of course. The drone you build is yours forever. Crashes included.