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I put the drone on a table. Turned it on and the transmitter. I moved the controllers lower left, simultaneously (Jackson: that means at the same time ;)) and held them down for 3 or 4 seconds. The drone lights began blinking on and off rapidly. I put the controllers back to central...

Here's something I learned. You have to calibrate your drone after every crash or hard landing. I didn't know that. I had several crashes. I put the prop guards back on and tried it again. Another crash. Then, when I tried to take off, instead of hovering, it just put its nose down and...

All right. Thanks.

OK, guys - I'll give it a shot when I get home tonight. I can do it with the quad just sitting on a table in my home, right? I mean, props aren't going to start spinning and it wants to take off or anything?

I have an XK X300-W. It's my first drone. I have only tried to fly it twice. I like it a lot. It is a substantial aircraft, not a toy. I paid $98 for it and it's worth every penny. I bought it because I researched "beginner's drones" and it was quite often cited as the best, beginner's...

God knows, I've had enough hard landings/crashes. I have never calibrated anything. My Chinese/American instruction booklet is a little vague on how to do that. It says: "2 as shown: the left and right joystick to move the lower left corner position at the same time 1-2 seconds, then the...

Thanks, Rick. Good advice. My drone does not have GPS, but it does have some kind of feature that puts it into a hover mode automatically when you ascend from the ground on takeoff. Most of the time, it does that but, as I said, for some reason it stopped doing it on my last outing. I am...

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Today I went for my second attempt. The first time I tried it, I got the props spinning, hit the throttle a tad, and it rose up about 5 feet and hovered right there. Great. I was even able to move it left a little, move it right a little, and keep it hovering, generally in front of me...

Thanks guys - appreciate the advice and the good humor. I'm off in an hour or two to try Flight Two, armed with more info than last time.:D Oh - but what do the percentages mean? 60%, 85% (I think)?

What is mode? And what are these percentages I see on the screen of my transmitter? How's THAT for a couple of newbie questions, hey? :)

Mine uses 5.8 Ghz. Thanks so much. That explains it all. Well done.

OK - so just make sure wi-fi is on - it doesn't have to be connected to any network?