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# First Flight Guidelines
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Learning to fly is a lot of fun!
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These guidelines are designed to ensure that your first flight experience is enjoyable, educational, and safe.
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## Know the Law
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Many places have strict regulations related to using flying drones, including requiring a license when flying vehicles or a particular size/weight, or for a particular purpose.
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Familiarise yourself with the flight regulations in your area.
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## Select a Good Location
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Selecting the right location for your first flight is critical.
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The main things to look for are:
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- Make sure the space is open.
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There should be no high trees, hills or buildings nearby, because those will impair the GNSS reception.
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- Make sure no people are within 100 m (300 feet).
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- Make sure there is nothing that you shouldn't crash onto within 100 m - no houses, structures, cars, water, corn fields (hard to find drones in).
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::: info
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100m clearance is a good "rule of thumb", but in many cases there will be an appropriate regulartory distance, and this may depend on factors such as whether you have a license.
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## Bring a Pro
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Bring someone with experience for your first flight.
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Get them to help you to run through the pre-flight checks and let them intervene if something goes wrong!
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## Plan the Flight
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Plan the flight before taking off.
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Make sure you know the whole route and where/how the vehicle will land.
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## Limit the Damage
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Damaging property or injuring people with your UAV can have significant legal and financial consequences (far in excess of the value of the UAV itself).
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The UAV should always be manually flown within a safe zone where there are no obstacles or people, and it must be clearly visible at all times.
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If you start to lose control over the vehicle, and cannot bring it back under control, crash it in an empty area as soon as possible.
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::: info
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It can be useful to [set an emergency switch on your transmitter](../config/safety.md#emergency-switches) to immediately return or crash the drone if necessary.
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