Learning Control – From Training Mode to Real Flow
From simulator training missions to the first freestyle flights — how the DRL Beginner Mode and a single Goldberg drone helped me find real control and stay hooked on FPV.
Marco
11/5/20251 min read
The First Real Lessons
After my first success with the DRL Simulator, I spent the next few days inside the “Train – Learn to Fly” section.
I started with the Onboarding missions — the Beginner Mode, with every single helper turned on.
It was challenging, but never impossible.
Sometimes I had to repeat the same exercise multiple times before completing it successfully.
Each retry taught me something new — throttle discipline, gentle stick movement, and how patience is part of the process.
Leaving Beginner Mode
After finishing Beginner Mode, I switched to the Goldberg drone — the same one I still use today —
and loaded up the Campground Freestyle map.
No crazy tricks. No flips or rolls.
Just flying straight, turning smoothly, and putting all that training into practice.
And it felt good.
Really good.
For the first time, I wasn’t fighting the controls — I was flying.
Not perfectly, but with intention.
The Second Step
That moment on Campground was my second important milestone in FPV.
The first was realizing that I could control a drone.
The second was understanding that control can actually feel natural — even fun.
It wasn’t about racing, freestyle tricks, or perfect lines yet.
It was about staying in the air, learning consistency, and feeling progress.
And that small, steady progress is what kept me going.
