How I Test Fly Large Heavy Lift Drones Before Shipping To A Customer

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Here’s a cool video taken from my Instagram stories this past summer showing what I do during that test flight before it goes out to a customer. Perhaps one day I’ll show a full tuning process on an aircraft...
One common thing I hear from almost every customer that ever flies our MFD 5000 aircraft is just how well it flies. By that, I mean just how “connected” and how it “feels” in the hands of the pilot. Similar to a race car driver being in tune with his car, an aircraft that feels good in the hands of the pilot instills confidence and allows him to generally push himself harder than he would if the pilot felt a disconnect with the aircraft. This “feeling” comes from many different aspects of the aircraft, from the autopilot (the number 1 factor) to the gains, thrust ratio, aircraft stiffness, configuration, I could go on and on...
After flying in both the competitive RC Heli and aerial cinematography scene for over a decade, one could say that I’m qualified for the job. I’ve been tuning remotely controlled aircraft for over half of my life and I take a very similar approach to tuning a heavy lift hexacopter as I would to an aerobatic RC Heli for a competition.
When an aircraft is ready to ship to a customer, I have the pleasure of personally test flying each and every single aircraft that goes out the door. During this test flight, we ensure the aircraft “feels” good to the operator, is quick and responsive but not twitchy, smooth in full forward flight & vibration/error message free.
For more content like this practically every time I fly, be sure to check out my Instagram stories: / wattsinnovations
Hope you enjoy!