Courses

Courses

Technical drone courses that teach the different aspects of drone flight — from newcomer to experienced drone user, with various courses available to challenge you.

How does it work?

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Select a course of interest

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Create a DDI account

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Sign up to the course

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Receive a confirmation mail

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Check your registration in MY DDI

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Prepare using documents in MY DDI / confirmation mail

Course structure

DDI offers various courses that cover the different elements of drones and drone flight and teach essential skills for drone engineers. The chart below shows how the workshop and different courses interface, as well as what they cover.

Drone Engineer

In development

Full package of drone knowledge and skills for a drone engineer

Drone Engineer Basics

Active 12h

Essential knowledge and skills to take-off on your drone journey

Theory
  • Drone component requirements + selection + working
  • Drone flight principles
  • Drone applications
  • Battery electronics
  • Basic drone control
Pilot skills
  • FPV in-simulator flight
  • Indoor FPV flight
  • Efficient and safe drone operation
Drone Build Workshop
4-8h

Drone building, for groups, on request

Practical skills
  • Soldering
  • Drone assembly
  • Drone configuration and debugging

Theory

  • Computer vision
  • Control optimization
  • Log analysis
  • Sensor fusion

Practical

  • 3D printing and design
  • Drone modification
  • Exercise in one of the theory topics

Typical course flow

  1. 1 Safety
  2. 2 Manual skills
  3. 3 Build
  4. 4 Computer skills
  5. 5 Program
  6. 6 Piloting

  • Practise based learning

    Practical work (core) and theory (supporting)

  • DDI expert guidance

    Courses are taught by our trusted instructors

  • Certificate for course

    Obtain a course certificate in line with the EU approach to micro-credentials

  • Take home knowledge and a drone

    You build your own drone, learn with it and take it home

Courses with DDI

Individual or with a group, get dronified

Drone Engineer Basics

General

Duration:
2 days (12 hours total)
Group size:
8-12 people
Cost:
€600.00
Learning outcomes 11
  • Identify the key components of an FPV drone — frame, flight controller, ESC, motors, propellers, camera, video transmitter, receiver, radio controller, goggles and battery — explain what each one does, and explain the main criteria for selecting them so that they work together.
  • Explain the risks of LiPo batteries and the rules for safe charging, storage, transport and disposal.
  • Describe how thrust and attitude control produce drone movement, the basic role of flight modes, rates and PID settings, and recognise effects you encounter in flight such as ground effect, propwash vortex ring state.
  • Select and safely use the hand tools, soldering equipment and measuring equipment needed to build and maintain a drone.
  • Produce sound solder joints on drone electronics, applying correct tip selection, temperature, tinning and flux technique.
  • Assemble a complete FPV drone from loose components, working from written build instructions.
  • Configure your drone in Betaflight — receiver binding, motor and ESC checks, sensor calibration, flight modes and basic rates — and set up your radio controller and video system.
  • Charge and balance LiPo batteries on a hobby charger, choosing the correct cell count, charge current and charging mode.
  • Fly basic manoeuvres — hover, controlled forward flight, turns and a controlled landing — in the simulator, on a tinywhoop, and with your own drone indoors.
  • Carry out a pre-flight check, apply the workshop rules for soldering, batteries, propellers and indoor flight, and take responsibility for your drone's airworthiness and the safety of people around you.
  • Recognise and resolve simple build and configuration faults, and recognise when to ask an instructor for support.

Prerequisites

  • A PC
  • 12 years or older
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Coming soon

Drone Engineer

Follow-up course that builds on the Engineer Basics. Extends the skill portfolio: Log analysis, 3D printing, drone upgrading. Paired with an engineering exercise: computer vision, control optimization or sensor fusion.

Specialized workshop/course

General

Duration:
To be announced.
Group size:
To be announced.
Cost:
To be announced.
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