Learn drone programming by flying.

Lessons in FORGE Studio with a virtual drone, from your first take-off to your own algorithm.

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Lesson Path

9 lessons in order, about 9 hours 27 minutes in all.

Have the IFC 1.3 flight controller? Set it up firstWire it, set it up from your phone, connect Studio, fly. About 55 minutes.

The short version: Set up your IFC 1.3 in four steps

Lesson 1: First steps
Getting started
Take off, fly seven flight modes and watch the flight again.
About 45 minutesOpen lesson 1
Lesson 2: FORGE blocks
Your first program: a square
Read your first FORGE program, fly it and change it.
About 1 hourOpen lesson 2
Lesson 3: FORGE blocks
Land on a moving truck
Follow a moving truck, switch to the camera and land on it.
About 1 hour 26 minutesOpen lesson 3
Lesson 4: FORGE blocks
Fly a loop
Fly a vertical loop, with a rescue path in case it goes wrong.
About 1 hour 15 minutesOpen lesson 4
Lesson 5: FORGE blocks
Talk both ways: follow the truck and report home
Send data up to the drone and down to the ground, and read it live and from the recording.
About 55 minutesOpen lesson 5
Lesson 6: FORGE blocks
Bring your own devices in
Prove your own ground device and companion computer in FORGE Studio, then fly them.
About 50 minutesOpen lesson 6
Lesson 7: Your own program
Your own program: look around
Build your own algorithm from an empty program, with five states.
About 30 minutesOpen lesson 7
Lesson 8: The math model
The math model of a drone, with the QC-02
The numbers that make up a drone, and how to check them.
About 1 hour 10 minutesOpen lesson 8
Lesson 9: Your own drone
Your own drone: its math model and its config
Fly your own drone in the simulation and set up its flight controller.
About 1 hour 36 minutesOpen lesson 9

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Before You Start

A Windows PC and FORGE Studio, free until 31 December 2026.

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