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Drone Pilot Training Program

A structured path from drone interest to safer, more confident professional operations—with classroom learning, simulator practice, and real-flight training.

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Location

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Focus

Small-class rotorcraft

Accommodations

Accommodation guidance

Everything you need to understand the programme.

Training format

Theory + simulator + live flight

Batch schedule

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Couse Details

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Certificate Path

Work toward a DGCA remote pilot certificate

DGCA Recognition& Credentials

DGCA Approved Drone Training Institute

DGCA Authorization No: 52/2024

Conditions: VLOS (Rotorcraft)

Class: Small

Authorization Certificate

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A five-day route from ground school to assessment.

Yali’s published syllabus moves from drone rules, airspace, systems, weather and safety into simulator work, supervised and solo flying, night operations, and final theory and practical assessment.

Day 1

Ground school and drone foundations

Stakeholders & laws

  • Basic Drone Rules 2021
  • International rules, regulations, standards & practices
  • Civil Aviation Requirements, AIPs and NOTAM
  • Drone classification and categorization
  • Type certification
  • Registration, sale and de-registration
  • Drone operations, dos and don’ts
  • Remote Pilot Certificate and drone insurance

Basic principles of flight

  • Fundamentals of flight
  • Aerodynamics
  • Take-off, flight and landing
  • Maneuvers, turns and circuit patterns

ATC procedures & radio telephony

  • Understanding ATC operations
  • Airspace structure and restrictions
  • No-drone zones and Yellow Zone procedures
  • RT phraseology, position and altitude reporting
  • Flight planning and altimeter setting
  • Collision avoidance and radio telephony techniques

Fixed-wing operations

  • Types, parts and terminology
  • Flight performance and mission planning
  • Instrument flying and navigation through GCS
  • Applications, advantages and limitations

Rotorcraft and hybrid operations

  • Drone anatomy, materials, sizes and avionics
  • C2 link and mission planning
  • Multirotor applications and flight performance
  • Hybrid aerodynamics, parts and applications
  • Comparison with rotorcraft and aeroplane platforms

Day 2

Weather, systems, safety, and data

Weather and meteorology

  • Standard atmosphere
  • Measuring air pressure, heat and temperature
  • Wind, moisture and cloud formation
  • Icing and its effects
  • Atmospheric effects on RPAS operations
  • Hazardous weather avoidance
  • METAR aviation weather reports

Drone equipment maintenance

  • Drone, flight control box and ground station maintenance
  • Ground equipment, batteries and payloads
  • Scheduled servicing
  • Repair, fault finding and rectification

Risk assessment and safety

  • Drone emergencies and handling
  • Loss of C2 link
  • Fly-aways and straying
  • Loss of power
  • Control surface failures
  • Human performance and pilot incapacitation
  • Fail-safe features
  • Safety management and TEM

Payload installation and use

  • Payload types and what to carry
  • Payload parts and installation
  • Payload features
  • Utilization in operations

Drone data and analysis

  • Principles of observation
  • Image and video interpretation
  • Introduction to photogrammetry
  • Types of image and video data
  • Foundations of analysis

Day 3

Simulator, assessment, and assembly

Theory assessment

  • Review of rules, airspace, flight principles, weather, maintenance, payloads, safety and operations

Flight simulator training

  • Simulator introduction and familiarization
  • Controls check and pre-flight checks
  • Take-off, cruise, approach, go-around and landing
  • Climbing, descending, turns and circuit flying
  • Rectangle, square, circle, orbit and figure-of-8 patterns
  • Gimbal controls: pan, tilt and zoom
  • Night flying
  • Abnormal and emergency procedures

Simulator test

  • Demonstrate simulator handling, checks, maneuvers and response to abnormal procedures

Basic assembly and maintenance

  • Drone assembly and de-assembly
  • Integration of sub-sections and modules
  • Engine or propulsion system integration
  • Fault finding, rectification, repair and documentation

Day 4

Instructor-led and solo flying

Flight readiness

  • Introduction to the Digital Sky platform
  • RPAS familiarization
  • Safety briefing
  • Introductory flight and orientation
  • Take-off, climbing, descending and height keeping

Control and recovery

  • Pitch, roll and yaw
  • Disorientation and recovery
  • Progress check for multirotor operations

Circuit and maneuver practice

  • Level turns in both directions
  • Climbing and descending turns
  • Left and right square circuits
  • Flying in circles
  • Flying in figure of 8

Mission operations

  • Mission planning
  • Instrument flying
  • Auto mission and flight

Advanced practical work

  • Night flying
  • Abnormal procedures
  • Emergency procedures

Solo flying

  • Progress from instructor-led handling to controlled solo flight under the programme’s safety procedures

Day 5

Final assessment and next steps

Rotorcraft practical test

  • Pre-flight preparation
  • Basic controls and orientation
  • Turns, circuits and figure-of-8 flying
  • Mission planning and instrument flying
  • Auto mission and flight
  • Night and emergency procedures
  • Final rotorcraft practical flying test

Learn the knowledge behind every safe flight.

Air regulations

Understand the rules, airspace decisions, and responsibilities behind safe remote pilot operations.

Flight principles

Build the technical foundation to understand how small-class rotorcraft behave in real conditions.

Safety protocols

Learn the habits, checks, and risk awareness that keep every flight deliberate and controlled.

Emergency management

Practice how to respond when conditions change, systems need attention, or a mission must stop.

Simulator training

Use realistic simulator sessions to repeat decisions and build confidence before live flight.

Real-flight practice

Put the learning into practice with supervised hands-on training from qualified instructors.

Leave with a clearer next move.

This programme is designed to help you develop practical judgment, not just collect information.

Understand the foundations of professional drone operations

Plan and conduct flights with safety and regulation in mind

Build confidence through simulator and supervised real-flight practice

Work toward a DGCA remote pilot certificate for professional opportunities

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