Complete Guide — 8 Phases
The end-to-end step-by-step guide that takes you — sitting right in front of the quad — from first power-up to an optimised test flight. Each phase also links to the more detailed topic page.
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Maiden flight checklistCheck the whole chain from the bottom up
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Phase 6 (PID/filters) has been refined several times since the first complete guide, based on real flight data — the currently recommended version is v7.0 (see Betaflight tuning history).
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All 8 phases as one continuous document — to print or take straight to the quad.