First flight

1. Make sure that the drone was on a level surface when you executed the deploy program, and that you have not rotated it since. If not, please run the deploy program again. Otherwise the drone will try to correct for the rotation on takeoff, which may lead to a crash right away.
2. Open http://192.168.1.1/ in your web browser, you should see the GoDrone web user interface. But don’t expect too much, it’s not pretty yet.
3. Connect a gamepad to your computer. Right now the only tested model is this PS3-style controller (please share your results of using other controllers).
4. Press the B0 button (X) to turn on the engines.
5. Move the right joystick up / down to control thrust.
6. Use the left joystick to control the roll and pitch angle of your drone, allowing you to fly in any desired direction.
7. Press the B0 button (X) again to turn off the engines.

Next steps

First of all, congratulations, you’ve earned the dubious badge of honor for having tried out version 0.1.0 of a drone software, made by amateur robotics enthusiasts, that you just found on the interwebs! You’re a truly adventurous person.

Take all the time you need to recover from this experience, but if you feel hungry for more, please start to get involved with the community. Report your experience, share your problems or demand your money back.

After that, feel free to poke around the source, and maybe even send a patch for that thing that annoyed you the most!