Features & Capabilities

Advanced Drone Flight Checks

Drone Start is an advanced flight check & planning tool for drones. Drone Start is packed full of features that will help you plan a safe drone flight every time! You simply turn on your drone, plug your device into the drone controller, open the app & tap Start! Drone Start will then do a comprehensive set of advanced checks to see if its safe to fly in your current area & it will even check your drones battery and sensors in real time to check your drone is in perfect condition to take off!

When your not out flying you can use Drone Start to create comprehensive flight plans, just type in where you want to fly and Drone Start will get Weather, GPS, Light Levels, Terrain Elevation, No Fly Zones and more! You can also plan your flight route and find out the elevation change & how much battery you'll have left! You can view the area map and see No Fly Zones, Terrain Elevations, Sunrise/Sunset Times & Positions plus you can also see an animated Wind Map, showing the wind direction with colour coded arrows so you can immediately see if its too windy to fly or not.

Drone Starts calculation are also based on your drone model*, so things such as winds speeds and battery range are calculated using your actual drone!

Drone Start also has some great advanced features too such as:

Daily FlyCast

Daily FlyCast is a daily notification sent at sunrise every morning outlining the days flying conditions. You'll also have access to the FlyCast Widget, so you can always quickly check if its good to fly without even opening the app!

Solar Storm Warnings

Solar Storm Warnings are notifications informing you incoming solar storms which can cause high levels of magnetic interference which can affect GPS signals and impact the accuracy of your RTH point.

Intelligent RTH

If enabled Drone Start will automatically calculate and set your Return To Home Height based on surround terrain elevation and building heights, making sure your doesn't fly into a mountain side or building when it returns to you!

Fly Zone Alert

When enabled you will receive a notification informing you have entered a No Fly Zone, we will also let you know when you leave one too!

Battery Manager

Drone Start records battery data before each flight so you easily check battery health, including deviations. It also recommends battery rotation order if you have multiple batteries. You can also perform a battery test to check it's heath & efficiency, plus create pdf reports from the results.

Intelligent VPS

If there are large bodies of water in the area, Drone Start will automatically disable your VPS for you and automatically enable it next time you fly in an area with low amounts of water.

Active Drone Alerts

Get notified when theres a another drone flying near your location.

Drone Start Features Include**:

Start Checks

  • Weather, GPS, KP Index, Terrain Elevation & Airspace Checks
  • Light Checks
  • Aircraft Checks
  • Aircraft Warming
  • Building Height Check
  • Drone Battery Health Check
  • Drone Sensor Health Check
  • Wind Altitude Checks
  • RTH Height Check
  • Wind Map
  • No Fly Zone Map
  • Terrain Elevation Map
  • Ephemeris
  • Dedicated Drone Model Checks
  • Golden Hour Times
  • Water Area Check
  • Active Drone Check
  • RTH Reminder

Flight Plans

  • 7 Day Weather Forecast
  • 7 Day GPS Forecast
  • 7 Day KP Index Forecast
  • No Fly Zone Check
  • Terrain Elevation Check
  • Weather Check
  • Wind Map
  • 3D Building Map
  • No Fly Zone Map
  • Terrain Elevation Map
  • Ephemeris
  • Best Time To Fly
  • Flight Route Planner
  • Dedicated Drone Model Checks
  • Weekly Summary
  • Light Check
  • Golden Hour Times

*DJI Drone Models are only currently supported.

**Some Feature May Require An Active Monthly or Yearly Auto Renewing Subscription.

See our Terms of Use here: www.faulknerlabs.io/drone-start-terms

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Neil Faulkner
Version:
2.0.5 Last updated: 2022-03-23
Version code:
847865223
Creation date:
2017-08-03
Compatible devices:
Size:
120.23MB
URLs:
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Data ingested on:
2026-06-07
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Developed by:
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Website:
http://www.faulknerlabs.io/dronestart

User Reviews

The winds are out of the south, not the north. I don’t really understand how you can charge money for this? Sunset is at 1945, not zero 0845 Maybe I don’t understand what the purpose of the app is supposed to be. either way all this information is available at your fingertips on your smart controller, smart phone or free websites. I suppose the interface seems nice but I don’t get what I’m supposed to do with it. Anyway, I think there’s potential for something here, maybe. But right now it’s junk. Free trial lasted all of about 20 minutes.
by RT*****, 2024-09-07

I bought this app recently for a DJI mini Pro drone. App won’t connect to the drone and the developer support site is gone. Seems to be an abandoned app.
by Fe*****, 2024-03-20

Where did you guys make this every time I son trip every time he wakes up he says where’s my jewel where’s my drone and he loves it it’s it’s always in good condition. The battery takes a little too long for 8 to 10 minutes. The graphics are amazing. Flight time is not that good but but my son still loves it.
by hk*****, 2024-01-06
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