1. Install

1. Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > drop-down arrow > Install from Disk, select drone_fly-1.1.0.zip.
2. Enable Drone Fly (the add-on's name inside Blender). The panel is in the 3D View sidebar (N), tab Drone.

2. Start a flight

• In camera view (Numpad 0), press Shift Alt F, or click Fly <camera name> in the Drone tab. The button switches to camera view if needed.
• Outside camera view, Shift Alt F flies the viewport. Fly Viewport does the same from the panel.

3. Fly

• ZQSD / WASD: move. Mouse: look. Space / Ctrl: up and down.
• Shift: boost. Alt: slow. Wheel: speed. Alt + Wheel: focal length.
• Tab: Drone / Free mode. H: level the horizon. Backspace: back to the start.
• Left click / Enter: keep. Right click / Esc: cancel, everything goes back.
• The header shows the speed, the mode, the focal length and the recording state.

4. Record

1. Go to the first frame of your shot and start a flight on the camera.
2. Press R: the timeline plays and one key per frame is stored.
3. Press R again to stop, or let it reach the scene's end frame.
4. Press Enter to write the keys. Esc discards them.

5. Settings (Drone panel)

• Mode: Drone or Free.
• Speed, Boost (Shift), Slow (Alt): flight speed and its multipliers.
• Inertia: time to reach the target speed. Look Smoothing: mouse lag. Mouse Sensitivity, Invert Mouse Y.
• Key on Confirm: Enter keys the current frame, even with auto keying off.
• Controls: the list of every key.

Shortcut

Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Drone Fly: change Shift Alt F to any key.

Changelog

1.1.0 First public release: camera and viewport flight, Drone and Free modes, inertia and look smoothing, wheel speed, Shift boost, Alt slow, Alt + wheel focal length, fixed-step recording to keyframes written on Enter only, level horizon, back to start, Key on Confirm, configurable shortcut.