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Components for Drone Mapping

January 2, 2017 by Mark Paulson

In this article we cover what’s actually needed – both in terms of hardware and software products, as well as the training and other items necessary to generate UAV mapping products. 1. Drone (UAV) – Fixed Wing or Multirotor Multirotors are a great initial platform – they’re less expensive, easier to fly and the smaller datasets (due to the smaller area covered) are faster to process. A DJI Phantom 3 Advanced or Pro makes a great low-cost starter platform, while a Phantom 4 Pro is not significantly more expensive and …
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of fixed wing vs. multirotor UAVs?

December 6, 2016 by Mark Paulson

Multirotor does up to 100 acres (~30 ac /flt); Fixed Wing does 1200 ac + (~400 ac / flt). For your
Learning Curve, Multirotor is easiest + smaller datasets; Fixed Wing is more complex (+ larger datasets)…
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How Hard is it to fly a Drone?

December 6, 2016 by Mark Paulson

The “monkey skills” (as I’ll refer to them for learning how to fly the drone) are not very complicated. While you wouldn’t want to just pull our brand new drone out of the box, charge the battery and launch it without learning something about it, around 3-4 hours of learning the basics of the aircraft and its associated software can get you to safely making takeoffs, landings and flying around…
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