Can I get survey grade accuracy from a drone?
Yes, you can generate absolute accuracies to within 1/10 of a foot providing you either use Ground Control Points or use an RTK (Real Time Kinematics) equipped aircraft…
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of fixed wing vs. multirotor UAVs?
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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What does it take to generate UAV aerial mapping products?
The general components needed for mapping are:
Drone (UAV) – fixed wing or multirotor
Mapping Flight Planning software (controls drone in capturing numerous images with proper overlap)
Most multirotors use either as an iOS or Android app (e.g. Pix4D capture app, Map Pilot for DJI (our favorite) or Drone Deploy)
Fixed wings tend to use a Windows program through a laptop or tablet…
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How Hard is it to fly a Drone?
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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What is an FAA Part 107? How can I get one?
To legally fly commercial UAV flights in the United States, either a Section 333 Exemption or FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot’s Certificate is needed. The Sect 333 has largely been superseded by the Part 107 which requires a knowledge test and includes a TSA background check…
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What Are the best ways to study for the Part 107 test?
Expect to spend around 10-25 hours studying for the knowledge test, depending on your background…
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