Recent content by AMann

Hi Tony, good job on the 107! I bet it wasn’t anything like what you accomplished with getting your surveyors license though, I looked into what those would take once and realized that it would be a lot of work and time, so congratulations on that as well. Say- I PM’d you on here with some...

Hey, thanks for the information! As I mentioned, I am studying about GIS at school, which uses ESRI’s ArcGIS that can do mapping and NDVI image processing with it. It’s a very pricey program, but we get it with a student license. I like that DJI has a multispectral system, I’ll have to look...

I’m interested in this as well, particularly in multispectral vegetation surveys. Currently using a Mavic 2 Pro that was modified to do multispectral photography, but am interested in the Mavic 3 Multispectral RTK model. Does anyone here use this? If so, what subscription costs are required to...

Haven’t read John’s article yet, just the abstract, and looks like a really good resource. One thing I would consider is using a UAV fixed wing vtol type of aircraft to do this. You could have it follow contours on the mountainsides with a side facing camera or lidar and be able to have it scan...

This may be of some interest- satellite remote sensing for methane: https://data.carbonmapper.org/#6.59/41.94/-82.423

To be honest, it’s going to be hard to do this legally as you do not have any expectation of privacy outside in your yard. If the cameras are on their own property, they can deploy as many as they wish. I’m a little surprised they would have 100s of trail cameras though, what is this place and...

I wonder what kind of accuracy their point cloud is versus using LIDAR?

Welcome to a friendly new member who is located in the UK. Someone there has a great opportunity for some nice stuff!

If it was just below your line of site and you were holding the controller at waist level in your hands, could that have put the chain link between the controller and the drone? You may have found an interesting issue people don’t think about. Thanks for sharing your experience!

Wow, that would’ve been a disturbing flight for anyone. Is it possible you were close to that chain link fence? It would have been hard to see it in the dark. I’ve always felt it’s important to do a flight test in addition to an inspection of the flight area during the day before a night flight...

oh, I get the mixup, I meant ardupilot compatible flight controllers.

Hey, first off thanks for your reply, I appreciate it. The only problem is it simply not true. The flight controller is actually what is flying the drone, and we’re all just flying by wire , or should I call it “flying by wireless”. In reality, your inputs are just suggestions, and it makes...

Thank you for your reply, Vic. For my project it may be easier as it’ll be BVLOS out over the ocean in G airspace. I’m thinking of placing the observers with ocean kayaks along some of the points where it’s going to be running. Trick is, I don’t want to land on a kayak so that’s why the base...

Thanks for your reply Dave, yeah at least I’ll know more of the general aviation regulations. I figured out a great way to be able to rent an airplane, we have a local flying club that owns a Cessna so I’m gonna join them as well. A couple flight instructors also belong to the club so I can get...

Besides already having a 107 certificate for a few years, would it help to have a private pilot’s license to help in obtaining a BVLOS waiver? I am considering using a VTOL sUAV ulwith my 107 cert for photographing large tracts of open desert and much of it would be difficult to keep up with...