It was a "no brainer" when it came to signing up for this forum since I have been a member of Phantom Pilots for a couple of years now and have gained a ton of knowledge regarding these units, overall great information from mostly friendly and polite members.
As to this forum and the intro - I have a small vibration analysis business that includes also some Thermal Imaging on rotating equipment. In some cases this involves visual inspections of machines and cables on the ground and at higher levels where climbing is involved (outside work). So, I incorporated a P4 I have to carry out visual inspections of the higher areas to save some time and of course climbing. Thinking I should upgrade to a P4P for higher quality photos and video content (once my budget allows for it) as I am thinking of adding tower and smoke stack inspections to the business. We will see!
Transport Canada has made some changes regarding commercial work so I have to get up to date on that in order to obtain an "exemption certificate" - they have 2 categories for UAV's - being 1kg or less and over 1kg to 25kg - the over 1kg is much more restrictive and requires additional certification (used to be up to 2kg and 2kg-25kg as to categories which was perfect IMO). Think they realized most commercial activity included the DJI Phantoms so they made that change as to weight categories .
Good luck to all with your present and future commercial use of your Quads and good luck to all regarding the draw.
Thank you to all the moderators and Phantom forum developers for your tireless work and for this new forum!
As to this forum and the intro - I have a small vibration analysis business that includes also some Thermal Imaging on rotating equipment. In some cases this involves visual inspections of machines and cables on the ground and at higher levels where climbing is involved (outside work). So, I incorporated a P4 I have to carry out visual inspections of the higher areas to save some time and of course climbing. Thinking I should upgrade to a P4P for higher quality photos and video content (once my budget allows for it) as I am thinking of adding tower and smoke stack inspections to the business. We will see!
Transport Canada has made some changes regarding commercial work so I have to get up to date on that in order to obtain an "exemption certificate" - they have 2 categories for UAV's - being 1kg or less and over 1kg to 25kg - the over 1kg is much more restrictive and requires additional certification (used to be up to 2kg and 2kg-25kg as to categories which was perfect IMO). Think they realized most commercial activity included the DJI Phantoms so they made that change as to weight categories .
Good luck to all with your present and future commercial use of your Quads and good luck to all regarding the draw.
Thank you to all the moderators and Phantom forum developers for your tireless work and for this new forum!
