Drone of preference

[Tgleason]

You sound like you have a pretty good grasp. For the controlled areas you might look into a wide area COA through the FAA. Those generally run for a year at a time so you do not have to constantly file new paperwork for each flight.

I will look into that. Thank you

 

[Tgleason]

Once you get some "Stick Time" and picture/video experience under your belt you might want to pretty much reverse that mindset. If it's a tough area to get approval in then you want to be the Go To Guy who knows how and can easily get approvals in that area. That low hanging fruit goes rotten pretty quickly. If you can set yourself above the competition then you have a significant advantage over your market.

Thats a really good point. Any authoirization knocks out alot of people. Assuming they are following the rules.

 

[Red90]

Without wanting to disagree with my fellow contributors, my main go-to system is now the Mavic 2 Pro.

I started flying Phantom 3 Pros in 2015, upgraded to the Inspire Pro, then won this site’s Phantom 4 Obsidian competition & flew that for 12 months. I now travel extensively & the Mavic is the perfect blend of portability & quality. I shoot documentaries for the BBC, high end corporates for multi-national corporations and lots of things in between & the craft’s image quality has never been called into question.

Yes, I have 4 batteries, ND filters etc etc, but earning good money from flying doesn’t have to run to tens of thousands in investment. That said, nothing beats good technique and for that you just have to practise!

Good luck in your venture.


Regards,
Martin.