Drone Search & Rescue

[aviator]

So I am now an FAA certified commercial drone pilot, then got certified and trained on Drone Search & Rescue.
Here is a mission I flew.

[Loggiebone]

No nekked ladies and window peeping. And no music! You can do better! Lol!?

[802Mike]

What drone are you flying? I have a Phantom 3 with antenna range extender
that I play around with. It's old but still fun and if I lose or crash it I'm not out a
lot because I bought it used from a kid that needed cash.

One of my clients was telling me that he'll be flying one with infrared imaging
for search and rescue.

[aviator]

I fly a Mavic 2 pro. The Mavic 2 enterprise dual has IR camera as well and I may buy one later. Pricey!

[Loggiebone]

[aviator]

30 minutes a battery. I have several and can keep going.

[802Mike]

[aviator]

Mike, these IR camera jobbies can run well beyond 5000$.
Post up some pics/vids of your flying

[802Mike]

I would but if my neighbor's husband finds out it wouldn't be good.
Actually, I haven't been recording anything.

[justjoe]

Pretty cool stuff Mani.

[Flyboy]

Hope you drone owner pilots bought liability insurance?

[aviator]

Well, if you are mostly a hobbyist pilot, and follow rules, you should be OK. If you do commercial work, then it is vital.

[Pittsdriverwes]

Drones have come a long way in the last 8 years. In 2011, I was involved in a project for my kid's school where we bought a nearby 9 hole golf course to turn it in to an athletic park. I strapped a GoPro to the wing strut of my Pitts and flew around it getting some pretty good fall foliage video of the property and the school,

https://vimeo.com/31522461

Now, someone just launches a drone and get's way better video and photographs and didn't have to become a Pitts pilot to do it:

https://focusbykenneth.smugmug.com/S...Athletic-Park/

Another friend of mine is a a home inspector and he's using a drone instead of climbing on the roof.

I keep thinking one of my kids will give me one for father's day but I keep getting socks.

[Loggiebone]

That looks like one very expense piece of land!

[aviator]

Drones have come a long way in the last 8 years. In 2011, I was involved in a project for my kid's school where we bought a nearby 9 hole golf course to turn it in to an athletic park. I strapped a GoPro to the wing strut of my Pitts and flew around it getting some pretty good fall foliage video of the property and the school,

https://vimeo.com/31522461

Now, someone just launches a drone and get's way better video and photographs and didn't have to become a Pitts pilot to do it:

https://focusbykenneth.smugmug.com/S...Athletic-Park/

Another friend of mine is a a home inspector and he's using a drone instead of climbing on the roof.

I keep thinking one of my kids will give me one for father's day but I keep getting socks.

Get one Wes, they are so totally fun for us pilots. Its just an extension of flying.

[802Mike]

Spotted some turkeys in the field across the road this morning and was going
to put the drone up and go have a look. But then I saw a pickup parked in the
pullout and guessed he was a hunter. Probably wouldn't have turned out well.

[aviator]

Spotted some turkeys in the field across the road this morning and was going
to put the drone up and go have a look. But then I saw a pickup parked in the
pullout and guessed he was a hunter. Probably wouldn't have turned out well.

If you stay a bit high, most cant hear a drone and dont care.