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Male
About
Location
Shawnee, KS
About Me:
I am a High Voltage Electrician by trade and in the process of starting my own business for inspecting and mapping using a UAV
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am researching UAV units to find the best one for my inspection and mapping needs. I thought I would join the community to learn more about them.
Hometown:
Kansas
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"@ausdroid
This is what I need to achieve.
We have a lot of substations to take photos of we don't have to get down inside the substation but we have to fly the perimeter and take photos from every angle. A lot of these substations are located in…"
This is what I need to achieve.
We have a lot of substations to take photos of we don't have to get down inside the substation but we have to fly the perimeter and take photos from every angle. A lot of these substations are located in…"
"I am fairly new to this game and have been doing a lot of research over the last year on a drone that I feel could be considered industrial grade. It seems everybody selling a drone or offering a custom build is doing the same thing. Buying or…"
"@ Yun take. I haven't paid 65k for a drone that's what this entire conversation is about. The discussion of why industrial drones have a 65k dollar price tag. I am in the process of educating myself and doing my homework, that is also what this…"
"@ Yun Take. Regardless of which route I decide to take I need to educate myself regarding building and testing. It would be extremely beneficial to be able to eventually build my own units. Any suggestions on how to begin this process would be…"
"Just recently I had 345kv launch my current unit into the ground like the hand of God grabbed it and threw it. Nobody knows if 65k would have prevented that or not. Are there units that are even tested under these conditions? and if so I wonder who…"
"What sort of camera selection would I have?"
"When you say with redundancy what are you referring to? Do you mean motor redundancy because its an octocopter or is there some more redundancy built in."
"No, I am not on a hobby level and that's the problem I am having. The electric utility industry is very conservative and their tolerance for safety is stringent. I can't have a drone fly into an energized piece of equipment or randomly take off on…"
"Ya they know what there doing, what a beautiful machine. Thanks for sharing. Looks like the moneys in the gimbal. What happens if there is a motor failure? The same thing that happened to my 10k dollar draganflyer she shoots to the ground like a…"
"John give me your opinion on what would make a solid unit. Freefly Alta? Gryphon? what flight controller should i put in the frame? Its not hard to research motors and ESC's. How about some advice on what flight controller to put in a solid frame.…"
"Well it sounds like I need to start educating myself on how to build my own custom built unit and I need to get started ASAP. Any suggestions where I might start. I would spend 10k building myself a drone all day everyday over the price tag there…"
"I have no problem paying someone to build me a RTF unit thats what i will probably do. I agree time is money. I guess my hangup was the price seperation of these units and the only thing I could see that might create this gap was the flight…"
"So I could build myself a comparible inspection drone with the finest over the counter parts and pieces I can find and end up with something just as reliable as one of these 65k dollar units? I like what your telling me here John. "
I have been getting qoutes for a drone to add to our inspection business. So far I have quotes from Aibotix, Ascending Technologies, Aeryon and Altus. We currently use a Draganflyer X4. These professional drones have a massive price tag attached to…
"What made you decide on the Altus? Its a pricey unit. I have been looking at them also. "
I am new to the UAV world and have been searching and researching for months now and thought I would join the community and ask some questions on the things I have been researching. I am in the process of starting my own business and one of the…
