Category: Safety/Best Practices
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Protected: Hot Cars & LiPo Batteries: A Swell Mix or an Epic Fail?
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RTK and Drone Mapping: Do You Need It? Is It Worth It?
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) is a buzz term in the UA industry, one many pilots may not understand, even though they may be “mapping” with an uncrewed aircraft (drone). When it comes to RTK and drone mapping, how necessary is the technology to a drone services provider? Will it earn a services provider more money?…
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LUTS, LOG, 10Bit, and Drones
The latest trend in UA camera systems is an ability to record in 10bit file formats, as well as in LOG formats, which allow the use of Look-Up Tables (LUTs, often pronounced “Loots” and more generally pronounced “luhts”), providing significantly greater dynamic range. This greater dynamic range enables color matching, greater opportunity to color correct…
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UNDERSTANDING TURBULENCE for sUAS
As sUAV/drones become more and more popular, it seems that more and more of them are striking the sides of buildings, trees, or poles without the pilot understanding why. “It was flying fine and all of a sudden it zipped up and into the side of the building.” “Everything was great until the drone had a…
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WHY WE DON’T CATCH OUR DRONES
Oct 2016Catching a drone in midflight seems to be a badge of honor amongst some drone pilots, and the reasoning behind it is baffling. It’s “so easy to do” there are even videos that teach drone operators how to catch their drone. They have a number of arguments in favor of doing so. “I don’t…
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Is Information Security (INFOSEC) Important to Your UAS Program? (it should be)
June, 2018 Last week I gave a seminar on various aspects of UAS in Public Safety, and a component of that discussion was information security/infosec. During the presentation, one officer from a California beach community made a comment while shrugging his shoulders, explained their use of a popular brand of drone sharing information with and…
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What to look for in a LiDAR Sensor
2022 is clearly the year of LiDAR. At all of the UAS shows in the USA, Mexico, Canada, and EU, the hot topic is LiDAR in 2022, and 2023 is ramping up to be more of the same, with significant growth. LiDAR is a “LIght Detection And Ranging” sensor, utilizing a laser, position-controlled mirror, an…