Thinking about buying a drone for a gift. Do any of you have one? What are the pros and cons with them? Looking for one that uses a camera for video and pics. Been seeing a few on some sale sights. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks [Reply]
Originally Posted by prhom:
The company I work for has a fixed wing eBee drone for doing photogrammetry. It’s really cool as you just plan out the flight path and off it goes. The resolution in the finished photo mosaic product is amazing and the precision for topo is second only to lidar. Our only issue have been hawks and eagles. We were trying to cover a project in Mexico this week and had it go down again, but I’m pretty sure someone shot it down this time. Took a few days to find all of the pieces...
Those fixed-wing ebee's fly a long time. We have the Trimble Navigation version looks just like the ebee. The firm I work for has a love affair with Trimble and Leica.
Originally Posted by srvy:
Those fixed-wing ebee's fly a long time. We have the Trimble Navigation version looks just like the ebee. The firm I work for has a love affair with Trimble and Leica.
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
DJI Mavic Mini so you don't need to register with the FAA.
This used to be true, but it doesn't look like it is any longer. Assuming you have the stickers and propeller guards in place.
Originally Posted by :
The DJI Mavic Mini Drone unmanned aircraft system (UAS), is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard, controlled from an operator on the ground, and is required to be registered with the FAA.
