The Coastal Drone Podcast Ian Wills

This is an audio recording from our most recent Community Zoom call, where we discuss drone operations from a moving platform, more specifically, boats.



We talk about the importance of resetting your lost link, BVLOS consideration, maximum flight distance, and more!



If you'd like to join these calls live, find out more at https://coastaldrone.co/community/

This week, in a videocast from our weekly zoom held on Coastal Drone Pro Monthly, we interview Mat Matthews from Blackhawk Aeronautical Inc. of Edmonton, about how he was hired and successfully executed live drone footage covering the Edmonton Police Services funeral for fallen officers Cst. Travis Jordan and Cst. Brett Ryan on March 27, 2023.

We're back!



In this episode, Finn and I talk about some emergency scenarios, lessons learned, and the importance of a Safety Management System.

This episode comes from the editing room floor, we shot this, edited it, and then forgot to publish it!

In this episode, Ian & Finn discuss the Advanced Pilot online exam, register a parachute for operations-over-people, and chat about current events.

January 6, 2022 - Weekly News, Highlights from CES 2022, Top Questions, and upcoming content preview.



WEEKLY NEWS LINKS


Large Order of Agricultural drones:  https://www.wionews.com/india-news/this-indian-firm-to-deliver-8000-agro-mapping-and-inspection-drones-to-uae-malaysia-and-panama-441667
Drones for Safety. Another sight of the times in the drone industry. Drone Defence in the UK, Drones with thermal and RGB cameras and a spotlight. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10362349/Plan-DRONES-spotlight-thermal-camera-protect-women-walking-night.html
Firefighting drones: Time to get on the scene and initial assessment https://www.commercialdroneprofessional.com/drones-the-future-of-fighting-wildfires/
Drone Racing League to crown its champion tonight in Las Vegas.  https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jan/05/drone-racing-league-to-crown-its-champion-tonight/
Everdrone’s Emergency Medical Aerial Delivery (EMADE) launched a defibrillator drone. https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22868777/everdrone-drone-defibrillator-health-tech-sweden
Air Seed Technologies (an Australian Company) released a drone that can plant 40,000 trees per day per drone. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/these-seed-drones-can-plant-40-000-trees-a-day/fa6b38a1-c466-4715-96ee-9d03d0372f7f

CES 2022 HIGHLIGHTS


Hydrogen Fueled 5G Drones - https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/17600/hydrogen-fuel-cell-drones-gain-traction-at-ces-2022
Skydio 2+ Launched  - https://www.skydio.com/skydio-2-plus
Air Neo Selfie Drone - https://www.ces.tech/Innovation-Awards/Honorees/2022/Honorees/A/AIR-NEO.aspx
Autel Nano starting to show up in stores - https://www.autelrobotics.com/productdetail/24.html
XDynamics Evolve 2 - Another pro drone option? - https://store.xdynamics.com/product/evolve2/
Sony AirPeak discussion - https://square.sony.com/ces2022/airpeak/

THIS WEEK'S TOP QUESTIONS


Basic and then Advanced?
Flight Reviews Indoors

UPCOMING WQA Episode Preview

Discussion on Recency!

There are countless examples of efficiencies that can be realized when a company decides to run their own drone program. In many cases, the demand for flying is just so specific or frequent, that it only makes sense for a company to do it themselves. Having said that, no matter what the size or complexity of your drone operation, there are certain considerations that every operator should be aware of. In this episode, we’ll discuss how to decide if an internal company drone program makes sense, or if that is something that would be better outsourced to a third party.

Host: Ian Wills, Mark Watkins

Check out more in the blog article:  WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO START A DRONE PROGRAM?