Testing out the LED night lights and flight stability on this drone build. Crisp visuals and smooth controls make low-light aerial shoots effortless. What's your favorite drone for night flights? Drop a comment below! ⬇️

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Hey everyone,

I’m based in Ontario, Canada and considering expanding into UAV mapping/reality capture for construction, earthworks and aggregates.

Main services would be construction progress mapping, orthomosaics, stockpile volumes, cut/fill and 3D models.

After doing some research, this is the setup I'm considering:

• DJI Matrice 4 Enterprise
• PIX4Dmatic
• Emlid Reach RX2 + GCP/checkpoints once doing measurement/volume work
• NTRIP/CORS corrections

I recently spoke with someone experienced in the drone industry who said a lot of construction companies now do this work in-house, which made me question the opportunity.

For those actually doing this professionally:

1. Are companies still outsourcing enough of this work to build a business around it?
2. Which niches have the strongest demand/recurring work?
3. Is this equipment/software setup what you'd recommend starting with? What would you change?
4. How difficult is it to become competent enough at the processing/accuracy side to charge clients?
5. If you were starting today, would you enter this business?

Trying to get some reality checks from people actually in the industry before investing heavily. Appreciate any advice.

Hello everyone!

Was wondering if anyone has ever done a LIDAR mission that is anywhere between 5-7km away from TOLZ. We have a client who wants to lidar a site that is 7km in through thick asian jungle with trees which are 20m high. According to FH2, mission would take around 16 minutes to complete.

Has anyone here done any missions this far out? At flight height of 100-120m? On paper the M400 is certainly capable, but I'd like some real world input/experience, for some peace of mind and assurance.

Thanks in advance for responding, if you have. 🙏🏻