Bandwagon's Drones Thread

Erronius said:

I'm not even sure it's real and not photoshopped. I don't think a drone would actually explode from a power line, unless it somehow bridges an insulating airgap somehow.

I guess it's possible the drone's batteries just blew up on impact, but I don't really know drones. The thing sounded super high-pitched so maybe it was some dangerously pimped up drone?

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Probably runs off of an 8s Lipo and high kv motors with 3 blade props. LiPos won't arc like that on their own, but they'll definitely blow up with flames on hard impacts.

Working on a presentation about the differences between photogrammetry and lidar

Gask said:

Mystery solved and purely by chance too.

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Haha that's awesome. Thanks!

How do I get a link to that?

Thanks. You just stumbled across that?

I have a guy working for me now that does most of the field work, but he was with the survey crew today so I got some field time. Nice to get out of the office every now and then.

Most relaxing day I've had in a month.

Truth be told, this is my favorite part of the job. The first glance at a DSM after processing is complete. This is from the Raj'Neesh place...

Lenardo said:

Sweet.

I need to get a new drone...my p4 pro had an...accident on site, a fucking tree was SLIGHTLY taller than anticpated, and while flying the pattern, a branch hit the propeller...thus boom crash broken drone as it fell ~200 feet to the ground thru a pine tree. ended up in 3 pieces.

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I think the Mavic 3 Enterprise is the replacement for the Phantom 4 Pro. That's the first prosumer one I saw (I think) with a mechanical shutter since the P4Pro. Don't have one yet....we still have 8x P4Ps in service, and just upgraded to the M300 + P1 in my office.

DJI Pilot and Pilot 2 work in pretty much the same way as pix4d capture.

I showed someone how to use Pilot 2 in 2 days

I was talking to a friend today who's the COO of a data science company that does all things geospatial. This guy knows fucking everything and is very well known and respected in the industry, so I have a lot of admiration for him. "Idol" is a strong word, but my goal is to be this guy in 10 years.

Anyways, my boss is retiring next month and I made a comment to my friend like "If this place falls apart when [boss] retires next month, I'll hit you up and see if you're ready to open an office out here". He was kind of giddy, fumbled over his words and said "....I want to maintain a good relationship with [my firm] and I'm not going to say anything that could be construed as trying to steal you, but...dude....fuck yes if that day ever comes. Anything you want."

Best godamn compliment I've ever gotten. I feel like Michael Jordan just told me I can ball.

No godamn idea, lol