1. Drones For Work
Food For Thought For the New Customer Considering Drone Services
Lee Badman President, Wirednot, LLC

2. What you should be thinking about
Why drones?
Why commercial drone pilots?
Use cases
Basic deliverables when drones are used
Advanced deliverables
Not all drones, pilots are interchangeable

3. So… why drones? The “eye in the sky” can cover a lot of ground fast
Safety (see roofs, chimneys, towers without climbing)
Get a high-resolution camera in strategic places
Record video, take photographs
Gather information, intelligence
Act as a workforce-multiplier

4. In other words, it’s a tool.

5. Why commercial drone pilots?
Depending on where the drone operations will take place, understanding the airspace system (where other aircraft operate) is crucial
Safety, liability- yours and theirs
Through experience comes skill, safety record
Can legally operate where hobbyists can’t
Higher quality work (hopefully)
Insured (hopefully)
Better depth of equipment (hopefully)

6. The Federal Aviation Administration has certified me as a Remote Pilot after I passed a fairly rigorous exam.

7. Use cases Agriculture Security Building, facility inspection
Site views
Flood monitoring
Event recording
Real estate
Anything you can dream up

11. Basic deliverables from drones in the field
Quick-turnaround raw footage
Quick-turnaround photos
Can be accessed online or delivered as files on transportable media
Good pilots will also have ground-camera on hand as well, different zoom capabilities to accent drone work where applicable
15-25 minute flight times per battery
Manual or basic programming of flights

12. Advanced deliverable$
Highly edited photos and videos suitable for commercial use
“Stitching” multiple images into specialty map
Exceptions requested to FAA for flying in restricted areas
Thermal imaging/sensing
Dropping of payloads
Longer flight times per battery
More advanced programmed flights

13. Not all drones, pilots are interchangeable
A good pilot with an average drone is better than a bad pilot with the best drone available
Many (but far from all) consumer-grade drones do well in commercial applications. There are drones out there that run $25K or better!
Better pilots or drone-based companies have multiple drones, controllers, batteries for every job
Applications like thermal imaging take a different grade of drone versus video/photography
Some pilots are better businesspeople than others- the technical side is only part of the equation

14. In closing…
A good drone pilot or service rep will help you decide the specifics of what you need for drone services
Beware the drone services provider who promises everything
For occasional or rare drone services, there are many companies with pools of pilots hungry for work, but you are dealing with strangers
For frequent drone services, develop a relationship with a pilot or company you can rely on
Make sure the terms of the services engagement are well- documented for everyone’s protection

15. Thank you for your time. Lee Badman wirednomore@gmail.com