1. Don’t ignore Dan’s comments. It’s easy enough to get the license. But they ARE looking to make examples of people. 2. I’m using a lot of mimosa lately and they have dual radios, 2..4 and 5 ghz which allows me to use them for LOS testing and pick the perfect spot for the antenna. 😊 3. Don’t skimp. Get a good one or build your own if you have the knowhow. You don’t want to have a flyaway that causes a car accident or anything like that. Larger ones are more stable. Mine is a home-built 30 inch platform with 8 motors. It allows for extra weight which is nice when you need to do real aerial photography with a real camera with a nice telephoto lens.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Jones Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 12:59 PM To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Subject: [WISPA] What would you use a drone for? Good day, I am trying to list out all the uses for a drone to justify buying one. Here are a few that I have come up with: 1. New tower site surveys. we are running into areas that our standard 45' tower will not cut it. (I know its short but hey we have elevation changes from 7200' to 8600' in less than 3 miles.) a drone could be used to determine how high a tower needs to be to get the best coverage. 2. Tower maintenance. We have a water tower that we are on that is no longer in use nor maintained. The top ladder is about to fall off and we need to get it repaired. A drone can take the needed pictures from the top to help us determine what parts/bolts/welder we need to fix it. That would save a trip with an 80' bucket truck so we only will need it once. What else can anyone think of for use of a drone? What would justify the cost to make it clearly a tool and not a toy? -- David Jones NGL Connection 307-288-5491 ext 702
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