The member noted above was removed due to his lashing out and being crude in a PM. He asked (insisted) to be banned and he was given his request.
Yes, it looks like they are. However, their annual policy premium is still over 10% higher than the policy I got from BWI. Still, the more competition the better!It looks like Skywatch is back.
Hello John. I recently picked up a few jobs from our mayor; simple aerials, but I’ve been unsuccessful finding local insurance carriers. I’m intrigued by the ‘per hour’ fee but wonder how the companies can monitor your usage other than accessing logs? i Need to research more but since you‘re “in it” just wanted to ask. Thanks.I use airmodo app. Most charge $10/hr. They charge $9.
I'm under the assumption that if I have an incident, I would have to prove I had insurance at the date/time. So I take a screenshot of the insurance before I fly and keep it.Hello John. I recently picked up a few jobs from our mayor; simple aerials, but I’ve been unsuccessful finding local insurance carriers. I’m intrigued by the ‘per hour’ fee but wonder how the companies can monitor your usage other than accessing logs? i Need to research more but since you‘re “in it” just wanted to ask. Thanks.
The $62 month though covers two drones. I have used SkyWatch for a couple of years. On months when I am not flying because I am working, cancel it. Start it back up when I am flying. Nice to always be covered even when flying for fun.I'd like the convenience of a monthly or annual policy. I thought SkyWatch was a bit much at $62/month, but I just created an account in AirModo and they quoted me $1093 per year. Ouch.
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Disregard. I needed to finish deleting my second drone (Mini2) from the AirModo list, then the annual cost dropped to $575.
Is that for recreational flying or Part 107? Sounds too cheap for commercial insuranceFor liability insurance, I pay $6 a month on my Air 2S through State Farm. It started at $8 a month, but dropped for some reason.
?Which member?The member noted above was removed due to his lashing out and being crude in a PM. He asked (insisted) to be banned and he was given his request.
BWI is registered in AZ too. I searched for AirModo, nothing in the AZ listing showed up. Maybe they have a different name?
Related, I wanted to make sure SkyWatch was legit, so I checked the Arizona insurance site - they are.
I think a policy 'on the individual' for multiple drones would be a good model. When I lived in the UK many years ago, this was possible with vehicles. Something like this today:@mgphoto and @CadrePilot if you have multiple cars, motorcycles, houses etc you pay per unit regardless of use time. Why would UAS be any different? Think about it from the Insurance Co's viewpoint.
It's also important to note that some business (like ours) use more than one drone. By utilizing multiple drones you are increasing the risk (to the insurance company) by that same amount. In theory you could destroy multiple drones in a single day. So far I've only destroyed 1 per day but going to multiple sites a day it's very possible you could have an "incident" with more than one UAS and have multiple claims.