My recent re-interest in this topic has a retired friend of mine wanting to take the 701 course and possibly join in a business idea we came up w/ last night at dinner (yes, I know these things usually fade away but hey why not at least be excited about it) in a way to use the drone to make $$ (yes we prob arent the first one with this specific idea, but after looking around this morning, there seems to be a need for sure!)..
The problem is it appears to be 200-300 bucks for an online course these days... that takes the wind out of his sails... while I'm willing to front him some $$ I really don't have it either (after spending close to 1000 myself on drone + classes + test costs, etc..)... is there an alternative out there for a bright person? He's always had more than 4.0 average and passed his USCG captains course in one day of testing (when they tell you to at least break it into two days)...
I've googled it and only come up with the route I went.. a while ago.
The problem is it appears to be 200-300 bucks for an online course these days... that takes the wind out of his sails... while I'm willing to front him some $$ I really don't have it either (after spending close to 1000 myself on drone + classes + test costs, etc..)... is there an alternative out there for a bright person? He's always had more than 4.0 average and passed his USCG captains course in one day of testing (when they tell you to at least break it into two days)...
I've googled it and only come up with the route I went.. a while ago.