Recent content by MNewman

I think there's been some confusion about what I'm asking, so I'll try again: My brother in-law is a very experienced project manager for an elevator company. He asked me if drones can be used to take extremely accurate measurements of elevator shafts on construction sites, as he would prefer...

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Gotcha. Well in this case, it's about being accurate for elevators on a construction site. My understanding is that the elevator company wants to make sure that the parts they are going to install for the elevator shaft are the right size, so they want to make sure they have the absolute precise...

What about the Matrice 350RTK or the DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise with RTK Module?

I'm not an engineer. I'm a drone pilot. An engineer who works as a project manager for an elevator company asked me the above, so I'm going to assume that he already has the blueprints necessary and all that stuff. Sometimes, parts are cut incorrectly -- by as little as an inch or less. While...

I was recently asked what drone one should use for the highest accuracy to measure steel beams on a construction sight as it would save a company quite a lot of money from sending a person up there to measure it themselves. I figured I would forward that question here. The research I have found...

The last few times I flew a drone for real estate photos/videos, I got harassed by angry neighbors in the neighborhood, one of whom called the police. This definitely makes it difficult to work and creates considerable stress. What methods do you use to handle this best? I heard someone say to...

So given the battery for my drone clearly lost connectivity for unknown reasons and then fell from the sky, would using gaffer's tape to tape the battery into the drone potentially prevent this from happening? Or is there some reason why this is a bad idea to do?

Good to know. I assume then that you're probably never that close to the house itself if you're always shooting at 70mm, and just hovering about 250-400 feet away for the whole shoot?

I think we are getting off track here and the point is being missed. I'm not asking about business expenses or tax write-offs or budgets. I'm asking about whether or not any of you have personally used the Mavic Air 3's 70mm lens specifically to shoot real estate photos and videos, and (more...

I'm curious, is it really worth it to spend the extra $200 to get the RC2 instead of using the RC-N2 controller for the Mavic Air 3 or Mini Pro 4? I've always been totally fine using the RC-N controller with an iPhone when shooting with a Mavic Air 2, so I'm just curious if an upgrade is worth...

Hi All, I'm torn between purchasing the Mavic Air 3 and the Mini 4 Pro for real estate photography/videography. I like that the Air 3 has the 70mm lens, but the Mini 4 Pro is significantly cheaper. My question is -- for those of you who shoot aerial real estate, have you found the 70mm lens to...

Is it at all possible that a flock of birds may have knocked the battery out? I do recall seeing a flock of birds in the sky near where I was shooting close to the time when I lost connectivity. Is this something that has been known to occur?

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Below are pictures of the kinds of places I often have to shoot aerial photos and videos of. This means shooting at 200-250 feet, 100-125 feet, and 40-70 feet. The video portion usually has a shot list that requires lateral moving arc shots around the property at each of those elevations, as...