Drone for Missing Pet Recovery

[MtnGirl]

What thermal drone would you recommend for missing pet recovery? I was told this one, but of course I don't have $22K to spend on one: DJI Matrice M210 RTK v2 - D-RTK2, Zenmuse XT2 & Z30.

Does anyone have any experience with the Enterprise Dual for this application? Not sure if the sensor is big enough to make this a worthwhile purchase. Would love to see some photos.

The little Parrot Anafi looks interesting to me, but again, sensor size is everything, and there are no safety sensors on the drone itself. something I would like to have.

Thank you for any insight and information you may have.

 

[Johnmcl7]

Welcome to the forum, unfortunately I don't have any IR experience myself so would recommend having a look through the dedicated Mavic Enterprise section here which might help:

Mavic 2 Enterprise

mavicpilots.com

Within this group of forums there's one dedicated to commercial drones with a thermal imaging section which is worth checking as well:

Thermal Imaging

commercialdronepilots.com

 

[RobertR]

I know that you’re in the US, but try asking here:

How does Drone SAR work? – Drone SAR for lost dogs UK

 

[sar104]

The Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced would be the least expensive viable option for reasonable thermal imaging.

 

[SladeSteele07]

I just did this last night using my M30t. Dog took off into a 25 acre wooded area due to 4th of July fireworks. I did a grid search near sunset and identified the dog with the thermal and then zoomed in with the zoom camera. From 450 feet, I could almost read the tag on the collar! It is expensive and it may not be a flexible as the Matrice 200 or 300, but it is easy to use, quick to set up and about as functional as any drone I have ever used.