I am looking on advice and ideas on searching for a mission person. Here are the details.
Matthew weaver went missing over 2 years ago at Rosa's overlook in topanga, California. If you research the name you will find alot of details about the case. The area is very steep and covered with brush and trees. I was asked to help searching about 6 months ago, after repelling 3 times a week down the cliffs, I figured a drone would be more effective, so I obtained my part 107 license and have purchased 3 drones. A phantom 3 advanced, a mavic pro, and just last week a mavic 2 zoom.
I have been flying manually down the cliff but with all the obstructions it makes it difficult to see the ground. I purchased a samsung 360 camera because I came up with the idea of putting it on a pole and using the drone to push it through brush to see closer to the ground. Has anyone done this before? I first tried using wire but started to get the pendulum effect and wasted alot of time trying to steady it and it was obviously going to get stuck when I got close to branches. This led me to a pole being a better option or perhaps a inspection camera. I wanted to use a 360 camera to get full coverage of the area in one shot.
I would like to automate the process for the drone to go to the location , drop down, pull up and fly to the next location. The weight of the pole and the camera would limit flight time, so automation would maximize the process.
Another idea was to get the mavic propeller cage from dji to fly safely closer to the ground between the obstructions. I have watched a few videos and if anyone has a opinion on the effectiveness of this product please let me know.
Thank you, I am open to ideas and assistance.
Matthew weaver went missing over 2 years ago at Rosa's overlook in topanga, California. If you research the name you will find alot of details about the case. The area is very steep and covered with brush and trees. I was asked to help searching about 6 months ago, after repelling 3 times a week down the cliffs, I figured a drone would be more effective, so I obtained my part 107 license and have purchased 3 drones. A phantom 3 advanced, a mavic pro, and just last week a mavic 2 zoom.
I have been flying manually down the cliff but with all the obstructions it makes it difficult to see the ground. I purchased a samsung 360 camera because I came up with the idea of putting it on a pole and using the drone to push it through brush to see closer to the ground. Has anyone done this before? I first tried using wire but started to get the pendulum effect and wasted alot of time trying to steady it and it was obviously going to get stuck when I got close to branches. This led me to a pole being a better option or perhaps a inspection camera. I wanted to use a 360 camera to get full coverage of the area in one shot.
I would like to automate the process for the drone to go to the location , drop down, pull up and fly to the next location. The weight of the pole and the camera would limit flight time, so automation would maximize the process.
Another idea was to get the mavic propeller cage from dji to fly safely closer to the ground between the obstructions. I have watched a few videos and if anyone has a opinion on the effectiveness of this product please let me know.
Thank you, I am open to ideas and assistance.