I have experience with real estate work, and have volunteered my time for some search work in the past. When I replaced my original Mavic Pro Platinum I looked for a thermal capable drone to let me do more search work, and settled on an M2ED.
A local farmer reached out, heard I had thermal capability, and is interested in calling me out to find missing calves on the farm. We haven't had a chat about pricing just yet, but he's already called twice (and cancelled before I left home both times).
How are others pricing this kind of work? It's different than the real estate stuff I do (those are 1h on site, 2h editing) and extra for travel.
The farm is within my normal (no extra charge) operating area, but there won't be any post work - and I'm interested in this work because it's good practice for human or pet search work with the thermal functions. Night flying adds some risk, but I'm comfortable with saying no when conditions aren't safe to fly. I do want to keep the rate reasonable, was considering $100 for the first hour and $50 each additional.
Thoughts?
A local farmer reached out, heard I had thermal capability, and is interested in calling me out to find missing calves on the farm. We haven't had a chat about pricing just yet, but he's already called twice (and cancelled before I left home both times).
How are others pricing this kind of work? It's different than the real estate stuff I do (those are 1h on site, 2h editing) and extra for travel.
The farm is within my normal (no extra charge) operating area, but there won't be any post work - and I'm interested in this work because it's good practice for human or pet search work with the thermal functions. Night flying adds some risk, but I'm comfortable with saying no when conditions aren't safe to fly. I do want to keep the rate reasonable, was considering $100 for the first hour and $50 each additional.
Thoughts?
