How can we feel safe during flight?

Feeling safe in flight, both for us and our clients, is of utmost importance.

In the past, most if not all drones were operated entirely “manually” by the pilot, excluding of course the onboard flight computer that balances each propeller. They always ran the risk of drifting off course in heavy wind gusts or simply from pilot error.

Nowadays, there is still a very large community of “manual” drone enthusiasts, building custom drones by hand with not much in the way of safeguards. Because they prefer it that way, it’s the difference between a manual transmission sports car and a self-driving Tesla.

They are also used in professional photography when the shot requires acrobatics or very difficult maneuvers (that needs the drone to not be limited by safety concerns).

However, in terms of more commercial projects such as those we offer, the majority of jobs involve modern drones with very rigorous safety and automation features as seen above, such as the following:

• 360 obstacle avoidance sensors

• Landing sensors (infrared, laser, etc)

• Full GPS tracking by up to 40 satellites at once for maximum positional stability

• Automatic braking / bypassing in the event of proximity to objects or people

In other words, both we and our clients can feel safe during project shoots.

If something were to occur, it’s crucial to always be fully insured as the drone operator (and make sure that your insurance plan covers damage to third party property, over $300k at least as a baseline, which most insurance companies offer by default).