A long Day With Florida Drone Supply And An M-200

[SanCap]

I was invited to work with @Florida Drone Supply and another one of Michael's local clients to do a runway inspection here in South West Florida. We also had a couple of Inspire 2's and an M-600. We had an X4s, X5s and an XT thermal imaging camera along with the Olympus 12, 17, 25 and 45mm lenses. We had 4 sets of batteries for the M-600 (24 batteries), 14 sets (28 batteries) for the M-200 and Inspire 2's. We had a portable generator and a large battery bank for recharging all the batteries.

We had several iPads, 2 Crystalsky monitors and a couple of Atomos HDMI monitors.

Michael's other client was contracted to inspect the runway for defects and the surrounding area for future development. We did a multitude of passes and cross hatch passes using Drone Deploy's App testing all of the lenses and cameras to see which combination was the best for the task.

I am not privy to all the images that were taken but I am able to share some of the photos I captured. The one XT image I have is pretty neat as it shows where a manned aircraft was parked an hour or so before we flew the XT camera. You can see how the ground is cooler where the aircraft was.

It was a fun and very educational day with Michael and his clients, I was pleased to be invited.

 

[AeroMirage]

Bet that was fun!!
That XT image is spooky.

 

[2nd2non]

Which lens works best with I2 and drone deploy?

 

[SanCap]

Bet that was fun!!
That XT image is spooky.

It was fun! Working with others in the trade is great networking and you never know what job may pop up next. I look forward to using the XT more in the future and may have to get one for myself.

 

[SanCap]

Which lens works best with I2 and drone deploy?

I can not answer that yet as I have not seen any of the finished product. When I do I will definitely share it with the forum.

 

[cvanhoose]

Good stuff! Next time you guys have a party, send a neighbor an invite
I am local here in Southwest FL.

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

Good stuff! Next time you guys have a party, send a neighbor an invite
I am local here in Southwest FL.

Sure thing! We like to get our local clients involved in things whenever we can. This one was down in Everglades City. I'll let you know the next time we do something or we can get together anytime to show you all the newest stuff.

 

[SanCap]

Good stuff! Next time you guys have a party, send a neighbor an invite
I am local here in Southwest FL.

Send me your contact info, I will try to keep you in the loop.

 

[cvanhoose]

Send me your contact info, I will try to keep you in the loop.

thank you, PM sent.

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

I am also going to check with the client to see if I can share some of the thermal or the stitched mapping images for anyone who is interested. The thermal images really showed the cracks in the runways well as they are a different temp than the runway itself...it looked like shattered glass in some places.

 

[SanCap]

I am also going to check with the client to see if I can share some of the thermal or the stitched mapping images for anyone who is interested. The thermal images really showed the cracks in the runways well as they are a different temp than the runway itself...it looked like shattered glass in some places.

I look forward to seeing those images.

 

[OmniDrone Aerial]

I am very interested in the M-200. Wish you weren't so far away! I'm in Somerset, Wisconsin which is not far from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul).

 

[eldorado]

Michael's other client was contracted to inspect the runway for defects and the surrounding area for future development. We did a multitude of passes and cross hatch passes using Drone Deploy's App testing all of the lenses and cameras to see which combination was the best for the task.
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Hello, sounds like a great opportunity to see and evaluate a wide variety of systems in practical application.
Please keep us updated with any findings!
QUESTION regarding DroneDeploy (DD): I fly an Inspire 1 and have had issues with DD not releasing control to pilot when mission starts to RTH. (ie RTH can NOT be cancelled by pilot) Did they let DD fly the machine from take off to landing or did the pilot manage the take-off and landing manually?

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

I am very interested in the M-200. Wish you weren't so far away! I'm in Somerset, Wisconsin which is not far from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul).

I know the area well. My family is all from the Minneapolis suburbs and other parts of rural MN. Still have family in Winona - right across from LaCross.

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

I know the area well. My family is all from the Minneapolis suburbs and other parts of rural MN. Still have family in Winona - right across from LaCross.

I'll send you a PM with some more M200 info.

 

[SanCap]

Hello, sounds like a great opportunity to see and evaluate a wide variety of systems in practical application.
Please keep us updated with any findings!
QUESTION regarding DroneDeploy (DD): I fly an Inspire 1 and have had issues with DD not releasing control to pilot when mission starts to RTH. (ie RTH can NOT be cancelled by pilot) Did they let DD fly the machine from take off to landing or did the pilot manage the take-off and landing manually?

They allowed full control of Drone Deploy, takeoff and landings. We were actually marking the takeoff spot and where it landed, it was mostly very accurate. DD was not always functioning properly. There were a couple of flights where it seemed to have lost its location and the camera would behave erratically, those times they aborted the mission and let it fly back on its own. We could never diagnose these experiences whether it was input error or interference from outside sources.

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

Here are some sample images taken with the M-200, X5S and the 17mm, 25mm and 45mm lenses of the runway. These are single images taken from the mapping mission.

 

[Eric Braun]

Here are some sample images taken with the M-200, X5S and the 17mm, 25mm and 45mm lenses of the runway. These are single images taken from the mapping mission.
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The M200 has CineCore so it can run the X5S?

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

The M200 has CineCore so it can run the X5S?

No, the M200 is different than the Inspire 2 (no SSD, no ProRes or Cinema DNG option) - but it can use the X5S and X4S but only has the ability to record on microSD cards.