Cell Tower Inspection

[Lonestar]

This is a crazy funny thread with all kinds of people with ZERO cell tower inspection experience talking all kids of crappola - what a joke.

I did cell tower inspections for a year, got so close the blades almost touched every kind of antenna possible. ZERO WORRIES, ZERO INTERFERENCE, ZERO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE ANTENNAS - knuckleheads posting crap - lol. I stopped doing them cause the pay sucked, and I hated looking straight up over my head all day !!!
I'd jump on on my storage drives and show you guys chitloads of pics, but why bother as some idiot will always have some bs to say anyways -

I want to see the vdeo. Vimeo ,youtube all free post them.

 

[Bri Guy]

I want to see the vdeo. Vimeo ,youtube all free post them.

You would have to pay me for my time to put up some vids for you.
Here's a couple screen grabs - OMG, I'm outta control !!! LOL

 

[ShaunMac]

Great work Bri guy

 

[Lonestar]

You grab pics like that anywhere on the internet.

 

[Donnie Frank]

How about a Z3? Have the I1 and been thinking about inspections using it. Z30 is a bit out of budget for the moment.

Spectrum Analyzer/RF Analyzer is a must a read the "RF Explorer Handheld Spectrum Analyzer 6G Combo" on Amazon is good.

Episodes 174, 178 and 188 of Ask DroneU podcast are about inspections and good info provided about Farraday cages, interference etc

From what I've seen, it seems the Z3 gives you enough optical zoom to stay clear of cell towers and still get great shots. And honestly, I don't think you want to go too far past 3x zoom as a larger radius would become a problem.

 

[Gary5720]

This is a crazy funny thread with all kinds of people with ZERO cell tower inspection experience talking all kids of crappola - what a joke.

I did cell tower inspections for a year, got so close the blades almost touched every kind of antenna possible. ZERO WORRIES, ZERO INTERFERENCE, ZERO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE ANTENNAS - knuckleheads posting crap - lol. I stopped doing them cause the pay sucked, and I hated looking straight up over my head all day !!!
I'd jump on on my storage drives and show you guys chitloads of pics, but why bother as some idiot will always have some bs to say anyways -

This is a crazy funny thread with all kinds of people with ZERO cell tower inspection experience talking all kids of crappola - what a joke.

I did cell tower inspections for a year, got so close the blades almost touched every kind of antenna possible. ZERO WORRIES, ZERO INTERFERENCE, ZERO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE ANTENNAS - knuckleheads posting crap - lol. I stopped doing them cause the pay sucked, and I hated looking straight up over my head all day !!!
I'd jump on on my storage drives and show you guys chitloads of pics, but why bother as some idiot will always have some bs to say anyways -

How much does it pay? There’s some of them on the mountain by my house and I would like to ask about them but how much should I ask for I have no clue on how much that pays.

 

[Gary5720]

I have not done cell towers yet, but I have done hundreds of wind turbines. When I inspect a turbine, I have a technician lock the hub and pitch the blades so I can get a good image without putting my drone in too much danger. The question I have is can you arrange for the tower to go "off line" during your inspection? I can do a wind turbine, all three blades in about 20 minutes. I don't think a cell tower should be too much different.

That is pretty cool that you have been hired to do wind turbines. How much do you make for inspecting those, I have heard it’s like 360 a turbine. What kind of setup do you need? Does that take two people.