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Sundance Media Group Podcasts, Webinars, and more!
It has been a few weeks of lock-down now and we hope that all our readers are doing well during these uncertain times. If you haven't seen our post with links to assist small businesses, resources for laid-off workers and key ways we all can save and use our downtime, check it out here. Our [...]
Selecting the Right Drone for Your Construction Business
Douglas Spotted Eagle and Brady Reisch headed into the field to collect aerial construction data over fourteen weeks with three different drones. Their goal was to determine which drone was best for the construction job site. They used three popular aircraft for the comparisons and the results were pretty surprising. Read all about it [...]
EVO II from Autel-First Impressions
We received an Autel Evo II for evaluation and presentation to some of the public safety agencies with whom we work. We are thrilled that Autel provided us with an Evo II to evaluate for an upcoming law enforcement conference. The Evo II is a significant departure from the original Evo, and should not be [...]
IS THE UAS INDUSTRY PREPARED FOR 8K? DO WE WANT 8K?
In 2004, Sony released the world’s first low-cost HD camera, known as the HVR-Z1U. The camera featured a standard 1/3” imager, squeezing 1440x1080 pixels (anamorphic/non-square) pixels on to the sensor. This was also the world’s first pro-sumer camera using the MPEG2 compression scheme, with a color sample of 4:2:0, and using a GOP method of [...]
HIGH-INTENSITY SPOTLIGHT FOR AEE MACH™ 4 sUAS
## PRESS RELEASE ## CONTACT INFORMATION: AEE USA Mike Kahn Mike Kahn mkahn@aee.com 858.349.5246 RELEASE DATE: 10.24.2019 HIGH-INTENSITY SPOTLIGHT FOR AEE MACH™ 4 sUAS Transformative lighting for unmanned aircraft now available Dateline: [Las Vegas NV 10.25.2019] — Powered by FoxFury, AEE announces a 4-degree spotlight created for the AEE Mach™ 4 aircraft, providing users [...]
THE SNAKE OIL OF THE CUAS INDUSTRY
First and foremost, there are exceptionally capable counter-UAS solutions available from developers and manufacturers with great integrity. This article is not about them. This is about the “jump on the bandwagon to capture bucks by generating uninformed fear” businesses that are cropping up like weeds in a concrete parking lot. Otherwise known in the security [...]
NOTAMs, Authorizations, and Waivers (O My!)
Recent experiences around the country indicate that there are pilots in the UAS industry that may not fully understand the unique differences between Authorizations, Waivers, and NOTAMs. The point of this article is to express the differences, and bring clarity to the three notifications. Imagine a public event where multiple UAS pilots will gather to [...]
Sundance Media Group’s newest educational tool – Podcasts!
Every year, Sundance Media Group sits with it's employees and takes a moment to debrief the past year. What's worked, what challenges we've faced, and what we'd like to see implemented in the days/months/years to come. Given the amazing team we have, it should be no surprise that the team wanted to find even more ways [...]
AC 107-2 Maintenance, Batteries, and Logging
Maintenance of any aircraft system is a basic requirement, and UAS are no different. All too frequently, UAS operators/pilots arrive on scene, take a drone out of its case (assuming the aircraft lives in a case), and puts it into the air. While this may seem too simplified, a recent survey polling 107 certificate holders [...]