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 [...]
Retrieving Telemetry Logs from Yuneec ST16S and H520 ST16S 1. Power on ST16S 2. Insert micro USB cable into ST16S USB FRONT port 3. Insert USB cable into computer port 4. Open File Explorer 5. Navigate to ST16S (anzhen4_mrd7_w) Users can also rename their ST16S at this point; it's a good practice if the agency/organization [...]
Software and firmware run the world of UAS, and some developer/manufacturers offer/require frequent updates. Updates are a component of the maintenance process for any UAS and should be manually checked at minimum, every 30 days. We recommend that any old software/firmware versions be archived if possible, in the event of problems encountered with a new [...]
Press Release BOTACH and Sundance Media Group partner for sUAS Training & Consulting Services Las Vegas, NV, November 08, 2018: Botach, Inc. (OTC Markets: BOTACH) (“Botach” or the “Company”), Botach (a drone reseller), drone service provider and distributor of tactical products to the U.S. Public Safety channel, and the U.S. Government), announced a reseller/training partnership [...]
FOR RELEASE: September 18, 2018 Media Contact: Peggy O'Connor pr@asisonline.org +1.703.518.1415 AERIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS CENTER/AVOC to be on display at GSX, demonstrating present and future technologies for sUAS in Security Operations Alexandria, VA - September 15, 2018 Security is an ever-evolving landscape and sUAS (Drones) are an undeniable, significant component of future security operations. sUAS [...]
All these FARs, what’s a drone pilot to do in order to understand them? Do they matter? YES! In virtually every aviation pursuit except for sUAS, an understanding of regulations is requisite and part of most testing mechanisms. As a result, many sUAS pilots holding a Remote Pilot Certificate under Part §107 are woefully uninformed, [...]
FoxFury, Pix4D, Sundance Media Group (SMG), and the Nevada Drone Center of Excellence came together during the InterDrone Conference, sharing techniques and technology used for capturing forensic scenes during night hours. This event will be repeated during the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas on October 3, at the WestGate hotel. Register now for the [...]
Batteries, Fuel, power, energy, no matter how the cells powering UAS are referred to, are components of the Unmanned Aerial SYSTEM that are frequently ignored, often to operational peril. During this hot summer season we’ve had multiple agencies and individuals reach out with battery questions. In a few situations, fuel cells have been ignored for [...]
Sundance Media Group, LLC (SMG) has been busy this past quarter of 2017 and in an effort to share more of our experiences within the UAS industry, we will post articles more often. No easy feat when we are more often in the field than in the office! With most of the clients we train, [...]
UNDERSTANDING TURBULENCE for sUAS As sUAV/drones become more and more popular, it seems that more and more of them are striking the sides of buildings, trees, or poles without the pilot understanding why. “It was flying fine and all of a sudden it zipped up and into the side of the building.” “Everything was great until [...]
