Borrow / Rent Drone Time

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Not right now but in the spring (whenever that is) I would like to get someone out to my house with a drone / camera setup. I have two areas of the roof that I can’t see from the ground no matter how far back I get and being that I have a three story house, I don’t like the concept of having to go up there 35-45 feet above the ground. I don’t like heights, you can laugh all you want, it is what it is.

Would be willing to pay someone if that’s what it takes. Please respond / PM me if you think you’d be interested. Thanks.http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36155&stc=1

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I’d love to help you out but none of my flying toys have cameras. If you can find one to borrow I’ve got a lot of experience flying quads and helis.

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Stand on the metal building, the you only need to see one side

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Don’t you have any crew workers that you could get to climb on up there?

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We already spoke in PM, but i just wanted to say I have 10 years heli experience, many of those droning. I have no problem with precision flying, we can get up close and personal with what you need looked at, even considering the wide lenses I use.

If anyone else needs something personal, let me know. Not for business. Just for kicks.

I really just want to sample some more directed flights. Flying for joy is kind of random, whereas I want more experience doing a “job” so I can finish up my exemption request before too many more laws change.

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I have one if you need it.

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They’d probably fall off and sue me.

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You should talk to @tpgsr and maybe collaborate on home inspections.

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I really want to use drones for my inspections and some other marketing angles. My concern is the new laws. I have not done all the necessary research but I am pretty sure that I can’t legally use one for my business.

I will be looking for some insight on this topic in the next couple months as the weather starts to turn and things start to upswing.

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Yea you should look into commercial use stuff whole different set of rules/laws

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Yeah, I am in the process of filing my 333a exemption (COE for business use) and it is a long and arduous task. The problem with that is the rules are about to change at any moment, most likely calling for a full scale pilots license. It is a very grey area constituting what is commercial and what is not.

Basically, as soon as a business is linked with it, or money changes hands for the flight, it is deemed commercial. If I help a “buddy” with a flyover of private property for personal reasons, I’m good. If that same video was used to promote the sale and purchase of that property, that’s no good.

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This is part of the business that I Am in so I am no good :frowning:

I will start researching right away the requirements as I need to be grandfathered.

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Mike, are you doing home inspections? Are you a ceo? Just wondering

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If you mean me, I am doing home inspections as well as a couple other things.

If you meant the other Mike, he is a CEO not a home inspector.

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Cool, just wondering who else is on code enforcement. I took the classes a long time ago because I was bored. Now I suffer through the mandatory updates yearly

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I went through it too, but my employer stopped sending me for the yearly updates last year so now it’s basically void I guess?

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Nah, they changed the rules and if you get the updates you’ll be reinstated. The only good thing I’ll say about it is it helped a lot with my licensing exams

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It would fairly easy to setup a drone with pre programmed way points to record a house.

I would help but my drones are setup for racing and no recording video :frowning: