How to name your business when providing multiple drone services? Are there any specific methods to naming a business? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps more importantly, it allows you as the program lea...
Feb 22, 2023•10 min
The best ways to identify a professional drone pilot? How to avoid working with pilots who are not experts in the field? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps more importantly, it allows you as the program l...
Feb 15, 2023•17 min
What are the precautions to flying in cold weather? How can pilot better interpret flying conditions Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses and Drone U membership. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all our online content and our new offering to only Dron...
Feb 14, 2023•16 min
What is ideal software for drone departments in Construction Companies? are there any alternatives? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses and Drone U membership. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all our online content and our new offering to only Drone...
Feb 10, 2023•20 min
What key aspects to pilots fail to address when running a drone business? How can it impact the success of a drone business Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses and Drone U membership. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all our online content and our ne...
Feb 06, 2023•30 min
What barriers can drone pilots facing while working in the surveying industry? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U podcasts. Streamed over multiple platforms and with 1000+ shows, we hope you've benefited from our content. Drop us a review and let us know your comments about our podcasts. Our question for today is from Bob who would like to know about navigating the surveying industry as a drone pilot and taking up drone jobs for surveyors. Bob is one of our active listeners of the podc...
Jan 26, 2023•33 min
What are some predictions for the drone industry? What domains hold higher opportunities as 2023 unfolds? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses and Drone U membership. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all our online content. Join us on today's show as ...
Jan 20, 2023•28 min
We are excited to bring this very special podcast for our viewers. On today's show we discuss why drone data is valuable for roofing contractors and inspections and to discuss this topic we invited John and Ryan from Division 7 Roofing, prominent roofing contractors and co-developers of Roofing Inspection course on our PROPS platform. On our show today we not only discuss the many aspects of the roof inspection business and how drone pilots and DSP can provide immense value for roofing contracto...
Jan 14, 2023•1 hr 2 min
How can we prepare for 2023? What specific actions should businesses and pilots take for 2023? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses and Drone U membership. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all our online content. Today's show is a very special show as...
Dec 30, 2022•31 min
How can pilots perform low elevation mapping? How low can pilots fly to conduct mapping missions effectively? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U Mapping courses. Drone U's comprehensive and advanced mapping courses covers range of topics, from mapping fundamentals to mapping technologies, deliverables, safe flying. Our mapping courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U mapping courses and how our membership can give you access to ...
Dec 24, 2022•8 min
Is the Mavic 3 worth purchasing for conducting mapping missions? Are there better drones in the market for mapping? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps more importantly, it allows you as the program leader...
Dec 22, 2022•21 min
What are the nuances to get mapping clients? How to enhance quality of service and deliverables? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U Mapping courses. Drone U's comprehensive and advanced mapping courses covers range of topics, from mapping fundamentals to mapping technologies, deliverables, safe flying. Our mapping courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U mapping courses and how our membership can give you access to all courses. ...
Dec 20, 2022•27 min
What opportunities exist for DSPs in Surveying? Is it viable to offer such services? What are the complexities involved? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps more importantly, it allows you as the program l...
Dec 19, 2022•18 min
Today's show is an exclusive one as we are joined by Trent Casi, Drone U's new sales director for the PROPS platform. Trent has several years of sales experience couple along with deep understanding of how the drone industry operates and we are happy to have him on board. But today's episode is not just another corporate announcement episode, we discuss with Trent about his sales experience, things he has observed in the drone industry and tech evolution and also his insights on flights, Data, b...
Dec 07, 2022•40 min
Where can drone pilots seek job opportunities? Are there new avenues for drone pilots to pursue? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all courses. On Today's show we discuss all about the opportunities available for d...
Dec 06, 2022•25 min
Is DJI moving to limit third party apps on their devices? Whats the road ahead for third party application and how this impacts drone purchase decisions? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all courses. On Today's sh...
Dec 04, 2022
Should pilots opt for the Phantom 4 v2 drone for mapping projects or does the Mavic provide a robust offering for mapping? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps more importantly, it allows you as the program...
Nov 23, 2022•18 min
Do FPV pilots fly in violation of BVLOS? Are there ways to fly BVLOS? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps more importantly, it allows you as the program leader to monitor the progress of each pilot within ...
Nov 14, 2022•20 min
Do Drone U's mapping classes cover acquiring GCPs? What are the best software that pilots can use and the advantages? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all courses. Today's show is regarding effective mapping and h...
Oct 22, 2022•16 min
Do newer Mavic models hold an advantage over the Mavic 3? What are the new features of the different Mavic 3 models? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses. With over 41 courses covering range of topics, from business growth, safe flying to wedding videography, Drone U courses have been tailored to give you the best value for your membership. Know more about Drone U courses and how our membership can give you access to all courses. Today's show is regarding the newly launched model...
Oct 18, 2022•21 min
How can drones effectively support and aid rescue missions during disaster relief? What other aspects should pilots know when getting into search and rescue missions? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps mo...
Oct 14, 2022•24 min
Today's show is an exclusive one as we are joined by John Wakie, host of our new podcast under the PROPS platform, the new PROPS public safety podcasts. John has been working a few years with Drone U on developing our public safety programs and public safety courses under the PROPS platform and will now host the all new public safety podcasts. We talk to John about his illustrious career as a firefighter spanning over 2 decades and his experience with robotics and drones in the public safety dom...
Oct 06, 2022•38 min
Is it worth the investment when agencies offer to provide SEO services? Is SEO something that a business owner can accomplish by themselves? Today's episode is brought to you by PROPS programs. Props is Drone U's exclusive offering to give organizations the ability to distribute UAV training to pilots effectively and efficiently. PROPS allows the leader of a drone program, to assign the appropriate courses according to your program's needs and timeframes. And perhaps more importantly, it allows ...
Sep 29, 2022•26 min
When providing deliverables to clients, how long should the deliverables be stored for? What are the costs involved with storing content? In today's episode we discuss a topic that most pilot seems to discount for in their service offering and that's about storing deliverables for clients? Most pilots today provide their final deliverables to their clients via cloud storage to allow a client to download them. Today's hi-res deliverables could run into GBs of data and this means valuable cloud st...
Sep 28, 2022•16 min
Is it advisable to use LiDAR on an I2? What are the challenges and is it viable? In today's short episode we discuss if an LiDAR/RTK can be added on to an Inspire 2 and if there are benefits to doing so? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses. Over many years on developing comprehensive training content for developing skilled pilots, Drone U has developed over 40+ courses over diverse applications and domains. Access them all through single Drone U membership. Visit our Drone U cou...
Sep 28, 2022•12 min
Does age play a role to achieve success in drone business? Is there an inherent bias involved? In today's episode we discuss if age plays a role to seek business in the drone industry? Are older people considered to be mature operators in the industry? Today's episode is brought to you by LUCID drones. Today's cleaning and maintenance industry are seeing a spurt in use of drone technology. The Lucid C1 cleaning drone was engineered with safety and efficiency in mind. Designed to clean exterior s...
Sep 27, 2022•26 min
Today's show is an exclusive one as we are joined by PJ Kirkpatrick, our new Director of Operations. PJ is not new to those who have been members with Drone U or have taken some of his in-person classes. PJ comes with years of experience in the drone industry, having trained individual and enterprise clients over a range of domains. In our show today PJ shares his experiences, his beliefs and what excites him about his new role at Drone U and PROPS programs. Paul, Rob and PJ also discuss specifi...
Sep 23, 2022•35 min
With so many compelling priorities, what is the best way to get started in the drone business? In today's episode we discuss the optimal way for drone pilots to get started with their drone business. Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses. Over many years on developing comprehensive training content for developing skilled pilots, Drone U has developed over 40+ courses over diverse applications and domains. Access them all through single Drone U membership. Visit our Drone U course ...
Sep 15, 2022•33 min
Are base stations an absolute necessary? Can pilots use their drones to reference ground points for mapping missions? In today's episode we discuss the use of base stations and if pilots can make do without one as they work on mapping deliverables. Are there any benefits to doing so? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U courses. Over many years on developing comprehensive training content for developing skilled pilots, Drone U has developed over 40+ courses over diverse applications and ...
Sep 12, 2022•12 min
Today's show is a special one as we are joined by Lucid Drone Technologies founder, Andrew Ashur. Andrew shares the Lucid Drone story informing us of the journey, its mission and the road ahead for the company. Paul and Bobby discuss specifics of business and the industry as a whole, talking about what are Lucid drone, how they came into existence and how the drones are revolutionizing the cleaning and maintenance industry. Andrew also shares his story on the start up story and how Lucid Drones ...
Sep 06, 2022•39 min