Just listened to that podcast, sounds like they are doing a lot behind the scenes even for a small company. Hopefully good things in the future
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They just announced that they are giving a P4P to the pilot that submits the 10,000th pano mission.
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Hey guys, after reading all you've posted here I decided it was worth a shot. I did 5 panos, 3 res 2 com. Got paid for the 3 res, nothing so far on the coms. The nice thing is 2 of the res were next door to each other so I did one pano for both. I'm digging it. It's a good excuse to get out and put the bird up and get a few bucks for it. I think I'll be doing more when the weather is better and my schedule allows.
The one thing that I do that can help you is that I cross check the properties on Zillow to be sure they are still on the market. I come across a few that were off the market, pending sale or sold so I skipped those.
Good luck and happy flying.
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Yeah, commercials can be tricky. I've only done two so far but here's what I do. Find a safe place to launch. First one i launched from a public parking lot, no problem. Second one, not so lucky, no open areas to launch from so I put the carrying case on the roof of my car and launched from there. The beauty shots are going to put your drone in the middle of the road so watch the traffic. Wait for a red light, get in position, get your shots and pull out. You gotta be quick. If you don't like your shots, wait for the next break in traffic and go back in. Then just do your pano. Point the cam down to make sure you're not over any people or traffic. As far as pedestrians, if there's a lot of foot traffic in the area, just don't do it. You should plan every flight before you take off and use extreme caution in cases like these. If there are any red flags, pass on that property and move on. I think I'll be doing more residential because of the issues involved with commercial.Where are you all flying from when doing commercial buildings? The way I see most panos in my area, I'd literally be on a public sidewalk with busy traffic. Are you taking off from adjacent parking lots or something? Wouldn't that put you on private property doing that? I can't see any way to secure appropriate flight operations area without just being conspicuous as all hell in the middle of the public. That just weirds me out and since you can't fly over traffic, I'm not comfortable putting my 107 on the line with no real support behind me other than a dot on a map. I'd be completely on the hook myself,with no authorization behind me as to why I'm even there. Forget privacy issues- no one feels really exposed out there doing this in completely public places over public roads?
Litchi definitely has issue with wind. I've found autopilot holds up better and seems a bit quicker
I never figured out how to configure AutoPilot to the DroneBase requirements (2 rows of 12 + nadir).
Well the dronebase parameters don't need to be exact as long as you have adequate overlap for their sticking.
Drone Base pilots - would you post the Drone Base typical recommended settings for Litchi IOS pano shots? I have started with P4 pano shots (and processing), would like a good starting base settings. I'm having trouble with the processing. Thanks!