We are a ship building and ship repair shipyard and a normal day, we have 8-10 ships are moored.
I am taking photos and videos of them, once a day with 4 batteries if the weather permits. I have some advices,
1- Calibration is important but you don't need to panic if there is a calibration error on mid flight, you should just pass to atti and increase the altitude.
2- Return to home must be safe height like more than 80 meters. If you have cranes, etc, as we have.
3- You can get closer up to 5 meters without a problem with steel body. But something more important than the steel body, is the navigation equipments, They may cause signal lost and compass error. And physically be careful with the antennas, some of them may have 10 meter height and you may not see them because they are so thin.
4- When we talk with the frequency, There are a lot of wireless communication devices on ships and shipyards, you should increase the channel capacity to 32 and pick a safe channel.
5- You cannot always follow your drone visually, you should focus on your screen.
6- You should check moving objects like cranes, hatches, ramps, etc. visually. It is better not to turn the drone on all directions.
7- Pick a high spot at the end of the area. This may reduce your range, but it will be easy to point the tx to the drone.
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You can check shipyard's gallery from,
Besiktas Shipyard (@besiktasshipyard) • Instagram photos and videos
and also from,
Ship photos by Besiktas Shipyard - AIS Marine Traffic
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