MavicPro, I predict, will provide some of the best opportunities for commercial work we've seen yet.
You'll need an SFOC to do anything commercial work . . especially next spring when new Canadian UAV commercial air regs may come into being. . . This may still be delayed due to lack of resources at Transport Canada. I suggest any newbies get up to speed on UAVs, CARS or Part 107 in the US and SFOCs soon, because commercial opportunities with MavicPro will expand exponentially in the next 6 months. I hope to have one next week with any luck.
Mavic can already do 90%+ of most commercial tasks (right out of the box . . er . . pocket) and do it faster, and as good or better than a lot of alternative equipment . . even the high-end $10,000-$50,000 machines that some commercial companies are investing in. Now even $10k for a machine is major overkill for all but the most specialized work. I say, buy a Mavic Pro and you can take half their business. . . with a phone call.
The big drone companies don't want to hear that I'm sure, but if they're smart they'll buy a few of them to take care of the more than half of the serious commercial market that just needs an aerial photo or video . . and they need it now . . virtually real-time. . . but they (commercial drone companies), don't need special cameras like FLIR, with all weather or stand-off zoom capabilities.
You'll need an SFOC to do anything commercial work . . especially next spring when new Canadian UAV commercial air regs may come into being. . . This may still be delayed due to lack of resources at Transport Canada. I suggest any newbies get up to speed on UAVs, CARS or Part 107 in the US and SFOCs soon, because commercial opportunities with MavicPro will expand exponentially in the next 6 months. I hope to have one next week with any luck.
Mavic can already do 90%+ of most commercial tasks (right out of the box . . er . . pocket) and do it faster, and as good or better than a lot of alternative equipment . . even the high-end $10,000-$50,000 machines that some commercial companies are investing in. Now even $10k for a machine is major overkill for all but the most specialized work. I say, buy a Mavic Pro and you can take half their business. . . with a phone call.
The big drone companies don't want to hear that I'm sure, but if they're smart they'll buy a few of them to take care of the more than half of the serious commercial market that just needs an aerial photo or video . . and they need it now . . virtually real-time. . . but they (commercial drone companies), don't need special cameras like FLIR, with all weather or stand-off zoom capabilities.