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At present the training is broken into two parts ground school and a practical flight exam. When it comes to flying a drone one of the key messages, I try to impress on students is the reality that the physical flying of the drone is in fact the easy part of the process!
By answering and addressing these three areas you lay the broad stable base for your organisation to be able to reap the benefits of using drones to assist with your day to day operations. While I cannot say with any deal of certainty just where drone technology will progress to in the coming years, I am sure that drones are here to stay. We are at the infancy of this industry and this technology. The time to consider incorporating this technology is now. I hope that this piece proves of interest and assists you in planning a way forward for your organisation to harness the reward of incorporating drones into your organisation.
The real learning when it comes to drones is being sure that you are operating in a safe, legal and efficient manner. To that end, I believe that the ground school training is key.
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Over the last number of years FlyRyte has drawn on our staff’s collective years of civilian and military flight experience to develop a programme of training that is in keeping with and in many respects setting the industry standard for drone training.
Mavic 2 Zoom is one of the first consumer drones with zoom capability, providing a dynamic perspective for the evolving age of aerial imaging and storytelling.
FEATURE Drone Technology
airspace around airports which is designed to provide aircraft with suitable protection as the take-off and land at airports. You can see from the map inset that controlled airspace surrounds the three main airports in Ireland of Dublin, Cork and Shannon. In addition to the main airports there is also controlled airspace around the regional airports. and allow you to apply for specific exemptions from SI 563, thus allowing you to request bespoke limits for your operation.
to highlight some of the things to consider whether you have been flying a drone for years or have never flown one before.
to know where to start when purchasing your first drone.
My focus on training, and effective ground school training ties back to the three key areas which I outlined above as the things you should consider before introducing drone technology into your organisation.
Let’s have a look at some of the more popular sellers on the market and what they have to offer.
The DJI Mavic Pro compact, professional grade powerful drone.
Its compact size hides a high degree of complexity that makes it one the industry’s most sophisticated flying cameras ever. 24 high-performance computing cores, an all-new transmission system with a 7lm range (depending on conditions and interferences), 5 vision sensors, and a 4K camera stabilised by a 3-axis mechanical gimble, are at your command with just a push of your thumb or a tap of your finger.
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Mavic 2 Zoom
Such a level of ground school training arms respective students and organisations with the ability to practice and develop their drone flying to the type of operation that they need. While the courses cover topics such as the legislation, airspace, meteorology, principles of flight and emergency procedures we also conduct some practical flight demos
Colm Keena is an Instructor with FlyRyte Drone Academy. He holds BSC in Management and Aeronautical Studies and has been involved in training organisations to use drones both in Ireland and Europe.
With DJI Mavic 2 Zoom, you can get closer to the subject at a moment’s notice by combining two-times optical zoom (24-48mm) with two-times digital zoom to create a 98mm telephoto lens that captures lossless video in full HD resolution.
His background in aviation stems from a career as a military pilot and flight instructor.
RRP: €1500+ approx
With so many units available in the market, many tailored for specific professional purposes, it can be hard
Drones: Where To Start
The smallest professional grade drone currrently available
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