UAS MEMBERSHIP
Specialists in High Altitude Long-Endurance and High Hypersonic Flight.
Most of our work in UAVs pertains to exotic energy & propulsion systems for both air and space. Nothing meant for publicly available products.
Should you have any drone needs, just ask. We can either quote something, arrange, or refer something.
(This section is reserved for youth and member UAV fun projects. We are discussing with associates extension of a much lower cost membership dues & rental model to allow easy entry into remote flight for students and adults. Just like airplane rental of manned aircraft from flying clubs. Loaner units to local schools, police, fire, etc.)
Are you an evil, outlaw drone savage?
Good! Contact us. We can help civilize you, teach you manners, make you safe, and commercially legitimate. We are always building up and training a standby network of drone operators for local Search & Rescue need, and subcontracting.
Membership is the price of two good beers per month ($10). For that, you get fellow drone pals, newsletter, people to fly with, and mentorship toward commercial flying gigs through us. Also, access to loaner or rental equipment among members. Operational, academic, diagnostic & repair assistance. There are rules, however, and we aren't friendly to cowboys. Our first focus is on keeping you out of trouble and helping you not start any forest fires with crashed drones nor poke anyone's eyes out. We focus on helping you fly sharply while preparing you for the FAA commercial UAV flying license so you can work with us.
You can build your own drones, buy them offshelf, or rent.
Stay tuned, however, as we have some fun drone race and competition events in the works!
Are you a government agency? Commercial agricultural, engineering, or surveying operation?
We can support your staff with training, licenses, insurance, UAV equipment on purchase or lease, imagery, sensors, pilots, maintenance & repair, spare parts, spare drones, ground stations, telemetry, operational support. Where actively engaged, membership is just $100/mos for local corporate and government clients.
Unless your staff are willing to devote the time to learning, it is usually easier to use one of our independent contractors on missions with customized lease or purchase equipment closer to your needs. Decision to lease or purchase mostly depends upon frequency of usage. We suggest rental first for awhile plus some staff training until getting a feel for what hardware you'd prefer.
We hold your hand where you are looking to buy and work without us. Certain imagery services and other aspects of UAS we do not train outsiders on, as that's our edge but encouraging more UAV use locally in commerce is also what we do.
Membership perks? Pretty much the same as for standard UAV Flying Club members, but we do take the time to explore your particular mission and payload needs. We prefer to have you in the club long term as paying members rather than trying to sell you some drone. We prefer to rent you gear, not sell any. We prefer to supply you with qualified pilots, not really sell you a training package. Training we can provide, however.
Mostly, your singlemost reason for staying in our club will be: a) That UAS can be lonely, complex, costly, and frightening for newbies; b To always be learning something new; c) To have people, maintenance, and technical support in safely achieving your UAS objectives.
...If you fly drones long enough and hard enough, good luck having just one operational at any given time! You will always have more wrecks than success. It is nice to draw upon fellow pilots and gear while your bird is down.
...There are a variety of things to learn in keeping out of trouble. One of the first things we do is teach you how to not start forest fires with wrecked drones. Our flight instructors also try to back you while you are learning to fly manually.
UAS SERVICES & CONSULTING
Our unmanned flight realm spans everywhere from little pocket drones to spacecraft, so what we can do is really a question of what a client needs and how much they care to spend.
Locally, we are equipped to support Agriculture, Law Enforcement, Search & Rescue, Firefighting, Surveying, Planning, Wildlife Conservation, and other airborne imagery needs.
Our heaviest local focus is upon vineyard and orchard health, irrigation, and building energy efficiency using thermal infrared and multispectral imagery. We can help you not lose so much money on crops, water, and energy. The savings we can provide usually greatly exceed any of our imagery costs.
We have a variety of unmanned aircraft available -- everything from small copters, to airplane, to airships -- within a few days notice.
We have both FAA commercially licensed and unlicensed drone operators available.
We deal in Visible, Multispectral, Near Infrared, Infrared, Lidar, and even the radar, gamma, and other remote sensing spectra or unusual sensors....by any aerial and spaceborne platform.
Mission planning, operations, post processing, and imagery analysis we handle -- nationwide and global.
UAS flight training we also provide -- nationwide and global.
Drone sales and lease (new and used) to qualified operators are available -- nationwide and global. Some UAVs we fly manually. Others we program and they fly a whole mission on their own -- auto takeoff, navigation, and landing.
Our shops also provide the full spectrum of UAS maintenance & repair services.
Generally, clients prefer the imagery and data rather than flying costly hardware themselves unless there is a more frequent need for missions, in which case our flight training & maintenance support assist.
Let us know what you need and we will explore where we can assist.
Please click here to visit our Manned Aviation link, and the Lidar & Aerial Surveys page for further information.