White Labelling. How to approach it and how to make it successful. White Labelling: What is it? The drone industry in the UK is made up of a LOT of sole traders and smaller companies. There are also a few bigger companies whose business model is to advertise for large contracts involving lots of small…
Drone Operations Manuals – Tips and Tricks Eyeup Aerial Solutions Ltd Operations Manual Version 1.0 Dated 31/08/2021 Amendment Record 1. Introduction This manual, “Drone Operations Manual – Tips and Tricks”, provides the basis for an article in Drone User Magazine’s September 2021 issue. It provides a methodology by which professional…
Flights Close to an Emergency Response How close is “close”? Recently, I’ve noticed a few images of accident scenes in some Facebook groups. These include a video of a fire in a congested area and a number of photos of road traffic accidents. This is an almost inevitable consequence of the spread of drones coupled with…
“Can I fly my drone in a nuclear restricted area?” The blog below is based on an article published in Drone User Magazine on 1st July 2021. The day before it was published, but too late to amend the article, Altitude Angel’s Stephen Farmer contacted me to state that: …”the wording in Drone Assist is…
What do ND filters do for us? A look at the difference ND filters make to your image…with facts, pictures, raw data and everything! With the clouds, rain and wind being a constant through most of May, I thought it would give me an opportunity to run a quick test on ND filters… and find…
Count those satellites Most drones are equipped with GNSS or Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The system takes data from one or more of the world’s satellite systems and uses this to calculate its position in three dimensional space. Older DJI drones are equipped to operate using the United States’ GPS as well as the Russian…
Eyeup’s White Label service A valuable white label service that allows you to offer your client a service above and beyond your current permissions. Eyeup Aerial Solutions maintains a unique position amongst professional drone operators. A thriving training and consultancy offering and full-time job mean that Eyeup’s owner, Graham Degg, can’t commit to flying on…
This blog will be out of date for any renewal beyond 31st December 2021 See Eyeup’s “Update your Operations Manual 2022” The end of 2020 brought more than another lockdown. It brought the biggest raft of legislative changes we’ve ever seen in the industry. These will reverberate for years to come…but right now you…
The User Manual is your Bible! This is just a quick guide to help keep newcomers legal. It is not a full explanation of what and where you can fly but just a guide to the bare minimum you should be doing if you want to fly a camera drone around. Great, you got a…
Renewal Time It’s time to refresh myself at Eyeup Towers. My standard PfCO renewal is up on 6th January 2021. So what? Well, counting back 90 days from that date takes me to 8th October 2020, which is the earliest I can apply for renewal. So I’m planning to get the operations manual…