Anyone on here have experience with Drones?

[Dalejbrass]

Here I go....with my love/hate relationship with technology. I've been looking at purchasing a professional grade drone so we can experiment with inspections (business)for a couple of years. Today, I received my first official survey from one of my clients wanting to know which of their vendors has a drone team, if we plan on purchasing a drone and why if we were not.

I'm in the insurance claims business and I provide independent adjusters to access damage to residential, commercial and Farm/Ranch properties (no auto).

So, I'm in the market for a commercial/professional grade drone. One that has extended battery life and is capable of high resolution imagery and video.

Anyone know where I can go look, touch and talk to someone who sells these in the Tulsa area or even OKC?

If you have any information regarding obtaining proper licensing so we can do this legally would also be very helpful.

I guess the + side of this is I will have a new toy that will compliment one of my hobbies which is videography and film editing.

 

[Kyle78]

No such sellers around here. I'm into quadcopters. Or UaS. Your gonna have to do the part 107 licencing for your business also. Dji has the commercial sector pretty much locked down. Check out their stuff. Plug and play thermals on their big stuff. Pricey tho.

 

[Kyle78]

I do know some people around tulsa that have survey business. I can possibly put you in touch with them.

 

[indi]

Best buy carries DJI drones from prices between $450-$1500.

 

[Dalejbrass]

I do know some people around tulsa that have survey business. I can possibly put you in touch with them.

Kyle - Thanks for both post. Yes, I appreciate contact info for anyone in the Tulsa area that I can talk to about getting into this arena. I'm a firm believer in "you get what you pay for". I don't want to spend $500 and then shortly realize that I needed to have spent $1500 on what I actually need.

I'll research the 107 licensing as well.

 

[Dalejbrass]

Best buy carries DJI drones from prices between $450-$1500.

Cool - I assumed they had them, but didn't know they'd have DJI at those price points. Best I can tell, I'm going to need to spend somewhere between $1500-2500 to get something decent that I can use for the next few years.

 

[Okie4570]

Come to OCBR and get with Don, he runs one there the last couple of years.

 

[tyromeo55]

I have a Phantom 3 Advanced and am in Tulsa. If you are wanting to meet up in Tulsa and have a once over with it send me an IM. Be careful buying one in a box store. all the ones Ive seen are the standard version which I would not recommend.

 

[indi]

I really wanted one until I pictured my drone being shot down by a neighbor....lol the only difference between the cheaper DJI and more expensive ones were battery life, distance it could go, and camera quality.

 

[Kyle78]

Send me your contact details. I'll send them to a couple guys that are doing mapping.