#016 - The DJI Mavic Pro: A Viable Commercial Drone Platform

#001 - The First Episode: Learn about the host, Ian Smith, his experience with drones, helicopters, aviation, and the plans for the show moving forward. by Commercial Drones FM

15 min listen

#009 - Solving the Automated Drone Workflow Challenge with Lucas Van Oostrum: Lucas Van Oostrum is co-founder of Delft Aerial Robotics as well as Aerialtronics. The Flying Dutchman joins Ian and tells entrepreneurial tales of starting up a high-end drone manufacturing company in Holland in 2011 and how we'll eventually move... by Commercial Drones FM

37 min listen

#021 - De-droning Your Skies with Sebastian Blum: There are many ways that drones benefit society—but unfortunately, with the rise of drones comes the rise of malicious activity. Dedrone is a company which offers an automatic, anti-drone solution for their clients. Prisons, large events, and even... by Commercial Drones FM

35 min listen

#006 - FAA Part 107 Test Prep and Study Guide for Drone Pilots: Test prep and study guide for the FAA's Part 107 knowledge test for commercial drone pilots. Ian reviews the entire 35 questions—and answers—that he was administered during the online test (for Part 61 certificated pilots) for the upcoming... by Commercial Drones FM

37 min listen

#003 - How To Get a FAA 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card: Attention commercial drone pilots: learn from Ian how to get access to a little-known FAA program which essentially grants you a "Get Out of Jail Free" card that can be used to help you get out of trouble when operating your drone commercially. Please... by Commercial Drones FM

15 min listen

#007 - Dissecting Drone Industry News with Ben Popper of The Verge: For The Verge, Ben Popper has reviewed every one of the most important drones of the past few years. Ian and Ben dissect the latest news from the drone industry including 3DR's layoffs, DJI's dominance, the promise of Yuneec, Xiaomi's new drone,... by Commercial Drones FM

40 min listen

#008 - Drones for Whale Snot, Education, and... Women? with Sally French, The Drone Girl: Sally French (aka The Drone Girl) sits down with Ian to discuss important issues in the drone industry. From teaching how to use drones in schools, whale snot, drone industry projections, and the unfortunate lack of females in the industry, Sally sets... by Commercial Drones FM

24 min listen

#015 - GoPro vs. DJI: Who's Goliath?: Publicly traded GoPro have officially revealed the hotly anticipated Karma drone. Incidentally, this first effort into the industry directly competes with the largely dominant DJI, a private company, who happen to have a similar drone of their own... by Commercial Drones FM

20 min listen

#026 - How A Global Enterprise Adopts Drones with Bechtel's Nate Fuller: Bechtel is a massive, global company that tackles multi-billion dollar mega-projects. They plan on integrating drones into their operations for use in their infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, and government services projects. Today, their elaborate... by Commercial Drones FM

30 min listen

#020 - Drone Compliance is Serious For Business with Eric Kubicka: Think you're a serious drone operator? Then you better take compliance seriously too. Eric Kubicka is a founding partner of DroneLogbook, software for flight tracking, logging, and drone compliance. At their peak, DroneLogbook users track thousands of... by Commercial Drones FM

26 min listen

#030 - LiDAR Drones: What Is LiDAR and Why Do I Need It? with Harris Wang: LiDAR is an impressive and interesting sensor technology which already powers parts of the driverless car industry. LiDAR sensors can somewhat be thought of as a clever mixture of photogrammetry and radar. It is extremely precise and can provide... by Commercial Drones FM

28 min listen

#027 - Raising $20 Million and Creating the World's Largest Drone Data Platform with Mike Winn: DroneDeploy is a drone data company who recently raised $20 million to power the further development of their software. Tens of thousands of users from more than 135 countries have collectively processed more than 8 million acres of data using... by Commercial Drones FM

47 min listen

#010 - Constructing a National Drone Operator Network with Andrew Dennison: Andrew Dennison, COO of LIFT Technologies, recounts his journey into the drone industry. Ian and Andrew cover topics from real-world construction and insurance case studies, the drone deliverables that enterprise clients expect, not flying drones... by Commercial Drones FM

33 min listen

#011 - Drone Remote Sensing for Crop Insurance with Cassidy Rankine: Drones are becoming popular among farmers for analyzing crop health. Cassidy Rankine, PhD and co-founder of Skymatics, proposes another scenario: using drones for crop insurance. Ian and Cassidy discuss this innovative method and even offer a way for... by Commercial Drones FM

31 min listen

#025 - Analyzing the Growing Drone Industry with Colin Snow: With so much noise surrounding the drone industry, whose opinion are you supposed to trust? Colin Snow AKA "The Drone Analyst" joins Ian to explain why his team's thoughtful, pragmatic approach to analyzing the drone industry sets them apart. Colin... by Commercial Drones FM

52 min listen

#016 - The DJI Mavic Pro: A Viable Commercial Drone Platform: DJI has announced their Mavic Pro drone, the smallest and most powerful drone they've ever created. The new Mavic Pro drone platform has specs and pricing that best the popular Phantom 4 and newly announced GoPro Karma which make it a promising... by Commercial Drones FM

21 min listen

#005 - Making Drone Software with Nicholas Pilkington: Ian is joined by DroneDeploy's CTO, Nicholas Pilkington, who guides listeners down the rabbit hole of aerial ones and zeroes; revealing secrets from the extremely important—yet unfortunately mysterious—realm of drone software programming. by Commercial Drones FM

25 min listen

#013 - Making Maps with Drones: An Overview: Drone mapping can be a game changer for your business. Learn about why you should be making maps with drones and how to do it successfully. What kind of drone and software do I need? What does it cost? How do I make 3D models? Is it hard? These... by Commercial Drones FM

20 min listen

#019 - Breaking Down the Crash of 3D Robotics with Forbes' Ryan Mac: For Forbes, Ryan Mac has written some of the drone industry's seminal articles—covering DJI's Frank Wang, Parrot's Henri Seydoux, and now, Chris Anderson in "The Crash Of 3D Robotics, North America's Most Promising Drone Company". Ryan and Ian... by Commercial Drones FM

38 min listen

#002 - Drone Venture Capital with Kevin Spain: Ian sits down with Kevin Spain of Emergence Capital where they chat about venture capital trends in the drone space, the future of the commercial drone industry, and tips on what venture capitalists really look for in future (drone) portfolio companies. by Commercial Drones FM

36 min listen

#004 - Solar Powered Drones & Esri GIS with Devon Humphrey: Ian chats with Devon Humphrey, CEO of Flightline Geographics out of Austin, at the 2016 Esri User Conference in San Diego to cover the announcement of the new AeroHawk solar powered drone and discuss GIS, Esri, and how it's all connected in the drone indu by Commercial Drones FM

37 min listen

#017 - Inside Drone News with Austin Smith: Ian is joined by Austin Smith, GM of Inside.com, a startup which focuses on tech newsletters. Inside.com produces the Inside Drones newsletter, a thoughtfully curated, twice-weekly digest of the most interesting drone news. Ian and Austin discuss how... by Commercial Drones FM

35 min listen

#022 - Drone Intelligence, Insight, and Peace of Mind with Joshua Ziering: As a classically trained model aircraft pilot, Joshua Ziering didn't easily imagine a future beyond flying chalupa-shaped blimps inside NHL stadiums. So he did what came naturally and built the future himself. Joshua, along with Jon Hegranes, is... by Commercial Drones FM

34 min listen

#029 - How To Conduct High Precision Drone Surveys: What To Use and Tips On Improving with Mark Blacklin: Topographic data is some of the most sought after information that can be generated by drones. To ultimately derive this data, terrain contours, point clouds, and digital surface models are created using software like Pix4D and Autodesk Civil 3D. Mark... by Commercial Drones FM

29 min listen

#034 - Who Truly Owns the Airspace and Why Can't I Shoot Down Drones? with Drone Law Today's Steve Hogan: Steve Hogan is an attorney in Florida whose firm specializes in drone law. He's also the host and creator of the Drone Law Today podcast. Ian and Steve sync up over the airwaves to grapple with some hotly debated (and controversial) drone legal... by Commercial Drones FM

47 min listen

#032 - Drones For: Good, Search and Rescue, and Enterprise with DJI's Romeo Durscher: Romeo Durscher is Director of Education at DJI, the world's largest, most successful drone manufacturer. His job is one of the most fascinating in the world. Romeo acts as global ambassador for safe and effective use of drone technology. His mission... by Commercial Drones FM

67 min listen

#023 - Drones in Agriculture: How They're Really Being Used with Norm Lamothe: There are many misconceptions on how to effectively use drones in agriculture. Norm Lamothe is a farmer, seasoned commercial drone operator, and co-founder at Deveron UAS—a publicly traded, Canadian drone service company. Norm joins Ian to set the... by Commercial Drones FM

26 min listen

#014 - A Bitcoin-based Drone Delivery Network and the Hover Drone App with Dan Held: There's a favorable exchange rate when transitioning from bitcoin to drones, according to Dan Held, the co-founder of Hover—a mobile app for drone pilots that enhances situational awareness. Ian speaks with Dan about why he chose to make a drone... by Commercial Drones FM

36 min listen

#041 - Bringing Advanced Computer Vision To Industrial Drones with Alex Harmsen: Iris Automation is a Y Combinator startup who recently raised $1.5 million in seed funding to bring sense and avoid technology to drones used for industry. Buzz words like computer vision, deep learning, and artificial intelligence only begin to... by Commercial Drones FM

35 min listen

#028 - How NOAA Spends A $5 Million Drone Budget with Robbie Hood: The United States' NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has many responsibilities but they can essentially be thought of as the federal government's "Environmental Intelligence Agency". Robbie Hood, a meteorologist by trade, is the... by Commercial Drones FM

36 min listen

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