A session exploring the use cases of how drones can work within the agricultural sector, including spraying and spreading from drones. AutoSpray Systems has the equipment in the UK, and are currently undertaking other testing and seeding/ spraying within traditional agricultural settings. They have the Operational Authorisation from the UK CAA to use Unmanned Aircraft…
Speaker Info: James has over 15 years ecological experience working within both the academic and consultancy sectors working on a wide range of research and development projects requiring high quality ecological surveys. His skills focus on protected species surveys, Ecological Impact Assessments, Ecological Clerk of Works and GIS. Tracks Ecology also offers a variety of…
Flare Bright has undertaken several trials under the UKRI Future Flight programme and the Connected Places Catapult Future of Air Mobility Accelerator. This webinar explains some of the learnings from flying its software-enhanced IMUs (giving GPS-free capability and redundancy) in various UK locations; and validating wind measurement predictions using its nanodrone. Flight tests have been…
Flying a drone in a remote South Atlantic island has its challenges. Ben Sansom will give a talk about the use of drones on the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena and how they are being used to make decisions and to help save the island’s unique habitat. Speaker: Ben Sansom Director, Arctium Ltd Ben…
An overview of the main benefits of using fuel cells to power UAVs in different commercial applications. This will include commercial and technical benefits, and a comparison between fuel cells and competing technologies (batteries and IC engines). Speaker Info: Andy Kelly Intelligent Energy Head of Product Line Andy Kelly is responsible for IE-SOAR products, Intelligent…
In this CPD session, join James & Jonathan as they explain the fundamentals of performing a professional unmanned aerial LiDAR survey. We will explore Clogworks levels of performance & redundancy and how they affect operations, how to integrate a LiDAR system and highlight how you can ensure you have a “future-proof” platform. Furthermore, we will…
A discussion on the challenges faced by drone operators in the UK with regard to BVLOS development, how the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre can help members accelerate their BVLOS capability, and how best to prepare for a BVLOS flight test campaign. Speaker Info: Jeremy Howitt Snowdonia Aerospace Future Flight Lead Jeremy has a 35-year career in…
Micro Radar are becoming available for Drones, allowing all-weather, long-range detection of obstacles. But there are multiple other uses for these software configurable Radar, High precision measurement of landing pads for autonomous control; finding a journey endpoint within centimetres, without GNSS; and assured positioning while a drone surveys infrastructure. Both technology insights and practical use…
This CPD session will cover how to set up your drone camera initially, the importance of shooting RAW files over jpgs, how to use browsers, colour profiles, colour balance & calibration, exposure levels using histograms, contrast curves, saturation, linear graduation filters for detail in sky, correcting converging verticals, dust removal & saving images as unsharpened…
