UAS – Michael Doornbos

More chip pile measuring

Working outside with flying robots. Yes please.

Measuring chip piles with Unmanned Vehicles

A local paper mill has three large piles of wood chips that get replenished by 20 to 30 trucks every day. They have a requirement that these piles get measured monthly. This task is typically done by two surveyors, one of whom has to actually climb to the top of these piles which is aContinue reading “Measuring chip piles with Unmanned Vehicles”

Did you know that many states have extra requirements to operate UAS in that state?

For example, in North Carolina you must pass a knowledge test for any operation that’s not recreational.

Shot some real estate this weekend

FAA Administrator Talks Drones at SXSW

“FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Sally French, “The Drone Girl,” today led a lively panel discussion about the future of small unmanned aircraft at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin on Monday. The panel included a diverse group of innovative thinkers from industry and government. In his opening remarks, Administrator Huerta outlined recent progress onContinue reading “FAA Administrator Talks Drones at SXSW”

Evaluating Event38 for post UAS Flight mission processing

As an entrepreneur and developer I’m in a “should I build it or should I just buy it” situation currently. A lot of what I’ve tried isn’t very good.

First “REAL” 3D Maps with my 3DRobotics Solo

Switching gears lately in my other life to work with Blueridge Forestry on a mapping workflow for them. Making this map of a local closed landfill turned model airplane field really was a snap.

Docker images for Dronekit

Started on a new project this evening. Docker images for Dronekit and some tools for automating flights. Love me some Docker!

What does a UAS pilot do to prepare for a huge snow storm?

He files for a 9 mile radius NOTAM for the whole weekend over a really beautiful part of the country. That’s what.

Just requested to add these new UAS models to my “fleet”

3D Robotics Solo DJI Inspire DJI Phantom 3 DJI Spreading Wings S900 DJI Spreading Wings S1000+ DJI Matrice 100 Chroma Camera Drone According to the FAA it takes a few months for approval so I figured I would get these submitted now. In other news, I’m building a fixed wing model as a competitor toContinue reading “Just requested to add these new UAS models to my “fleet””