The Drone Pilot Brief
Checklists, field procedures and business guides for drone pilots flying under Part 107, the FAA's rule for commercial drones under 55 pounds.
The FAA's long-awaited rule for flying drones beyond sight isn't law yet. These seven steps use rules you already fly under, and none of them depend on guessing the final text....
Never fly an unverified payload. Here is the standardized 10-point field checklist used by the DPB Field Lab to verify GNSS RTK integer fixes, radiometric thermal calibration, and shutter readout skew....
Crew miscommunication is the silent driver of enterprise drone accidents. Here is the standardized verbal callout protocol between Remote Pilot in Command (RPIC) and Visual Observer (VO) that prevents airspace conflicts and collision hazards....
Before you sign an enterprise Master Services Agreement, read the fine print. Here is how prime contractors shift regulatory fines, site shutdowns, and equipment loss onto Part 107 pilotsοΏ½and the exact redlines to protect your business....
Operating in the dark requires more than three-mile strobes. Learn to combat autokinesis, flickering, and depth illusions....
Keep your batteries warm and your sensors calibrated. Preflight checks for sub-freezing commercial missions....
Operating a drone business without liability insurance is an unacceptable risk. Compare annual policies and on-demand options....
Calculate cost-of-goods-sold (COGS), airspace complexity risk, and volume margins for survey contracts....
The weekly operational-intelligence briefing for drone pilots. Filtered down to what actually matters before your next mission.
