Hi, I am new to drones and am trying to find the perfect drone for surveillence over a distance of 8+ miles. I am looking at the DJI Inspire 2 but it only has a 30 minute battery life and a 4.3 mile range, or the s1000+ as it can use a DSLR with thermal and night vision attachments. Is there any way to have a drone stay up for multiple hours? Also range is range modification? I am taking advice on what drone/drones to get for the job. Price is not an issue.
Need A Long Range Surveillance Drone
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Looks perfect.
Are these considered the most powerful/best drones in the civilian world? Do they get better for a higher pice?View attachment 88856 hi i get these emails from dronebase,google search skyfront ,apparently these can fly for up to 5 hours,you could have a sleep and wake up it still going,crazy,,
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Add to your Buikd cost all the components you need. You will spend more than $1500 on batteries. You are looking at $20K to meet your requirements.
Hi sorry i should have said this was part page i google DJI industrial solutions and about 10+ came up,not sure how they price either,this was latest info they had
There is no one size fits all "best".... you need to consider best for your use case.
Mr James Bond,
I am a mid level blue collar worker and am responding to your request. I can fulfill your drone needs of long endurance missions by holding the drone for up to eight hours without breaks and pointing it in the direction of Mr. Evil when requested. Rain does not impact my ability to hold the drone steady. As far as infra-red capabilities, I can (For no additional charge), aim a flashlight into the specific areas needed. Mission endurance would be based on local availability of access to any fast food facilities (Burger king, Mc. Donalds, Wendy's). Covertness will be established by wearing a full diguise such as a tape-on mustache and/or a discrete clown outfit and towing a cute small dog for distraction. I can undercut big name firms by thousands and either way, You'd get that dark, grisly footage any MI-5 needs. I only charge for minutes used and for the low price of $100 per hour I am confident your dark, secret mission needs would be met, providing you with hours of NSA type cold coffee, stale pizza satisfaction. All offers considered within these parameter requirements.
View attachment 88856 hi i get these emails from dronebase,google search skyfront ,apparently these can fly for up to 5 hours,you could have a sleep and wake up it still going,crazy,,
The major problem with extended flight that is most difficult to solve is the control frequency and the radio power limit. Clearly the military is flying drones for hundreds of miles. A manned electric powered flew around the world. We fly gasoline powered radio controlled aircraft RC's on a radio frequency near 71 megahertz. Operation at that frequency required the minimum amateur radio license (technician). The FCC was the regulator was the regulator. They only drones were obsolete military aircraft used for target practice.
Come on... Not 1 person is going to ask what the OP wants to track for 8+ miles with thermal imaging? I'm so curious lol
You need to forget the quadcopter and start researching a medium to long range fixed wing platform. I don't do all kinds of high speed secret squirrel [EXPLETIVE REMOVED], but I've got planes that can carry a lot of weight and fly for 2+ hours. Trying to attempt this on a quadcopter will prove to be futile.
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