Don't be scared... the Matrice 210 is truly worth the ride (if DJI can figure out the battery fw issue... but that's another story) ...
Anyway, I hope this post is not too long.
...we recently experienced an underground steam leak on campus and our energy provider wanted to compare their annual aerial (by plane) thermal Infrared images with a sUAS. (Why? ...ROI, Proof of Concept?) (Why me? - I just love to fly).
So, since I was willing to take the Red Pill and was ready to see how deep the Rabbit Hole went, they provided the Matrice 210, Zenmuse XTR (640x512), and Zenmuse X5s payload.
IMHO the Matrice 210 paid for itself during it's first flight!
Here is what we were able to do with it.
1. Thermal Infrared of the campus - by plane ~$10K to $25K per year:
2. Google Earth image - best guess of where the leak occurred
3. Quick YouTube video from steam leak investigation with the Matrice 210
4. Area of Interest (AOI) 1: Ground temperature (19 degrees F) /Excavation (190 degrees F)
5. AOI 2 - Area under the car was 62.7 degrees F (car was parked overnight/engine cold - 33 degrees F) pipe is ~6ft underground at this location
6. AOI 3 and AOI 4 - surface temperatures are close to "normal". Indicates pipe break is north of this point.
7. Here are the Matrice 210 images that we sent back to our energy provider (overlaid their Google Earth image)
View attachment Parking Area steam leak.jpg
...I have my FAA Part 107 Certificate and my Level 1 Infrared Thermography Certification