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Welcome to Elevating Drone Life, the podcast for drone professionals !! Elevating Drone Life is a podcast for drone professionals by drone professionals. It is a podcast that takes you on a journey through the exciting and ever-evolving world of drone technology. Each week, we'll be speaking with professionals from all walks of the drone industry, Drone U Elite Instructors and members to learn abo...

How Drone Pilots Can Be Helpful After a Natural Disaster ? On Today's podcast, we discuss about disaster response, the kind of deliverables that disaster response agencies prefer and how you can utilize these deliverables with insurance companies and adjustors. Register for our Fall Experience Training event HERE Tune in today !! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy th...

Is the Mavic Cine 3 suitable for smooth motion shots? On Today's podcast, we discuss about the Mavic 3 capabilities and if it is worthy drone for smooth motion shots. Tune in today !! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, lea...

How to use your contacts for growing your business and how can drones augment your business Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U Experience training, a unique training event that is focused on construction projects, available to the last 1-2 participants, where you will be immersed in an experienced-based learning environment. You'll take flight daily and often, and you'll master cutting-e...

How do I navigate the tax filing season as a drone pilot? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U Experience training, a unique training event that is focused on construction projects, available to the last 1-2 participants, where you will be immersed in an experienced-based learning environment. You'll take flight daily and often, and you'll master cutting-edge drone techniques along the way...

What is the DJI ban bill all about? How it impact American drone pilots? What can you do about it? On Today's podcast, we discuss all about flying over people. Over the years we all have seen several drone shots of flying over people, most commonly during events such as wedding, and sporting telecasts. Our question for today is from Tom, about carrying out flights over wedding asking us about what...

Welcome to Elevating Drone Life, the podcast for drone professionals !! Elevating Drone Life is a podcast for drone professionals by drone professionals. It is a podcast that takes you on a journey through the exciting and ever-evolving world of drone technology. Each week, we'll be speaking with professionals from all walks of the drone industry, Drone U Elite Instructors and members to learn abo...

Can pilots fly their drones over people? What drones can i fly without waivers? On Today's podcast, we discuss all about flying over people. Over the years we all have seen several drone shots of flying over people, most commonly during events such as wedding, and sporting telecasts. Our question for today is from Tom, about carrying out flights over wedding asking us about what are the best drone...

We list the biggest mistakes that new pilots make in the drone industry and what one can do about it? On Today's podcast, we discuss all about the mistakes that new pilots make as they get into the drone industry and how pilots can stay away from these common traps. One of the traits of successful drone pilots has always been to be effective in avoiding what we call the biggest mistakes in the dro...

Is it easy to get wide area authorizations? Who should you reach out and how to plan your pricing for projects that require wide area authorizations? On Today's podcast, we discuss all about obtaining wide area authorizations and the steps involved for getting these approvals. Today's question is from Ryan, who would like to know the best ways for seeking authorizations for an area that Ryan is lo...

Welcome to Elevating Drone Life, the podcast for drone professionals !! We are super excited to announce the launch of Elevating Drone Life, our new podcast show hosted by PJ Kirkpatrick, Director of Operations, Drone U. Elevating Drone Life is a podcast for drone professionals by drone professionals. It is a podcast that takes you on a journey through the exciting and ever-evolving world of drone...

Is the DJI ban relevant for drone pilots? What are the exemptions in place for the DJI ban? On today's episode we discuss about the bill on banning non-American drones aka DJI drones? We discuss the still relevant topic of the bill introduced to effectively ban DJI drones. We start off the podcast discussing what the bill is all about and if the ban impacts drone operations on US soil. We also dis...

What is Drone Soccer? How can you get involved? What are the advantages to the program? On today's special episode, we host Kyle Sanders, CoFounder of Crew Concept and discuss everything about Drone Soccer program, a drone program that is quickly becoming a very prominent part of child/youth education. We the recent success of Drone Soccer program at the AUVSI conference which had hundreds of visi...

Is the Phantom 4P still relevant today? What are the best alternatives to the P4P? On today's episode we discuss about navigating new drones and keeping and using old and reliable drones such as the Phantom 4P. Our question is from Scott, who runs a drone business since 2017 and uses the P4P as his main drone and a Mavic Pro as backup. Scott would like to know if he should look at using other dron...

How should pilots go about getting insurance? What are the options available to reduce the different liabilities? On today's episode we discuss about liabilities and drone insurance and the many options and their benefits available to drone pilots. Today's question is from Jill, Drone U member and valuable contributor to the Drone U community. Jill would like to know about drone insurance options,...

What can pilots achieve using Cinewhoop drones? How do pilots get better at FPV flights? Today’s episode is also brought to you by Colorado Drone Chargers, specialists who offer drone charging systems that charge multiple batteries and a flight controller at the same time, offering the fastest, and most efficient drone charging solutions on the market. On today's episode we discuss about using Cin...

Can equipment be confiscated on cruises? Are there any regulations or laws that allows parties to confiscate? On today's episode we discuss about travelling with drones on cruise and how pilots can avoid getting their equipment from being confiscated. Today's question is from Craig who had his drone confiscated on a recent cruise and wants to know how pilots can travel with drones. Thank you for t...

How to effectively use checkpoints? How can pilots ensure the accuracy of checkpoints? Today’s episode is also brought to you by Colorado Drone Chargers, specialists who offer drone charging systems that charge multiple batteries and a flight controller at the same time, offering the fastest, and most efficient drone charging solutions on the market. On today's episode we discuss about checkpoints...

What are the best ways to get started in the drone industry. Best jobs to pursue? Today’s episode is also brought to you by Colorado Drone Chargers, specialists who offer drone charging systems that charge multiple batteries and a flight controller at the same time, offering the fastest, and most efficient drone charging solutions on the market. On today's episode we discuss the best drone to upgr...

What are the best ways to get started in the drone industry. Best jobs to pursue? Today’s episode is also brought to you by Colorado Drone Chargers, specialists who offer drone charging systems that charge multiple batteries and a flight controller at the same time, offering the fastest, and most efficient drone charging solutions on the market. This Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, join us at Westminister...

We talk about ESRI, its benefits, its similarities to Pix4D and should drone pilots use it for mapping? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U Black Friday deals. Why pay per course when you can have the ENTIRE Drone U library for one low price. This is the LOWEST PRICE we offer for our Annual and Lifetime Memberships and your BEST opportunity to purchase access to the largest library of Dro...

This Black Friday, learn all the best deals for drones, accessories and training. Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U Black Friday deals. Why pay per course when you can have the ENTIRE Drone U library for one low price. This is the LOWEST PRICE we offer for our Annual and Lifetime Memberships and your BEST opportunity to purchase access to the largest library of Drone Training courses on...

How should you plan your business plan? What factors should you considering while selecting a niche? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U In-person Events. If you're looking to enhance your flight skills (and who among us doesn't need to enhance our flight skills), we are hosting our last in-person mapping training in November in beautiful Colorado. This is our three-day boot camp plus one...

How to obtain accurate mapping data? RTK use without GCPs? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U In-person Events. If you're looking to enhance your flight skills (and who among us doesn't need to enhance our flight skills), we are hosting our last in-person mapping training in November in beautiful Colorado. This is our three-day boot camp plus one-day Flight Mastery Training. We will be i...

Is the P4A/ P4P relevant? What use cases is it being used? Will DJI continue to support it? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U In-person Events. If you're looking to enhance your flight skills (and who among us doesn't need to enhance our flight skills), we are hosting our last in-person mapping training in November in beautiful Colorado. This is our three-day boot camp plus one-day Flig...