The Harnessing Aerial drone podcast aims to provide insights and resources to the drone community from interview-style conversation with expert drone pilots, service provides, and industry stakeholders, that help listeners harness the power of aerial.
We dive deep into each guest's backgrounds, journeys, and experiences that allowed them to elevate in the industry and develop the skillsets they leverage now to make drones a power for good. They share their tips, tricks, & advice on where the drone industry is headed and how to position yourself effectively to maximize your success & impact the segment you serve.
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23 Oct 2020
What Drone Pilots Need To Know About Safety, Networking, Education/Training, Disaster Response, and Other Lessons To Be Learned By Looking at NCDOT’s UAS program success with Darshan Divakaran
Show Notes:
What You Will Learn-
(1:20) How Darshan got involved in the UAS industry and how he progressed on his drone industry journey to become regarded as a top industry consultant, speaker, & leader.
(7:00) What Darshan’s role was at the NCDOT and how he was involved in standing up one of the leading state UAS programs, the FAA IPP, and other state drone operations.
(10:00) What the foundation of a successful UAS program is and the piece education plays in long term success.
(12:05) What the NC DroneSafe Initiative is and how it creates a safety culture within the local communities
(14:00) Why do some drone pilots overlook safety procedures and what drone pilots need to be doing to ensure they act in a safe manner and conduct smooth operations
(19:00) Why flight safety begins at the top of the organization but does not end there – how pilot safety training is crucial to foster a strong safety culture within UAS programs.
(23:00) Tips & suggestions for drone pilots to get involved in disaster response operations and partner with companies to fly for emergency response, hurricane damage assessment, and other public safety operations
(28:30) How Darshan formed the AUVSI NC chapter and what their focus is and how they are involved in the North Carolina UAS community. How UAS professionals can follow Darshan’s steps to start their own local UAS groups.
(33:00) What the new normal is with drone conferences and why virtual workshops, trainings, webinars will continue to be the networking and education forum for years to come
(37:10) Darshan’s top lesson learned and piece of advice for drone pilots from his time in the drone industry
Links Mentioned:
AUVSI NC website (https://ncauvsi.wordpress.com/)
AIRAVAT (https://airavatsolutions.com/)
Darshan’s Linkedin
7 Oct 2020
New American Engineered UAS Platform, PRISM, Set To Be A Game Changer & The Most Versatile Drone In The Industry With Bobby Watts of Watts Innovations
What You Will Learn-
(1:20- 4:08) Bobby’s background dating back to 2006 with RC and how he became a UAS pilot, technician, manufacturer and innovator
(4:15- 6:45 ) What Watts Innovations does, who they manufacturer drones for, and how they have been able to compete with the major UAS manufacturers in the industry with a unique strategy
(6:50) How did the idea of PRISM begin and what will the platform offer
(8:15 -14:30) All about the PRISM platform (customizations/modifications, airframe, compatible payloads, systems, battery type, remote controller, technical specifications including flight time, industry/service use cases)
(14:30) How COVID-19 has effected Watts Innovations, how Bobby had to pivot with the PRISM launch during the ongoing pandemic, and other strategy changes for Watts Innovations
(17:45-23:00) Is PRISM fully American Made? – The platform components that are engineered and manufactured in the US vs the specific parts that are sourced outside the US.
(23:00) What flight software PRISM runs on, what other flight mapping software it is compatible with, and the various functionalities Watts QGC offers.
(25:55) Versatility and portability features of PRISM
(27:30) When PRISM will be available to purchase & when they will begin shipping
(28:50) How to pre-order PRISM, what is the price of PRISM, and what is included at that price
(31:30) What is Propulsion ID, how it is built into PRISM, and why it is key for the versatility of the platform to be gimbal or propulsion system agnostic
Links Mentioned:
https://wattsinnovations.com/
https://instagram.com/wattsinnovations
https://www.facebook.com/WattsInnovations
https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyWattsHeli
https://www.linkedin.com/company/28660144
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