June 23rd is National Bring your Dog to Work Day so we thought we would try out an apprentice for the day.  He doesn't have opposable thumbs so flying is definitely going to be a problem for him but on the other hand, he does love a biscuit so he fits right in with the team. Fancy sharing your workspace with that special pooch - use the button below to find out more about how to join the [...]

Ravenswood Hotel is a wedding and event venue that has been undergoing big changes in the last few months.  Having been run by the same gentleman for more than 30 years, he decided that it was time for him to move on to pastures new and sell the hotel. While he would rather have sold it as a hotel and venue, it looked for a while that it would be converted into residential units. That was until Samantha [...]

The increasing drive towards meeting the nation's energy needs through renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power has been big news in the construction and energy sectors for a long time now. Solar panels are incorporated almost as standard onto new building housing and solar farms are no longer an uncommon sight in the English countryside.  However, this increased usage also means that there is an increasing demand for maintenance to ensure that [...]

Solar farms can contain massive banks of panels spread over a wide geographical area so how can you be sure that every panel is performing at maximum efficiency to provide optimum energy capture? Deployment of ground staff to manually test and inspect each panel is both expensive and time consuming.  Plus a fault could well develop on an already inspected panel by the time it is reach for testing again. Under-performing or failed cells or panel areas can [...]

There are many safety rules and legislative requirements when it comes to flying your drone legally in the UK.  The Drone Code was developed in partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority to lay out the six most fundamental requirements for safe flying. If you're interested these are the relevant articles from the CAA in more detail... Article 241 - endangering safety of any person or property A person must not recklessly or negligently [...]

No Transmission Error on DJI Matrice M600 Thought I would share a post on solving the problem I have just had with the DJI Matrice M600 and the total loss of Video Transmission as I couldn't find any reference to it on the internet. Full credit goes to Keven at Heliguy, who was the star in solving this very quickly today for me. So came to checkout my Matrice M600 today for filming gig tomorrow and found that there [...]