Using Inspection Components in On-The-Fly Missions - Like 5-Photo Pole Inspections
I recently worked for the local power utility and had to inspect hundreds of feeder line poles after hurricane Milton. I had a need for an On-The-Fly mission that would execute a 5 photo inspection once I centered over each pole (1 Nadir + 4 cardinals).
I think an On-The-Fly inspection component that could be incorporated (like adding a Waypoint to an On-The Fly-mission), would do the trick. Apparently Drone Harmony has such a feature now. Could the be added to the On-The-Fly options? Basically its using the On-The-Fly Waypoint mission, but would allow the use our own Components instead of just the Waypoint.
There definitely is a market for this component. Here is how Drone Harmony implemented this component showing a fast field capture. https://www.facebook.com/547604320/videos/448278881610421/
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That video doesn’t work.
Try this one from DH - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AGvegzWPsanLSNSu6DPcP8YEMxV4Wpxs?usp=sharing
The closest On-The-Fly mission is the "Cardinal Photos" - available in the Growth Plan. If that component + 1 Nadir - could be triggered over each pole during a flight it would be a huge efficiency gain for power utility inspections.
So you manually fly above each pole and then activate the function? What all should be configurable?
Pretty much what you have right now for Cardinal OTF action. You would fly to the first pole top, start by getting it centered at the right height, take nadir photo, then move to a horizontal position and adjust altitude and gimbal, then set # of photos. Very similar to current Cardinal action.
You would then execute this over the pole and it would be the default for subsequent poles. It would work for more than just poles. It would work for any set of upright objects maybe even a statue garden, mailboxes, sailboats in a marina,, palm trees in a nursery. The beauty lies in the repeatable framing and fast on the fly positioning. It would. Not require preplanning on out of date maps. A tru mobile solution that would greatly acellerate workflow. Especially handy after a hurricane doing damage assessment of pole and tower assets.
Here is link on FB to the DH mission: https://www.facebook.com/547604320/videos/1487813008824687/
However, thinking about the scenario again, why not just allow the Pilot to define and save the actions (like a Macro recording in Excel), and then the pilot can execute those actions as many times as needed during a flight. That would be a very powerful and general case solution for any on-the-fly missions.
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