1 00:00:11,020 --> 00:00:13,020 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: My name is Michael Holzwarth, 2 00:00:13,020 --> 00:00:13,980 as Philip said. 3 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:16,440 First and foremost, I'd like to thank you guys in advance 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,040 for giving me the opportunity to, for lack of better terms, 5 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,300 drone on about drones for about a half hour here. 6 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:27,390 Today, I'll briefly be covering the part 107 guidelines, 7 00:00:27,390 --> 00:00:30,060 the differences between hobby flying 8 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:34,970 and 107 commercial flying, different policies, procedures, 9 00:00:34,970 --> 00:00:37,870 and my experience thus far in the industry. 10 00:00:37,870 --> 00:00:40,210 At any time, if you guys have any questions, 11 00:00:40,210 --> 00:00:42,090 feel free to interrupt. 12 00:00:42,090 --> 00:00:43,003 I don't mind. 13 00:00:43,003 --> 00:00:45,420 And I'm going to leave some time at the end for questions. 14 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:47,970 And if any of you guys want to come up and check out the bird 15 00:00:47,970 --> 00:00:51,330 up here, please feel free. 16 00:00:51,330 --> 00:00:53,465 All right. 17 00:00:53,465 --> 00:00:54,840 This first slide is going to talk 18 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,840 a little bit about my journey thus far in the UAV industry, 19 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,460 or UAS. 20 00:00:59,460 --> 00:01:02,280 Bought my first drone in 2014 to take with me on a trip 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,920 to Hawaii, edited up some footage, 22 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,860 posted my content to YouTube, and got a little bit 23 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:09,540 of semi-viral success-- 24 00:01:09,540 --> 00:01:12,390 about 50,000 views. 25 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:15,300 And then a licensing company actually reached out to me 26 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:17,910 and said, hey, we want to utilize some of your footage. 27 00:01:17,910 --> 00:01:18,780 We want to sell it. 28 00:01:18,780 --> 00:01:20,062 We like it. 29 00:01:20,062 --> 00:01:22,020 And I just said, man, I just made this for fun. 30 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:22,950 I can make money doing this. 31 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:23,670 This is great. 32 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:26,790 And saw a little side revenue stream there. 33 00:01:29,550 --> 00:01:31,975 After I started making a little bit of money, 34 00:01:31,975 --> 00:01:32,850 I was kind of hooked. 35 00:01:32,850 --> 00:01:36,000 And when the first round of 107 exams 36 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,100 took place roughly two years ago, 37 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:39,570 I told my father at East Coast, I 38 00:01:39,570 --> 00:01:43,410 want to be the very first person in the state to take that exam. 39 00:01:43,410 --> 00:01:44,040 I passed. 40 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,680 I was the first person in the state of Massachusetts 41 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,000 to hold the 107. 42 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,263 That reign of terror lasted roughly five minutes 43 00:01:50,263 --> 00:01:51,930 till the kid next to me passed his test. 44 00:01:51,930 --> 00:01:53,320 And then there was two. 45 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,140 I then had some local success. 46 00:01:58,140 --> 00:02:01,980 Next, I made a video, as Phillip was alluding to, 47 00:02:01,980 --> 00:02:04,330 on Cape Cod over at Wellfleet. 48 00:02:04,330 --> 00:02:06,360 If any of you are familiar with the Beachcomber. 49 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,220 I absolutely love that place. 50 00:02:08,220 --> 00:02:10,889 Went and flew my drone there, posted a video. 51 00:02:10,889 --> 00:02:13,200 All the local news channels picked it up. 52 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,440 And about two weeks later, I received a nice $1,500 53 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,250 fine from the ranger station in Cape Cod. 54 00:02:20,250 --> 00:02:22,440 They fined me for-- 55 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,700 what was it-- some kind of Piper Plover Puffin bird out there. 56 00:02:26,700 --> 00:02:28,110 I was flying over a sanctuary. 57 00:02:28,110 --> 00:02:29,640 They were not happy with that. 58 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:34,200 And I was operating a UAS over a national park. 59 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,450 I want to stress, though, the FAA didn't fine me. 60 00:02:36,450 --> 00:02:40,680 It was the ranger service that gave me the fine. 61 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,200 I kind of chuckled at it, because I made about $4,800 62 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,080 off the footage, and that made the fine kind of worth it. 63 00:02:49,190 --> 00:02:52,470 In the fall of 2016, I basically hit some viral gold. 64 00:02:52,470 --> 00:02:55,920 I took my drone up to the Kancamagus Highway 65 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:59,070 during the fall, made a nice little foliage video. 66 00:02:59,070 --> 00:03:01,260 Couple licensing companies picked it up. 67 00:03:01,260 --> 00:03:05,310 And that very next day, it ran on Good Morning America. 68 00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:09,270 I got some national attention to the tune of about 4.7 69 00:03:09,270 --> 00:03:11,340 million views on the video. 70 00:03:11,340 --> 00:03:13,440 Still counting-- people still watching that thing 71 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:13,990 all the time. 72 00:03:13,990 --> 00:03:16,500 Especially in the fall, it gets a lot of play. 73 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:19,980 You might be wondering, what does 4.7 million views 74 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:22,440 equate to in dollars? 75 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,400 I'll admit, it's not that much. 76 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,440 I wish it was $1 a view, but, unfortunately, is not. 77 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,160 I think I made about $10,000 off that. 78 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,740 But something I was just doing for fun, 79 00:03:31,740 --> 00:03:35,370 and I had no intention of it going viral or getting 80 00:03:35,370 --> 00:03:36,270 that kind of success. 81 00:03:36,270 --> 00:03:39,390 So it was definitely a plus. 82 00:03:39,390 --> 00:03:42,390 After I got that national attention, 83 00:03:42,390 --> 00:03:44,070 a local production company called 84 00:03:44,070 --> 00:03:46,582 Above Summit, here in Somerville, contacted me. 85 00:03:46,582 --> 00:03:47,790 Where you been all our lives? 86 00:03:47,790 --> 00:03:49,140 Come work for us. 87 00:03:49,140 --> 00:03:52,500 And now I'm a production coordinator and Lead Drone Op 88 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,090 over at Above Summit. 89 00:03:55,090 --> 00:03:57,020 Next slide. 90 00:03:57,020 --> 00:03:58,720 This slide, basically just provide you 91 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,750 with some links to the full text of regulations, introduction 92 00:04:01,750 --> 00:04:04,660 material, and any other relevant documents. 93 00:04:04,660 --> 00:04:08,770 You guys can take a look at this on your own time. 94 00:04:08,770 --> 00:04:09,270 All right. 95 00:04:09,270 --> 00:04:11,730 Next, we're going to talk a little bit about hobby 96 00:04:11,730 --> 00:04:13,530 [? versus ?] 107. 97 00:04:13,530 --> 00:04:15,240 Let's talk about the difference. 98 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,649 Hobby operation is just how it sounds. 99 00:04:17,649 --> 00:04:20,160 You want to go out and take some pictures of your kids 100 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,410 or do whatever, that's on your own time. 101 00:04:22,410 --> 00:04:23,543 That's hobby. 102 00:04:23,543 --> 00:04:25,710 But if your intended use is for anything commercial, 103 00:04:25,710 --> 00:04:29,010 you are required to obtain a 107. 104 00:04:29,010 --> 00:04:32,700 Some examples-- real estate photos, aerial surveying, 105 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:36,452 thermal imaging, search and rescue, 106 00:04:36,452 --> 00:04:38,910 industrial pipeline inspection, things of that nature even. 107 00:04:38,910 --> 00:04:41,820 If you're working for or with a non-profit, 108 00:04:41,820 --> 00:04:45,147 you still have to obtain your 107. 109 00:04:45,147 --> 00:04:47,480 PHILIP GREENSPUN: What are the asterisks there, Michael? 110 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:48,938 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: We'll get to it. 111 00:04:48,938 --> 00:04:49,980 We're getting there. 112 00:04:49,980 --> 00:04:52,020 So some basic operating rules are 113 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:55,050 shared by both hobby and 107 operators. 114 00:04:55,050 --> 00:04:56,700 You have to keep visual line of site, 115 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:58,650 must follow basic safety guidelines, 116 00:04:58,650 --> 00:05:02,018 maintain altitude of 400 feet or below. 117 00:05:02,018 --> 00:05:03,810 Something to note, like Phillip was saying, 118 00:05:03,810 --> 00:05:07,770 you'll see these asterisk bullet points on the right-hand side 119 00:05:07,770 --> 00:05:10,350 under "107." 120 00:05:10,350 --> 00:05:13,245 You can get waivers and exceptions from the FAA 121 00:05:13,245 --> 00:05:15,490 to kind of break these rules. 122 00:05:15,490 --> 00:05:17,490 We're going to talk a little bit more about that 123 00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:19,220 as the slides continue here. 124 00:05:19,220 --> 00:05:20,550 We'll circle back to that. 125 00:05:25,540 --> 00:05:28,840 Slide 4 talks about multi-person crew. 126 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:30,730 They don't tell you that you have 127 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:32,110 to have a multi-person crew. 128 00:05:32,110 --> 00:05:33,910 Sometimes it's really not needed. 129 00:05:33,910 --> 00:05:37,270 If you're working for, let's say, a real estate company 130 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:40,687 and they want you to take some photos of a residential house, 131 00:05:40,687 --> 00:05:42,520 you're standing right in front of the house. 132 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,440 You don't really need a visual observer-- 133 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,330 someone looking for obstructions or things of that nature. 134 00:05:47,330 --> 00:05:48,670 You can pull it off yourself. 135 00:05:48,670 --> 00:05:52,930 But in more of a professional setting, or depending 136 00:05:52,930 --> 00:05:57,340 on the scope of your job that you're using your UAS for, 137 00:05:57,340 --> 00:06:01,090 having a visual observer is definitely helpful. 138 00:06:01,090 --> 00:06:03,730 I have some buddies that work in the industrial sector, 139 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:07,120 inspecting pipeline that's 30, 40 miles long. 140 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,340 They actually use 10 visual observers. 141 00:06:09,340 --> 00:06:11,620 And they stage them with radios and binoculars 142 00:06:11,620 --> 00:06:15,430 along the pipeline, just for added safety. 143 00:06:15,430 --> 00:06:16,930 And then they have the operator kind 144 00:06:16,930 --> 00:06:21,520 of cruising, walking with the drone, if you will, sometimes. 145 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,760 But my personal experience on movie sets and things 146 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,700 of that nature, we operate with a three-man crew. 147 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:30,400 We have a visual observer, a camera operator, 148 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,690 and then someone behind the wheel of this thing right here. 149 00:06:34,690 --> 00:06:36,490 You will notice this camera on here 150 00:06:36,490 --> 00:06:40,443 can be independently operated by its own set of controls. 151 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:41,860 And then the drone can be operated 152 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:45,430 by its set of controls, which allows you to get 153 00:06:45,430 --> 00:06:47,500 more dynamic range of shots. 154 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:48,730 Drone can be going this way. 155 00:06:48,730 --> 00:06:50,920 Camera can be panning the other way. 156 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,070 Drone can be rising up as camera goes down. 157 00:06:53,070 --> 00:06:55,150 So it really brings some versatility 158 00:06:55,150 --> 00:06:56,860 to your shots and things of that nature. 159 00:06:59,420 --> 00:07:01,570 The last bullet point here mentions 160 00:07:01,570 --> 00:07:04,390 that the drone operator need not be certified, 161 00:07:04,390 --> 00:07:08,500 but a 107 operator must be on-site. 162 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,230 You might be wondering when this would come into play. 163 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:14,620 I get a lot of requests from wedding people-- 164 00:07:14,620 --> 00:07:17,260 wedding people, videographers, photographers, 165 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:18,520 things of that nature. 166 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,930 They look at the drone as kind of another tool in their bag 167 00:07:22,930 --> 00:07:25,420 to utilize when they're doing their gigs 168 00:07:25,420 --> 00:07:26,680 and things of that nature. 169 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,080 They don't want to get a 107. 170 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,150 They don't want the hassle. 171 00:07:31,150 --> 00:07:33,218 For them, it's easier to pay me $100 just 172 00:07:33,218 --> 00:07:35,260 to show up and make sure they're doing everything 173 00:07:35,260 --> 00:07:37,840 on the up-and-up and supervising. 174 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,640 It always amazes me, too, at weddings 175 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,250 why someone would want this loud spinning machine 176 00:07:42,250 --> 00:07:43,580 over their ceremony. 177 00:07:43,580 --> 00:07:45,580 While they're giving their "I dos," all you hear 178 00:07:45,580 --> 00:07:48,850 is [IMITATING DRONE]. 179 00:07:48,850 --> 00:07:50,790 Some people actually want it for the video, 180 00:07:50,790 --> 00:07:53,380 though, and want it for prosperity, I guess. 181 00:07:56,410 --> 00:07:57,000 All right. 182 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,470 Human factors in decision-making-- alcohol 183 00:07:59,470 --> 00:08:00,610 and drugs. 184 00:08:00,610 --> 00:08:02,650 Obviously, don't operate under the influence, 185 00:08:02,650 --> 00:08:04,737 no matter how tempting it is. 186 00:08:04,737 --> 00:08:06,820 Have a couple of beers, want to fly on the beach-- 187 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:10,155 not a smart idea. 188 00:08:10,155 --> 00:08:10,780 Let's see here. 189 00:08:10,780 --> 00:08:13,018 Crew resource management-- this basically 190 00:08:13,018 --> 00:08:14,560 stated, the more people you can bring 191 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,000 into the operation, the better. 192 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,820 Nothing wrong with an extra set of eyes. 193 00:08:18,820 --> 00:08:23,240 Fatigue and stress-- obviously, not a good time to operate. 194 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,960 Here's one of my favorites, talking about attitudes. 195 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,510 The FAA, they list five attitudes-- 196 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:33,830 anti-authority, macho, impulsivity and vulnerability, 197 00:08:33,830 --> 00:08:35,630 and resignation. 198 00:08:35,630 --> 00:08:37,610 The one I see the most out there is 199 00:08:37,610 --> 00:08:40,370 anti-authority, all the time. 200 00:08:40,370 --> 00:08:42,679 People want to fly where they're not supposed to. 201 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,900 They want to fly longer than they should. 202 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:47,510 They want to fly in no-fly zones, 203 00:08:47,510 --> 00:08:50,810 800 feet by Logan, right by the runway. 204 00:08:50,810 --> 00:08:54,170 That's just not beneficial for the hobby, 205 00:08:54,170 --> 00:08:56,900 not beneficial for anybody. 206 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:58,370 That Logan example-- 207 00:08:58,370 --> 00:09:01,460 Logan is actually currently doing something about it. 208 00:09:01,460 --> 00:09:03,980 The company DJI, which Philip mentioned earlier, 209 00:09:03,980 --> 00:09:08,900 they're actually the leader in commercial drone systems. 210 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:12,950 They recently came up with this product called DJI Aeroscope. 211 00:09:12,950 --> 00:09:18,350 And what Aeroscope does, whether it's a DJI drone or not, 212 00:09:18,350 --> 00:09:21,770 if you fly into Logan airspace, it will ping your bird. 213 00:09:21,770 --> 00:09:24,680 And it will tell them your location and serial number. 214 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:27,050 The serial number is going to go right back to you. 215 00:09:27,050 --> 00:09:28,820 You're going to lose your 107. 216 00:09:28,820 --> 00:09:32,270 And you're going to get some hefty fines. 217 00:09:32,270 --> 00:09:35,570 It's just not smart to fly in Logan airspace or any airport 218 00:09:35,570 --> 00:09:37,415 airspace, for that example. 219 00:09:37,415 --> 00:09:39,790 Why do you want to mess around with the manned aircrafts? 220 00:09:42,712 --> 00:09:44,173 Let's see here. 221 00:09:48,070 --> 00:09:51,100 Next, we're going to get into performance you'll basically 222 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:54,940 find the same performance issues that you do with fixed wings, 223 00:09:54,940 --> 00:09:56,860 but the drone, obviously, is going to be 224 00:09:56,860 --> 00:09:59,230 more sensitive to these issues. 225 00:09:59,230 --> 00:10:01,630 Things like high-density altitude, humidity, weight, 226 00:10:01,630 --> 00:10:03,340 high winds are all examples of items 227 00:10:03,340 --> 00:10:04,840 that are going to negatively impact 228 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,450 the performance of your UAS. 229 00:10:07,450 --> 00:10:11,320 So definitely be cautious of that. 230 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:17,110 Loading-- I always like talking about this. 231 00:10:17,110 --> 00:10:21,000 There is no book yet about how to properly load these things. 232 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,490 Now, this drone that I brought in, 233 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:27,310 this only has a limited amount of camera and imaging systems 234 00:10:27,310 --> 00:10:29,800 that you can mount here onto the drone. 235 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,390 So this camera actually comes off. 236 00:10:31,390 --> 00:10:33,490 This whole entire three-axis gimbal system 237 00:10:33,490 --> 00:10:34,750 here can mount off. 238 00:10:34,750 --> 00:10:36,400 And you can put interchangeable-- 239 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,312 if you wanted to put thermal, let's say-- 240 00:10:38,312 --> 00:10:40,020 let's say the police call me, and they've 241 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:41,812 got somebody missing or somebody kidnapped. 242 00:10:41,812 --> 00:10:43,600 And they think they're in this area. 243 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,300 I can do grid patterns with thermal imaging 244 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:49,060 to find these guys. 245 00:10:49,060 --> 00:10:50,728 So that's this type of drone. 246 00:10:50,728 --> 00:10:53,020 But when we're on movie sets and things of that nature, 247 00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:57,700 we're using what-- the term we call it is a heavy lift drone. 248 00:10:57,700 --> 00:11:00,310 We have a drone that has a wing span of about 10 feet 249 00:11:00,310 --> 00:11:01,510 from prop to prop. 250 00:11:01,510 --> 00:11:02,830 It's massive. 251 00:11:02,830 --> 00:11:08,680 It can hold up about 40 to 50 pounds on its own stabilizer. 252 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:11,460 And the problem is, is that there's 253 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:13,350 so many different kinds of cameras 254 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:14,970 that this thing could mount. 255 00:11:14,970 --> 00:11:17,370 You could mount an Arr Alexa Mini. 256 00:11:17,370 --> 00:11:20,340 You could mount a Canon, a Sony,. 257 00:11:20,340 --> 00:11:22,590 Cameras that you see people walking around the common, 258 00:11:22,590 --> 00:11:25,410 taking pictures with, you can mount on these types of drones. 259 00:11:25,410 --> 00:11:27,330 The issue is, they're all different sizes. 260 00:11:27,330 --> 00:11:28,538 They're all different shapes. 261 00:11:28,538 --> 00:11:29,880 They're all different weights. 262 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,560 And there's no real book on how to properly mount these things. 263 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:37,920 So what we do is test, test, test. 264 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,430 We go out to wide open fields. 265 00:11:41,430 --> 00:11:42,390 Here's a good example. 266 00:11:42,390 --> 00:11:45,390 Last month we did a movie called Knives Out. 267 00:11:45,390 --> 00:11:48,450 If any of you have seen James Bond, 007-- 268 00:11:48,450 --> 00:11:50,220 that actor, Daniel Craig. 269 00:11:50,220 --> 00:11:52,980 We were doing a movie for that. 270 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:55,170 And they wanted this about $100,000 271 00:11:55,170 --> 00:11:58,470 camera mounted onto the drone for the job. 272 00:11:58,470 --> 00:12:03,228 If that's not nerve-wracking enough, flying $100,000-- 273 00:12:03,228 --> 00:12:04,270 but then we were nervous. 274 00:12:04,270 --> 00:12:06,645 We were like, look, we've never flown that camera before. 275 00:12:06,645 --> 00:12:08,730 We've never tested it on this heavy-lift drone. 276 00:12:08,730 --> 00:12:12,060 So we actually made the studio give us the camera for a week. 277 00:12:12,060 --> 00:12:14,010 We took it to a wide open field. 278 00:12:14,010 --> 00:12:15,630 We played around with it for a while. 279 00:12:15,630 --> 00:12:17,983 And we got it dialed in perfectly. 280 00:12:17,983 --> 00:12:19,650 The last thing you want to do is show up 281 00:12:19,650 --> 00:12:23,173 to a job and kind of "wing it" with six figures 282 00:12:23,173 --> 00:12:25,590 worth of equipment, where you're working around a guy that 283 00:12:25,590 --> 00:12:27,270 gets paid $20 million a movie. 284 00:12:27,270 --> 00:12:29,490 It's just a recipe for disaster. 285 00:12:29,490 --> 00:12:31,680 So make sure you're always testing 286 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:33,360 all the time, especially if you're 287 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,632 loading different things. 288 00:12:36,632 --> 00:12:39,090 You could definitely have fun with loading these things up, 289 00:12:39,090 --> 00:12:39,590 too. 290 00:12:39,590 --> 00:12:41,820 I was telling Philip a story the other day. 291 00:12:41,820 --> 00:12:44,670 About five years ago, when I had my first DJI Phantom, 292 00:12:44,670 --> 00:12:46,890 I mounted some Roman candles on the landing gear, 293 00:12:46,890 --> 00:12:48,220 chased my buddies around. 294 00:12:48,220 --> 00:12:50,220 So you could definitely have some fun there. 295 00:12:50,220 --> 00:12:53,970 There's nothing in the book about that. 296 00:12:53,970 --> 00:12:57,030 Moving on, drones at night-- 297 00:12:57,030 --> 00:12:59,010 you do need a waiver to fly at night. 298 00:12:59,010 --> 00:13:01,770 And we'll get more into how to apply for these waivers 299 00:13:01,770 --> 00:13:04,776 and what portals you have to go through with the FAA. 300 00:13:04,776 --> 00:13:07,600 The DroneZone is actually for flying at night, 301 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,690 and, again, I'll get more into that. 302 00:13:09,690 --> 00:13:13,110 You can, however, operate-- we like using the term golden hour 303 00:13:13,110 --> 00:13:15,593 or civil twilight, if you will. 304 00:13:15,593 --> 00:13:17,010 The only rule is, you have to have 305 00:13:17,010 --> 00:13:20,160 a small strobe or anti-collision lights on there. 306 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,040 We always like to mount on this drone right there, 307 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,580 just to make sure we're not getting anything in the camera 308 00:13:25,580 --> 00:13:26,080 image. 309 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,890 Or we don't want the footage to show the strobe, obviously, 310 00:13:28,890 --> 00:13:32,010 but we want to play it safe. 311 00:13:32,010 --> 00:13:34,290 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Michael, hold on a sec. 312 00:13:34,290 --> 00:13:37,890 So is there an official mounting spot for a light here? 313 00:13:37,890 --> 00:13:38,890 Or you just have to-- 314 00:13:38,890 --> 00:13:39,750 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Velcro. 315 00:13:39,750 --> 00:13:41,042 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Velcro it on? 316 00:13:41,042 --> 00:13:42,650 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Gorilla tape. 317 00:13:42,650 --> 00:13:45,083 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Interesting. 318 00:13:45,083 --> 00:13:46,500 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Let's see here. 319 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:50,430 Regulatory fine print-- don't be careless or reckless. 320 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:52,290 Don't drop stuff. 321 00:13:52,290 --> 00:13:55,140 If you crash and it causes significant damage, which 322 00:13:55,140 --> 00:13:59,760 I believe the FAA considers $500, you do have to report it. 323 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:04,340 Luckily, I've never run into that issue, which is nice. 324 00:14:04,340 --> 00:14:06,560 Pre-flight-- pre-flight is huge. 325 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:09,830 Just like fixed wing, you want to do pre-flight. 326 00:14:09,830 --> 00:14:13,080 You can see all the pre-flight requirements here on the slide. 327 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,140 In my personal experience, I've seen 328 00:14:15,140 --> 00:14:19,490 situations go very bad because pre-flight has not happened. 329 00:14:19,490 --> 00:14:21,920 Literally, three weeks ago, I had a buddy who 330 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,850 bought this same exact drone. 331 00:14:25,850 --> 00:14:27,780 Actually, it was a version before this. 332 00:14:27,780 --> 00:14:29,450 This is a DJI Inspire 2. 333 00:14:29,450 --> 00:14:31,790 He had a DJI Inspire 1. 334 00:14:31,790 --> 00:14:33,710 It was very cold outside. 335 00:14:33,710 --> 00:14:37,250 And he just fired it up and took off right away, 336 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:39,410 did not pay attention to his battery voltage. 337 00:14:39,410 --> 00:14:40,910 About eight minutes into his flight, 338 00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:42,770 his bird dropped like a rock. 339 00:14:42,770 --> 00:14:45,920 And that was about a $5,000 loss, just going out, 340 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,300 having fun with your buddies. 341 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:49,880 So pre-flight is definitely something 342 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,310 that you want to pay attention to. 343 00:14:52,310 --> 00:14:55,865 Personally, I double and triple-check before taking off. 344 00:14:55,865 --> 00:14:56,990 A lot of times, what I do-- 345 00:14:56,990 --> 00:15:01,220 I'll do my walk around the drone to make sure everything's good, 346 00:15:01,220 --> 00:15:04,880 make sure connection links are fine. 347 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,513 And then what I'll do, when I take off, 348 00:15:06,513 --> 00:15:08,930 I'll let it sit for about 30 seconds right in front of me, 349 00:15:08,930 --> 00:15:10,220 five feet off the ground. 350 00:15:10,220 --> 00:15:11,582 I'll watch the controls. 351 00:15:11,582 --> 00:15:13,790 I'll watch everything, make sure my gauges are right, 352 00:15:13,790 --> 00:15:16,100 make sure I have good connection to satellites, 353 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:19,790 make sure it's GPS locked, make sure my Return-to-Home button 354 00:15:19,790 --> 00:15:24,470 is readily available and marked. 355 00:15:24,470 --> 00:15:26,350 These are expensive. 356 00:15:26,350 --> 00:15:29,623 This setup right here, you're looking at $10,000 357 00:15:29,623 --> 00:15:30,290 into this thing. 358 00:15:30,290 --> 00:15:33,350 So a little extra time pre-flight 359 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:36,320 is definitely worth it. 360 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,080 Also, remember, pre-flight just doesn't include only the drone, 361 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:39,580 as well. 362 00:15:39,580 --> 00:15:42,010 If you're working with a multi-crew, 363 00:15:42,010 --> 00:15:44,260 double-check your comm systems. 364 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:45,700 Double-check your batteries. 365 00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:46,830 Double-check the props. 366 00:15:46,830 --> 00:15:49,080 Make sure they're not chipped-- things of that nature. 367 00:15:53,670 --> 00:15:55,590 This reminds me of one story. 368 00:15:55,590 --> 00:15:58,890 I actually did have a crash once about three years ago. 369 00:15:58,890 --> 00:16:01,140 You guys know what stand-up paddle-boarding is, right? 370 00:16:01,140 --> 00:16:04,320 People stand up on the paddle board, and they do this thing. 371 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,900 I had a company ask me to film them at night in Marblehead. 372 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:12,740 And it was this big, open bay with a ton of boats. 373 00:16:12,740 --> 00:16:15,390 So we had, like, 40 yards of open water 374 00:16:15,390 --> 00:16:17,970 and then nothing but a boat parking lot. 375 00:16:17,970 --> 00:16:21,330 And these guys at night were going to put LED strip lights 376 00:16:21,330 --> 00:16:22,410 all over them. 377 00:16:22,410 --> 00:16:25,290 They had these spotlights to go under the water on the board. 378 00:16:25,290 --> 00:16:28,800 And they were going to do some nighttime black light yoga 379 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,070 session out there in the water. 380 00:16:31,070 --> 00:16:31,830 Sure. 381 00:16:31,830 --> 00:16:33,510 If your check clears, I'll go film it. 382 00:16:33,510 --> 00:16:35,580 No problem. 383 00:16:35,580 --> 00:16:37,080 So I say to myself, all right-- 384 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,425 I'm looking at the situation. 385 00:16:38,425 --> 00:16:40,800 And I say, all right, there's a bunch of boats out there. 386 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,120 I do not want to hit them. 387 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:43,320 It is going to be night. 388 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,120 I will not see them when I'm flying. 389 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,320 What can I do? 390 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,630 So I walked up to where I was going to launch from, 391 00:16:48,630 --> 00:16:51,070 dip my piggies in the water right there, and said, 392 00:16:51,070 --> 00:16:54,330 all right, I'm going to fly the drone out to the first boat. 393 00:16:54,330 --> 00:16:56,160 And I'm going to look at my control set-up, 394 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,840 and I'm going to note how far away I am from the boats. 395 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,650 I think I was 90 feet away. 396 00:17:01,650 --> 00:17:04,349 So I told myself mentally, when it comes time 397 00:17:04,349 --> 00:17:07,200 to film this at night, I will not go past 90 feet, 398 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,690 or I'm going to hit a boat. 399 00:17:09,690 --> 00:17:12,910 What do you think the problem with that is, anyone? 400 00:17:12,910 --> 00:17:16,680 Anyone know what the problem with that assessment is? 401 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:17,525 What else moves? 402 00:17:17,525 --> 00:17:18,150 AUDIENCE: Tide. 403 00:17:18,150 --> 00:17:19,358 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Thank you. 404 00:17:19,358 --> 00:17:20,280 The tide. 405 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:21,660 I was a bonehead. 406 00:17:21,660 --> 00:17:23,760 I did not consider the tide. 407 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,400 So about two hours later when it came time to do the job, 408 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,380 I put my piggies in the same water right there. 409 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:29,672 But guess where that water was? 410 00:17:29,672 --> 00:17:31,410 About 20 feet out. 411 00:17:31,410 --> 00:17:35,338 So I'm thinking to myself, I got 90 feet to play with. 412 00:17:35,338 --> 00:17:35,880 I don't know. 413 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,830 I want to say, one of my last shots 414 00:17:37,830 --> 00:17:41,312 I wanted to get, I had them all lined up, all the lights. 415 00:17:41,312 --> 00:17:42,270 Everything looked cool. 416 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:43,860 They're all doing a "yay." 417 00:17:43,860 --> 00:17:45,720 And I wanted to orbit around them. 418 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,170 And halfway around my orbit, I hear "crunch," "splash." 419 00:17:49,170 --> 00:17:51,180 I hit a boat mast. 420 00:17:51,180 --> 00:17:53,400 Luckily-- very luckily-- 421 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:54,870 the drone hit the mast. 422 00:17:54,870 --> 00:17:56,970 The battery came out of the compartment. 423 00:17:56,970 --> 00:17:58,820 The battery is what I heard splashing. 424 00:17:58,820 --> 00:18:00,570 The physical drone-- and more importantly, 425 00:18:00,570 --> 00:18:01,950 the memory card with my footage-- 426 00:18:01,950 --> 00:18:03,690 landed on the boat, which one of the guys 427 00:18:03,690 --> 00:18:04,690 ended up getting for me. 428 00:18:04,690 --> 00:18:05,997 So that was good. 429 00:18:05,997 --> 00:18:07,080 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Michael? 430 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:07,530 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Yes. 431 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:08,947 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Quick question-- 432 00:18:08,947 --> 00:18:13,443 I thought these drones had sonar anti-collision systems like-- 433 00:18:13,443 --> 00:18:14,610 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: These do. 434 00:18:14,610 --> 00:18:15,450 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Yeah, so why-- 435 00:18:15,450 --> 00:18:17,200 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: They most certainly do. 436 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,750 And quite frankly, between-- 437 00:18:18,750 --> 00:18:20,000 I don't want to endorse this. 438 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,640 You should always fly with your obstacle avoidance on 439 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,980 and your vision positioning sensors and things 440 00:18:25,980 --> 00:18:27,270 of that nature. 441 00:18:27,270 --> 00:18:30,390 For me, personally, it blows my shots all the time, 442 00:18:30,390 --> 00:18:31,190 so I turn them off. 443 00:18:31,190 --> 00:18:32,190 PHILIP GREENSPUN: I see. 444 00:18:32,190 --> 00:18:36,290 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: If this is a tip of a house 445 00:18:36,290 --> 00:18:39,210 and I want to go over the house and reveal what's behind it, 446 00:18:39,210 --> 00:18:41,190 but I want to make it look cinematic 447 00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:43,920 and I want to clip that roof real close and then 448 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,387 reveal what I'm revealing, too many times 449 00:18:46,387 --> 00:18:47,470 I'd try to clip it close-- 450 00:18:47,470 --> 00:18:48,660 I'd hear "beep, beep, beep." 451 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:49,380 No, you can't. 452 00:18:49,380 --> 00:18:50,440 Your shot's now blown. 453 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,160 So personally, I turn them off. 454 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,320 For beginners, I'd recommend, do not turn them off. 455 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:56,850 Fly with them on until you're very 456 00:18:56,850 --> 00:18:58,248 comfortable with these things. 457 00:18:58,248 --> 00:18:59,290 Again, they're not cheap. 458 00:18:59,290 --> 00:19:00,870 They're expensive. 459 00:19:00,870 --> 00:19:03,260 PHILIP GREENSPUN: So a consumer in that boat situation, 460 00:19:03,260 --> 00:19:04,470 the drone wouldn't have hit the boat, 461 00:19:04,470 --> 00:19:06,330 because the anti-collision system would have-- 462 00:19:06,330 --> 00:19:08,122 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: If I had it on, correct. 463 00:19:08,122 --> 00:19:09,230 If I had it on, correct. 464 00:19:09,230 --> 00:19:14,370 You'll notice on the drone, this is obstacle avoidance. 465 00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:16,180 This is obstacle avoidance right there. 466 00:19:16,180 --> 00:19:17,700 It's got visioning position system 467 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:20,500 on the back and an obstacle avoidance on the back, as well. 468 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:25,500 So they like to say they're idiot-proof, 469 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:26,900 unless you turn everything off. 470 00:19:29,967 --> 00:19:31,800 Next slide, we're going to talk a little bit 471 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,280 about operating locally here in the Boston area. 472 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,710 In order to fly commercially in the Boston area, 473 00:19:41,710 --> 00:19:43,270 you have to be a 107. 474 00:19:43,270 --> 00:19:47,050 And you must obey, we call it, the grid that ATC 475 00:19:47,050 --> 00:19:49,570 at KBOS created. 476 00:19:49,570 --> 00:19:53,290 And let's just take a look at the grid here. 477 00:19:53,290 --> 00:19:57,160 So you'll notice on this grid, this is the local Boston area. 478 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,260 Every little square there has a number. 479 00:19:59,260 --> 00:20:01,000 That number represents the height 480 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,540 that you can achieve if you obtain the waiver. 481 00:20:04,540 --> 00:20:07,300 And you also have to be 107-certified to fly 482 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:09,400 in this grid. 483 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,583 You can do hobby flights if you-- 484 00:20:13,583 --> 00:20:16,000 theoretically, you're supposed to call the tower if you're 485 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,962 doing a hobby flight and make them aware 486 00:20:18,962 --> 00:20:20,920 that you're going to be flying in the airspace. 487 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,920 In my personal experience, every time 488 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:25,990 I've called, no one picks up. 489 00:20:25,990 --> 00:20:27,880 You leave a voicemail. 490 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,520 But if you are flying commercially 491 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,650 and you are 107-certified, you do 492 00:20:32,650 --> 00:20:36,190 need to pay specific attention to this grid. 493 00:20:36,190 --> 00:20:38,680 For example, if I wanted to fly in Boston Common, 494 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,720 you can see right in that area, there's 100 box there. 495 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,030 So without a waiver, since I'm 107-certified, 496 00:20:45,030 --> 00:20:49,600 I am allowed to fly 100 feet in the Common 497 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,970 if I hold the authorization to do so. 498 00:20:51,970 --> 00:20:54,367 And we're going to get more into when 499 00:20:54,367 --> 00:20:56,950 do you go through the DroneZone and when you go through LAANC. 500 00:20:56,950 --> 00:20:59,420 And we'll talk about that in a second here. 501 00:20:59,420 --> 00:21:01,690 Any questions about the grid? 502 00:21:01,690 --> 00:21:02,470 Anyone? 503 00:21:02,470 --> 00:21:02,970 All right. 504 00:21:06,187 --> 00:21:07,360 AUDIENCE: I have a-- 505 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:08,360 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Sure. 506 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,552 AUDIENCE: So [INAUDIBLE]. 507 00:21:10,552 --> 00:21:11,760 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Excuse me? 508 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,590 AUDIENCE: If I'm doing a hobby flight, [INAUDIBLE]---- 509 00:21:15,590 --> 00:21:16,990 are they the same? 510 00:21:16,990 --> 00:21:18,170 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: No, it's kind of backwards, 511 00:21:18,170 --> 00:21:19,087 to be honest with you. 512 00:21:19,087 --> 00:21:21,010 Theoretically, if you're a hobby flyer, 513 00:21:21,010 --> 00:21:23,920 they tell you you have to be 400 feet or below. 514 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,080 So in theory, if you called Logan and said, 515 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,912 hey, I'm flying in the Common today 516 00:21:28,912 --> 00:21:30,370 and I just wanted to let you know-- 517 00:21:30,370 --> 00:21:33,130 I'm just doing it for fun and messing around-- 518 00:21:33,130 --> 00:21:35,110 theoretically, you could fly 400 feet. 519 00:21:35,110 --> 00:21:35,832 Is that smart? 520 00:21:35,832 --> 00:21:37,540 No, because what's going on around there? 521 00:21:37,540 --> 00:21:40,270 Med flights, helicopters, things of that nature. 522 00:21:40,270 --> 00:21:42,250 Ton of people underneath. 523 00:21:42,250 --> 00:21:44,980 I see it all the time. 524 00:21:44,980 --> 00:21:46,855 I'll walk down the public garden or whatever. 525 00:21:46,855 --> 00:21:48,647 And I'll see people taking off their drone, 526 00:21:48,647 --> 00:21:50,920 flying around like an idiot, having a grand old time. 527 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:51,940 And I'm just thinking to myself, all 528 00:21:51,940 --> 00:21:53,710 it's going to take is for you to hit someone, 529 00:21:53,710 --> 00:21:55,918 and you're going to be on every news station tonight. 530 00:21:58,950 --> 00:21:59,450 All right. 531 00:21:59,450 --> 00:22:02,130 Let's get into a little bit of the waiver process. 532 00:22:02,130 --> 00:22:05,390 There's two portals for waivers and authorizations. 533 00:22:05,390 --> 00:22:08,750 One's called the DroneZone, and one's called LAANC. 534 00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:10,750 The DroneZone is used for night flights, 535 00:22:10,750 --> 00:22:13,820 wide-area authorizations, and exceptions, 536 00:22:13,820 --> 00:22:16,220 such as those asterisked items that we were looking 537 00:22:16,220 --> 00:22:18,590 at earlier, like flying over people, 538 00:22:18,590 --> 00:22:22,340 flying from a moving vehicle, flying over 400 feet, 539 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:25,400 flying at night, things of that nature. 540 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,210 And also, the DroneZone is meant for wide-area authorization. 541 00:22:29,210 --> 00:22:32,570 So I hold a bunch of wide-area authorizations. 542 00:22:32,570 --> 00:22:34,610 That whole grid that you saw, I basically 543 00:22:34,610 --> 00:22:36,770 applied for the entire grid. 544 00:22:36,770 --> 00:22:38,690 So I applied through the DroneZone, 545 00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:41,425 said, hey, FAA, I work commercial in the area. 546 00:22:41,425 --> 00:22:42,800 I don't want the pain in the butt 547 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,467 of having to go through the LAANC system 548 00:22:44,467 --> 00:22:45,560 every time I get a job. 549 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,700 Just give me the entire grid. 550 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,240 And that's good for two years. 551 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:55,530 Now, the difference is, LAANC is same-day authorization. 552 00:22:55,530 --> 00:22:57,710 So let's say I get a job in Chicago, 553 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:00,920 where I'm not always operating out of. 554 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,070 And I notice that the address they gave me in Chicago 555 00:23:04,070 --> 00:23:05,480 has a little box around it. 556 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,860 It's class D airspace. 557 00:23:06,860 --> 00:23:09,200 And they say I can only go 200 feet. 558 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,510 Well, if I don't hold a waiver for Chicago, 559 00:23:11,510 --> 00:23:13,700 then I would use the LAANC system just 560 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:15,830 to get authorization for that one box 561 00:23:15,830 --> 00:23:19,460 that I'm operating in for that specific day and time. 562 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:22,280 They will give that to you within 24 hours. 563 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,040 Now, for the wide-area authorizations, 564 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,043 or if you wanted to fly at night or over the grid box-- 565 00:23:28,043 --> 00:23:30,210 if they say, hey, you can only fly 100, but you say, 566 00:23:30,210 --> 00:23:33,200 hey, the building I want to film is over 200. 567 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,570 I need 300 feet or something of that nature. 568 00:23:35,570 --> 00:23:38,190 You have to go through the DroneZone. 569 00:23:38,190 --> 00:23:40,130 Now, the problem with the DroneZone 570 00:23:40,130 --> 00:23:43,040 is that it's a two to four-month waiting time. 571 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,420 So it always behooves you, especially if you're 572 00:23:46,420 --> 00:23:48,160 going to work in your local market, 573 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,785 to get these authorizations beforehand. 574 00:23:49,785 --> 00:23:51,660 I don't know anyone that's going to offer you 575 00:23:51,660 --> 00:23:53,040 a job four months in advance. 576 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,020 Hey, in four months, I want you to film this down the street 577 00:23:56,020 --> 00:23:56,650 here. 578 00:23:56,650 --> 00:23:58,930 Usually, these things happen pretty fast. 579 00:23:58,930 --> 00:24:02,440 So it always behooves yourselves to get all your authorizations 580 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,570 and get all your waivers kind of in line. 581 00:24:09,422 --> 00:24:11,880 Next slide here, we're going to talk about the certificate. 582 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,100 Basically stated-- read the regs. 583 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:14,680 Study up. 584 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,443 Take the test. 585 00:24:17,443 --> 00:24:19,860 Personally, with my affiliation with East Coast Aero Club, 586 00:24:19,860 --> 00:24:21,540 they have a great testing center, 587 00:24:21,540 --> 00:24:22,540 great people over there. 588 00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:24,780 So please make sure you go East Coast Aero Club. 589 00:24:27,450 --> 00:24:30,910 Slide 16, certification for traditional pilots-- 590 00:24:30,910 --> 00:24:32,080 take an online course. 591 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,190 Apply through IACRA and you're off and running, 592 00:24:35,190 --> 00:24:38,530 or flying, as they say. 593 00:24:38,530 --> 00:24:40,240 Slide 17-- for you guys in this class, 594 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,550 you do have a couple options. 595 00:24:42,550 --> 00:24:44,750 Any private pilot license holders out here? 596 00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:46,310 Anyone? 597 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:46,810 Hey. 598 00:24:46,810 --> 00:24:47,560 All right. 599 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,800 Private pilot's license-- no exams really required. 600 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,960 If you do not hold a private pilot's license, 601 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,980 you must schedule your 107 exam at your local testing center. 602 00:24:59,510 --> 00:25:03,610 Slide 18, we're getting back to the hobby and 107. 603 00:25:03,610 --> 00:25:06,370 We highlighted some of these asterisked areas here. 604 00:25:06,370 --> 00:25:09,555 I can talk about these a little bit more. 605 00:25:09,555 --> 00:25:11,305 This is all about the power of the waiver. 606 00:25:13,970 --> 00:25:18,070 For example, about six months back, the Discovery Channel 607 00:25:18,070 --> 00:25:18,970 was down here. 608 00:25:18,970 --> 00:25:21,290 And they asked us to do-- 609 00:25:21,290 --> 00:25:24,580 they had a restored Viking ship. 610 00:25:24,580 --> 00:25:27,880 And they were taking that Viking ship from Nova Scotia 611 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,560 and sailing it down the East Coast. 612 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,960 And the Discovery Channel was doing this big documentary 613 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,480 show about it and how the journey went 614 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,390 and the problems that they ran into. 615 00:25:37,390 --> 00:25:39,940 But for me, the problem I was running into 616 00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:42,730 is, I have to fly from a boat, which is a moving vehicle. 617 00:25:42,730 --> 00:25:44,410 I had to be over 400 feet. 618 00:25:44,410 --> 00:25:47,080 And they wanted some of those shots at night. 619 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,607 Luckily, we had all these waivers in place. 620 00:25:49,607 --> 00:25:51,440 If not, we would have had to tell them, hey, 621 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:52,390 it's going to take two to four months 622 00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:53,815 for us to get these waivers. 623 00:25:53,815 --> 00:25:55,690 And they would have went to the next company. 624 00:25:55,690 --> 00:26:00,210 So it always pays to have these waivers and authorizations 625 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:00,710 in place. 626 00:26:07,270 --> 00:26:09,360 This is embarrassing. 627 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,810 Slide 19 is some of the recent accomplishments and projects 628 00:26:12,810 --> 00:26:14,460 that I've been working on. 629 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:17,965 Few A-list names up there. 630 00:26:17,965 --> 00:26:19,590 What I can say, locally in this market, 631 00:26:19,590 --> 00:26:23,340 is, we have seen a major spike in TV and movie productions 632 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:27,660 being made in New England, specifically in Massachusetts. 633 00:26:27,660 --> 00:26:29,730 It's been great for us, which is fantastic. 634 00:26:29,730 --> 00:26:32,460 Keeps us extremely busy, which is great. 635 00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:37,280 Hiring gigs are fun. 636 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,590 They are lucrative, as well. 637 00:26:39,590 --> 00:26:43,070 The problem is, there is a lot of pressure. 638 00:26:43,070 --> 00:26:47,195 When I was doing the Equalizer 2 movie, we're flying-- 639 00:26:47,195 --> 00:26:48,820 we actually used this drone right here. 640 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:52,490 And they wanted me to fly the thing over Denzel Washington's 641 00:26:52,490 --> 00:26:53,630 shoulder. 642 00:26:53,630 --> 00:26:56,420 And I'm saying to myself, man, one gust of wind or mistake, 643 00:26:56,420 --> 00:26:58,700 I could slice this guy's face open. 644 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:02,870 So there is a lot of pressure associated with it. 645 00:27:02,870 --> 00:27:06,140 Directors and DPs-- 646 00:27:06,140 --> 00:27:08,330 Directors of Photography-- they want 647 00:27:08,330 --> 00:27:09,990 things done the first time. 648 00:27:09,990 --> 00:27:11,540 Time is money. 649 00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:13,560 Imagine if you were-- 650 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,640 there's one time where I was chasing a motorcycle, 651 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,530 and there were some explosions going off. 652 00:27:18,530 --> 00:27:20,810 It took six hours to rig those explosions. 653 00:27:20,810 --> 00:27:22,310 They're only going to go off once. 654 00:27:22,310 --> 00:27:24,310 If you mess the shot up, it's going to cost them 655 00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:25,440 another $6,000 to rig up. 656 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,842 It's going to take half a day of time to do it again. 657 00:27:27,842 --> 00:27:29,300 So there's a lot of pressure to get 658 00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:32,340 it done right the first time. 659 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:35,230 But generally, these jobs are few and far between. 660 00:27:35,230 --> 00:27:37,940 The primary jobs that we usually do-- 661 00:27:37,940 --> 00:27:41,750 marketing and promotional videos, 662 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:43,400 documentaries, things of that nature-- 663 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:44,835 can be a little less pressure. 664 00:27:44,835 --> 00:27:46,460 But once you get into the upper epsilon 665 00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:49,370 of doing feature films and things of that nature, 666 00:27:49,370 --> 00:27:50,330 be on your A-game. 667 00:27:54,580 --> 00:27:55,080 All right. 668 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,780 A little bit about life on set. 669 00:27:57,780 --> 00:28:00,630 Higher end productions, you can expect about $2,000 670 00:28:00,630 --> 00:28:02,835 a day per operator, which is lovely. 671 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,160 Even the visual observer, making sure 672 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,892 that we're not hitting power lines or things of that nature, 673 00:28:10,892 --> 00:28:12,850 the guy's just looking up and paying attention. 674 00:28:12,850 --> 00:28:15,090 He's making a great day's pay there. 675 00:28:15,090 --> 00:28:17,490 But again, there is a lot of pressure. 676 00:28:17,490 --> 00:28:18,510 That $2,000 per day-- 677 00:28:18,510 --> 00:28:19,440 I need to note, too-- 678 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,660 that's not including gear rental insurance and media 679 00:28:21,660 --> 00:28:23,827 rental and everything else that comes along with it. 680 00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:26,790 So I work for a company called Above Summit, 681 00:28:26,790 --> 00:28:29,270 as I mentioned, here in Somerville. 682 00:28:29,270 --> 00:28:31,950 They're usually charging $20,000, $30,000 a day 683 00:28:31,950 --> 00:28:33,300 when we're on a movie. 684 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:36,480 That's just a little piece of what the operators see. 685 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,500 We generally work in a three-man crew. 686 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:43,320 When you're on TV and movies, it can be extremely humbling, 687 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,440 as well. 688 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,827 A lot of times we'll nail a shot. 689 00:28:46,827 --> 00:28:47,910 The director will love it. 690 00:28:47,910 --> 00:28:49,020 Everyone will say, oh, that's great. 691 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:50,340 You did such a great job. 692 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:51,923 Then the TV show comes out, and you're 693 00:28:51,923 --> 00:28:53,190 like, where's my footage? 694 00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:55,050 They don't use it sometimes. 695 00:28:55,050 --> 00:28:57,520 And you get kind of bummed out about it. 696 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,260 So it can be a humbling experience. 697 00:29:01,260 --> 00:29:04,920 You could spend weeks and hours on set, 698 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,100 flying, creating footage, getting them content, 699 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:11,130 and barely any of it will be used. 700 00:29:11,130 --> 00:29:13,740 I was talking earlier about the Equalizer movie 701 00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:15,420 with Denzel that I did. 702 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:18,090 Seven days on set-- got them roughly two hours 703 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,020 of raw footage. 704 00:29:19,020 --> 00:29:21,440 And about seven seconds made the final movie. 705 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,000 I love the seven seconds, but wish 706 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,100 there was a little bit more. 707 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,350 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Michael, what was the 12 days on set 708 00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:29,940 to 12 seconds in the final cut? 709 00:29:29,940 --> 00:29:31,020 Which movie was that? 710 00:29:31,020 --> 00:29:32,130 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Oh, I think-- yeah, 711 00:29:32,130 --> 00:29:33,255 that was the Equalizer one. 712 00:29:33,255 --> 00:29:35,160 Maybe it was 12 seconds, not seven. 713 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,810 PHILIP GREENSPUN: And why bring a book? 714 00:29:36,810 --> 00:29:37,490 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: I'm getting there. 715 00:29:37,490 --> 00:29:38,070 PHILIP GREENSPUN: OK, you're getting there. 716 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:39,903 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: I'm getting there, buddy. 717 00:29:39,903 --> 00:29:42,420 The bring-a-book thing-- don't literally 718 00:29:42,420 --> 00:29:45,930 bring a book, because you'd just look pretty silly. 719 00:29:45,930 --> 00:29:47,760 The main point of the bring-a-book thing 720 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,700 is, it can be extremely boring. 721 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:52,200 You got to remember, the whole movie 722 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,060 is not made with this thing. 723 00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:57,600 They're generally doing action sequence with the drone, 724 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,248 tracking shots, establishing shots, top-down, 725 00:30:01,248 --> 00:30:02,790 where you're high up and the camera's 726 00:30:02,790 --> 00:30:05,380 pointed straight down-- things of that nature. 727 00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:09,270 But there's about 30 other camera equipment 728 00:30:09,270 --> 00:30:11,070 and people out there that are also 729 00:30:11,070 --> 00:30:12,780 getting their shots-- their ground shots 730 00:30:12,780 --> 00:30:14,155 and things of that nature-- which 731 00:30:14,155 --> 00:30:17,220 does take up the bulk of the movie or TV show or whatever. 732 00:30:17,220 --> 00:30:19,290 So I have found there have been times 733 00:30:19,290 --> 00:30:21,840 that I've been on set 12, 14 hours, 734 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,880 and I've only flown this thing maybe 10, 20 minutes. 735 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:31,050 So there is a ton of downtime, hence the Bring-a-book 736 00:30:31,050 --> 00:30:33,870 And sometimes it can be disappointing. 737 00:30:33,870 --> 00:30:40,470 Last year we did a pilot TV show for NBC called Suspicion. 738 00:30:40,470 --> 00:30:41,970 It was a very fun shoot. 739 00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:44,550 They had a stunt guy getting dragged 740 00:30:44,550 --> 00:30:46,920 on the back of a Cadillac Escalade. 741 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,630 And we got to track it and film it. 742 00:30:48,630 --> 00:30:53,010 And we just got some incredible footage, some incredible shots. 743 00:30:53,010 --> 00:30:54,780 Everyone was super happy. 744 00:30:54,780 --> 00:30:55,600 The show wrapped. 745 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,300 The first couple episodes of the pilot-- 746 00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:58,920 it gets sent off to NBC. 747 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,420 A bunch of guys in suits were there. 748 00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:01,837 And they said, yeah, we hate this, 749 00:31:01,837 --> 00:31:03,550 and it just got scrapped altogether. 750 00:31:03,550 --> 00:31:05,550 And the good part is, their check still cleared, 751 00:31:05,550 --> 00:31:07,560 but we're not seeing any of that work. 752 00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:12,770 That's about it for me. 753 00:31:15,470 --> 00:31:17,490 How do I click this link to get it to work? 754 00:31:17,490 --> 00:31:19,685 Phil asked me to string together some footage 755 00:31:19,685 --> 00:31:21,810 that I've taken personally, so you guys can kind of 756 00:31:21,810 --> 00:31:23,743 see the drone in action. 757 00:31:23,743 --> 00:31:25,410 All the footage you're going to see here 758 00:31:25,410 --> 00:31:27,190 actually was not done with this drone. 759 00:31:27,190 --> 00:31:28,732 This is more of a professional drone. 760 00:31:28,732 --> 00:31:31,080 This was all done with a DJI Phantom. 761 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,170 This is a drone that you could literally pick up 762 00:31:34,170 --> 00:31:38,010 at Best Buy for, like, $1,000. 763 00:31:38,010 --> 00:31:39,990 I like having it, just because you 764 00:31:39,990 --> 00:31:42,550 can throw it in the back of your car and have around. 765 00:31:42,550 --> 00:31:45,480 If you ever see something fun to go out and film, 766 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,950 you have it there. 767 00:31:46,950 --> 00:31:48,740 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Questions, questions? 768 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:49,100 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Yeah, guys. 769 00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:50,880 Hit me with some questions while this thing is playing. 770 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,255 Anybody got any questions for me? 771 00:31:52,255 --> 00:31:54,690 If anyone wants to come up and play with this thing 772 00:31:54,690 --> 00:31:56,190 or take a look at it, feel free. 773 00:31:56,190 --> 00:31:57,350 What's going on, man? 774 00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:59,860 AUDIENCE: What is the endurance of the drone? 775 00:31:59,860 --> 00:32:01,610 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: This drone right here-- 776 00:32:01,610 --> 00:32:03,040 dual battery system. 777 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,090 So you'll notice, it's got two. 778 00:32:06,090 --> 00:32:08,910 Cool thing about this particular system-- 779 00:32:08,910 --> 00:32:10,680 self-induced heating batteries, which 780 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,830 is great in the wintertime. 781 00:32:13,830 --> 00:32:16,270 Cold equals bad battery voltage. 782 00:32:16,270 --> 00:32:20,580 So with these things, heating and going, that's great. 783 00:32:20,580 --> 00:32:23,880 In regards to range, if you're wondering about range, 784 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,060 this can go a mile up and four miles out. 785 00:32:27,060 --> 00:32:28,360 Do I want to do that? 786 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:28,860 No. 787 00:32:28,860 --> 00:32:30,570 AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE] time? 788 00:32:30,570 --> 00:32:31,770 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Time? 789 00:32:31,770 --> 00:32:36,300 Estimated time, 22 minutes to 24, depending on load 790 00:32:36,300 --> 00:32:39,450 and how aggressive you're flying it. 791 00:32:39,450 --> 00:32:41,897 This thing has something called Sport mode or Ludicrous 792 00:32:41,897 --> 00:32:43,980 mode-- whatever you want to call it-- that you can 793 00:32:43,980 --> 00:32:45,750 get this thing up to, like, 80. 794 00:32:45,750 --> 00:32:48,420 And it's going to suck the juice out of the batteries real quick 795 00:32:48,420 --> 00:32:51,060 if you're thrusting full throttle for a while. 796 00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:55,830 But if you're just hovering, it could get 25, 26 minutes. 797 00:32:55,830 --> 00:32:57,540 Back to the range thing, yes, this thing 798 00:32:57,540 --> 00:32:59,190 can go a mile up and four miles out. 799 00:32:59,190 --> 00:33:00,660 I never like to do that. 800 00:33:00,660 --> 00:33:03,355 I look at this thing as a big bag of money. 801 00:33:03,355 --> 00:33:04,730 You want your money close to you, 802 00:33:04,730 --> 00:33:08,425 or you want it four miles where you can't have your eyes on it? 803 00:33:08,425 --> 00:33:09,550 You'd be surprised, though. 804 00:33:09,550 --> 00:33:11,760 A lot of people do like doing that. 805 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:12,990 They call it "range testing." 806 00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:14,760 I call it stupidity. 807 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,160 Let's see how far we can send the thing before it 808 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,300 has a battery failure or before it auto lands-- 809 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:24,120 not something I like to screw around with, personally. 810 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,588 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Should be up now. 811 00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:27,880 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Anyone else? 812 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,030 Sir. 813 00:33:29,030 --> 00:33:30,780 AUDIENCE: I actually work in [INAUDIBLE].. 814 00:33:30,780 --> 00:33:33,300 And this fall, we had our first drone. 815 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:36,440 Should we require a 107 pilot for this? 816 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:37,653 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: For what? 817 00:33:37,653 --> 00:33:39,070 AUDIENCE: For wedding photography? 818 00:33:39,070 --> 00:33:40,280 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Wedding photography? 819 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:40,730 Yes. 820 00:33:40,730 --> 00:33:43,105 Anything you're going to make money or promote yourself-- 821 00:33:43,105 --> 00:33:43,820 107. 822 00:33:43,820 --> 00:33:46,308 Just think to yourself, if I'm just out having fun, 823 00:33:46,308 --> 00:33:47,100 I don't need a 107. 824 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:48,850 AUDIENCE: We have photographers coming in. 825 00:33:48,850 --> 00:33:51,335 We have a $50 fee to use [INAUDIBLE] photography. 826 00:33:51,335 --> 00:33:54,660 And you try to tell them [INAUDIBLE].. 827 00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:57,170 So the photographers don't want to pay [INAUDIBLE].. 828 00:33:57,170 --> 00:33:58,920 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: They do need to be 107, 829 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,490 or a 107 operator has to-- you can hire a guy like me 830 00:34:01,490 --> 00:34:03,740 to just be there and say, hey, you're doing everything 831 00:34:03,740 --> 00:34:04,560 on the up-and-up. 832 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:05,060 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Make sure to read 833 00:34:05,060 --> 00:34:06,560 back the question, because-- 834 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,250 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Oh, I'm sorry. 835 00:34:07,250 --> 00:34:07,850 PHILIP GREENSPUN: For the video. 836 00:34:07,850 --> 00:34:08,510 Yeah, no, it's fine. 837 00:34:08,510 --> 00:34:09,593 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Got it. 838 00:34:09,593 --> 00:34:11,580 Anybody else? 839 00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:13,469 AUDIENCE: You mentioned that you often 840 00:34:13,469 --> 00:34:15,531 don't see most of your footage in the final cut. 841 00:34:15,531 --> 00:34:16,989 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Sometimes, yeah. 842 00:34:19,620 --> 00:34:21,995 AUDIENCE: Are you allowed at all to publish that footage? 843 00:34:21,995 --> 00:34:23,526 Like, hey, this is what we didn't 844 00:34:23,526 --> 00:34:25,020 use in this movie [INAUDIBLE]? 845 00:34:25,020 --> 00:34:26,728 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: So this is what we do. 846 00:34:26,728 --> 00:34:30,520 So in a lot of our contracts, when we get initially 847 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,280 approached by Columbia Pictures or Lionsgate or something 848 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,915 of that nature, they'll send us a volume of their contract 849 00:34:36,915 --> 00:34:39,040 and what we're allowed to do with the footage, what 850 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:39,885 we're not. 851 00:34:39,885 --> 00:34:41,260 It's almost like an NDA, as well. 852 00:34:41,260 --> 00:34:42,980 You can't post behind-the-scenes stuff. 853 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:45,670 You can't blow yourself up on social media or things 854 00:34:45,670 --> 00:34:47,380 of that nature. 855 00:34:47,380 --> 00:34:50,655 Sometimes we put verbiage in there that says, hey, after-- 856 00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:52,030 we say we want to use the footage 857 00:34:52,030 --> 00:34:53,380 for our own personal promotion. 858 00:34:53,380 --> 00:34:54,922 What they generally come back and say 859 00:34:54,922 --> 00:34:57,695 is, you can do that after the movie's come out. 860 00:34:57,695 --> 00:34:59,320 They don't want you promoting something 861 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,608 that they don't get first dibs at promoting first. 862 00:35:01,608 --> 00:35:03,400 So after the movie is released, usually you 863 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,230 give it a month grace period-- 864 00:35:05,230 --> 00:35:07,453 that in-between period before it's on Netflix or DVD, 865 00:35:07,453 --> 00:35:08,620 but it's out of the theater. 866 00:35:08,620 --> 00:35:11,470 Then we usually feel comfortable to kind of self-promote 867 00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:14,270 with that footage. 868 00:35:14,270 --> 00:35:16,586 Anybody else? 869 00:35:16,586 --> 00:35:18,870 Are you guys all mesmerized by the drone footage? 870 00:35:18,870 --> 00:35:19,953 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Come on. 871 00:35:19,953 --> 00:35:21,510 [INAUDIBLE] video. 872 00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:22,290 Look at that. 873 00:35:22,290 --> 00:35:24,080 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: That was actually Big Island, Hawaii 874 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:24,800 right there. 875 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:25,370 That's local. 876 00:35:25,370 --> 00:35:26,825 That's in West Boylston. 877 00:35:26,825 --> 00:35:28,700 PHILIP GREENSPUN: I tell people that my dream 878 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:32,750 is to get as good footage out of a $400,000 helicopter 879 00:35:32,750 --> 00:35:36,018 as a person can get out of a $400 drone. 880 00:35:36,018 --> 00:35:38,060 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: The helicopter guys absolutely 881 00:35:38,060 --> 00:35:39,610 hate us. 882 00:35:39,610 --> 00:35:45,200 We are stealing their market share exponentially. 883 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,570 Are the movie studios-- 884 00:35:47,570 --> 00:35:50,000 they have to hire the photographer, the pilot, 885 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,430 the fuel, the time, the cost, all that, 886 00:35:52,430 --> 00:35:54,523 or they want to hire us at a third of a cost. 887 00:35:54,523 --> 00:35:56,690 And we're going to get better, more dynamic footage. 888 00:35:56,690 --> 00:36:00,215 So doing it out of helicopters is going to the wayside. 889 00:36:00,215 --> 00:36:02,410 And everyone's kind of going to these machines now. 890 00:36:02,410 --> 00:36:03,827 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Yeah, so Michael 891 00:36:03,827 --> 00:36:06,510 said this was about $10,000, including the camera. 892 00:36:06,510 --> 00:36:08,990 There is just a piece of metal that's 893 00:36:08,990 --> 00:36:11,480 FAA certified through a supplemental type certificate 894 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,040 called the Tyler Mount. 895 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,915 And you just connect this to your helicopter, 896 00:36:14,915 --> 00:36:17,240 I think, landing gear or something and then 897 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,330 put the camera on this piece of metal. 898 00:36:19,330 --> 00:36:21,500 And I think that piece of metal-- 899 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:24,575 the cheapest ones I've ever seen are about $12,000. 900 00:36:24,575 --> 00:36:28,220 So just a piece of metal that has been through the approval 901 00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:31,790 process and all the paperwork costs more 902 00:36:31,790 --> 00:36:33,320 than the entire drone system. 903 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,380 And the camera balls can be in the $400,000 or $500,000, 904 00:36:36,380 --> 00:36:40,220 $600,000 range that go underneath helicopters. 905 00:36:40,220 --> 00:36:43,130 Robinson actually makes a cool news copter. 906 00:36:43,130 --> 00:36:45,640 It's all FAA certified right from the factory. 907 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,410 I think it's in the million-dollar range that 908 00:36:48,410 --> 00:36:51,080 has the ball and the camera and the transmitter 909 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:52,640 back to the TV station. 910 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,610 But as Michael said, do we really 911 00:36:55,610 --> 00:36:56,940 need those in the drone age? 912 00:36:56,940 --> 00:36:57,940 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Yeah. 913 00:36:57,940 --> 00:37:00,472 No. 914 00:37:00,472 --> 00:37:02,180 AUDIENCE: For the engineers [INAUDIBLE],, 915 00:37:02,180 --> 00:37:03,722 what sort of features or capabilities 916 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:06,048 would you like to see in the next generation of drones? 917 00:37:06,048 --> 00:37:08,090 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: The next generation of drones, 918 00:37:08,090 --> 00:37:11,270 what capabilities would I like to see? 919 00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:14,150 I'm currently, right now, talking to a bunch of people-- 920 00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:16,610 I guess not capability, but they're doing a lot 921 00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:18,075 with augmented reality. 922 00:37:18,075 --> 00:37:20,450 And I think you're going to see a lot of that coming out. 923 00:37:20,450 --> 00:37:21,770 I'm sure you guys have heard of-- 924 00:37:21,770 --> 00:37:23,520 and I'm going to sound really nerdy here-- 925 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,740 but Pokemon Go on your cell phone. 926 00:37:25,740 --> 00:37:28,770 And you can see the little Pokemon guys running around. 927 00:37:28,770 --> 00:37:31,400 Now, imagine if I wanted to train somebody 928 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,410 on how to properly fly a drone. 929 00:37:33,410 --> 00:37:36,668 Then I could put these rings or circles or maybe 930 00:37:36,668 --> 00:37:38,210 directions on the screen when they're 931 00:37:38,210 --> 00:37:42,440 flying to go through the hoop and make a figure 8 or things 932 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:42,960 like that. 933 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,740 So I think we're going to see a lot of augmented reality 934 00:37:45,740 --> 00:37:48,610 stuff coming in and things of that nature. 935 00:37:48,610 --> 00:37:50,330 Also, they're making them smaller. 936 00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:52,370 That's another big thing. 937 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:55,940 And they're making them more diverse with image systems. 938 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:57,440 What you can mount-- 939 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,660 being able to mount something smaller, more powerful. 940 00:38:00,660 --> 00:38:02,780 They have cameras now that have hundred-time zoom 941 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:03,965 on one end of the camera. 942 00:38:03,965 --> 00:38:05,840 And then on the other end, they have thermal. 943 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,840 So you can switch back and forth between the two 944 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:09,050 on the same drone. 945 00:38:09,050 --> 00:38:12,050 So things of that nature-- kind of making them more efficient. 946 00:38:12,050 --> 00:38:14,305 And battery time, as well-- that's a big thing. 947 00:38:14,305 --> 00:38:15,680 People want drones that are going 948 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,517 to fly for hours, not minutes. 949 00:38:18,517 --> 00:38:20,600 So I think you're going to see a big push in that. 950 00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:24,962 Sir, go ahead. 951 00:38:24,962 --> 00:38:26,420 AUDIENCE: Sort of in the same vein, 952 00:38:26,420 --> 00:38:29,840 in terms of controlability and autonomy, 953 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,030 what does the standard control look like? 954 00:38:32,030 --> 00:38:33,040 Is it just two sticks? 955 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,915 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Yeah, sticks [INAUDIBLE].. 956 00:38:34,915 --> 00:38:36,980 I've got a couple right up here. 957 00:38:36,980 --> 00:38:38,630 This is it. 958 00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:39,687 These are controllers. 959 00:38:39,687 --> 00:38:40,520 I'll level with you. 960 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,853 If any of you guys have ever played first-person shooter 961 00:38:42,853 --> 00:38:44,640 games on Playstation, it's about the same. 962 00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:50,827 One remote for the pilot, one remote for cam op. 963 00:38:50,827 --> 00:38:52,910 PHILIP GREENSPUN: It's the same remote, basically? 964 00:38:52,910 --> 00:38:54,200 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: It's the same principle 965 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,593 if you're playing a first-person shooter, left and right 966 00:38:56,593 --> 00:38:57,260 on the joystick. 967 00:38:57,260 --> 00:39:00,290 PHILIP GREENSPUN: But camera operator and drone operator 968 00:39:00,290 --> 00:39:01,700 get the same physical remote? 969 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:02,140 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Correct. 970 00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:02,820 PHILIP GREENSPUN: OK. 971 00:39:02,820 --> 00:39:03,945 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Correct. 972 00:39:06,798 --> 00:39:08,473 Does that answer the question for you? 973 00:39:08,473 --> 00:39:10,265 AUDIENCE: Well, the follow-on question was, 974 00:39:10,265 --> 00:39:14,102 in terms of where do you see things going or capabilities 975 00:39:14,102 --> 00:39:17,123 wanted by customer, in terms of autonomy, would it be better-- 976 00:39:17,123 --> 00:39:18,290 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: So thank. 977 00:39:18,290 --> 00:39:19,280 You thank you for reminding me. 978 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:20,613 The keyword there is "autonomy." 979 00:39:20,613 --> 00:39:22,365 So there are different programs. 980 00:39:22,365 --> 00:39:23,990 Now, I don't use them personally a lot, 981 00:39:23,990 --> 00:39:26,930 because my application is more cinematic and doing 982 00:39:26,930 --> 00:39:30,320 things of that nature, which I like to fly manually. 983 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,840 There's more feathering and kind of finesse to that. 984 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:38,000 But a lot of people that are doing industrial, 985 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,830 like surveying and things of that nature-- 986 00:39:40,830 --> 00:39:42,843 this thing is as powerful as it gets. 987 00:39:42,843 --> 00:39:44,510 There's a program called Litchi that you 988 00:39:44,510 --> 00:39:47,900 can attach to this drone that you can run off their operating 989 00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:48,770 platform. 990 00:39:48,770 --> 00:39:51,650 You can put waypoints in and say, all right, 991 00:39:51,650 --> 00:39:53,180 go to point A at 50 feet. 992 00:39:53,180 --> 00:39:54,050 Snap a photo. 993 00:39:54,050 --> 00:39:55,100 Then go 20 feet up. 994 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,220 Go to the right 100 feet. 995 00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:58,190 Then take a video, and then go down. 996 00:39:58,190 --> 00:40:00,087 So you can pre-program these things. 997 00:40:00,087 --> 00:40:01,170 A lot of my buddies do it. 998 00:40:01,170 --> 00:40:02,210 They make great money. 999 00:40:02,210 --> 00:40:05,870 And all they do is, they program the grid into the drone, 1000 00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:07,370 they hit Go, and then they sit back, 1001 00:40:07,370 --> 00:40:09,802 and they watch the thing do the job for them. 1002 00:40:09,802 --> 00:40:12,260 And there is-- there's great money in the industrial sector 1003 00:40:12,260 --> 00:40:13,490 with these things-- 1004 00:40:13,490 --> 00:40:16,920 with autonomous flights and things of that nature. 1005 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,460 The only time I've ever used waypoints is to do something 1006 00:40:19,460 --> 00:40:23,448 called a hyperlapse, if anyone knows about photo or video. 1007 00:40:23,448 --> 00:40:25,490 A time lapse is something where you take a photo, 1008 00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:27,823 then you move the camera, take a photo, move the camera, 1009 00:40:27,823 --> 00:40:28,680 take a photo. 1010 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:33,050 A hyperlapse is when you include motion in something like that. 1011 00:40:33,050 --> 00:40:34,490 Waypoint feature is great. 1012 00:40:34,490 --> 00:40:37,990 We put a waypoint at point A. And then 1013 00:40:37,990 --> 00:40:40,610 300 feet away, we put point B. And we 1014 00:40:40,610 --> 00:40:43,160 say, every two seconds from A to B, take a photo 1015 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:44,368 and go to this straight line. 1016 00:40:44,368 --> 00:40:45,993 Then we string all the photos together, 1017 00:40:45,993 --> 00:40:48,020 and you get a cool, little hyperlapse effect. 1018 00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:51,050 So sometimes we use the autonomy. 1019 00:40:51,050 --> 00:40:54,110 Honestly, the enjoyment, for me, is flying manually. 1020 00:40:54,110 --> 00:40:56,210 I don't want to just enter in a bunch of data 1021 00:40:56,210 --> 00:40:57,770 and say, OK, go do your job. 1022 00:40:57,770 --> 00:41:01,410 I'd rather be on the controls and having fun with it. 1023 00:41:01,410 --> 00:41:03,250 So hope that answers your question. 1024 00:41:03,250 --> 00:41:03,750 Sir. 1025 00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:06,170 AUDIENCE: Yeah, I was going to [INAUDIBLE].. 1026 00:41:09,787 --> 00:41:11,870 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Some guys in the studio, again, 1027 00:41:11,870 --> 00:41:14,750 who do the industrial kind of stuff-- yes, they'll utilize 1028 00:41:14,750 --> 00:41:16,340 the functions for autonomy. 1029 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:19,312 But again, personally, I just don't. 1030 00:41:19,312 --> 00:41:20,270 I like flying manually. 1031 00:41:20,270 --> 00:41:20,860 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Over here, Michael. 1032 00:41:20,860 --> 00:41:21,100 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Sir. 1033 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:23,590 AUDIENCE: How much flying experience do you need 1034 00:41:23,590 --> 00:41:29,780 to [INAUDIBLE] and do the close shots that you-- 1035 00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:31,280 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: That's up to you. 1036 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,610 That literally is how comfortable you are with it. 1037 00:41:33,610 --> 00:41:36,990 Some people I know never take the obstacle avoidance off. 1038 00:41:36,990 --> 00:41:38,710 They think it's there for a reason. 1039 00:41:38,710 --> 00:41:41,730 They don't need to get that really tight, close-in shot. 1040 00:41:41,730 --> 00:41:44,772 A lot of people just do what we call high and wide. 1041 00:41:44,772 --> 00:41:46,230 You just fly the thing up 300 feet. 1042 00:41:46,230 --> 00:41:48,772 You get a nice landscape view or whatever you're looking for, 1043 00:41:48,772 --> 00:41:51,010 and you have the collision on for that or whatever. 1044 00:41:51,010 --> 00:41:54,600 But again, you probably saw some of those close shots 1045 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,000 I had in that video. 1046 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,910 You can't obtain that with the avoidance system on. 1047 00:41:59,910 --> 00:42:02,680 Me, personally, I think within three weeks I turned them off, 1048 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:03,180 man. 1049 00:42:03,180 --> 00:42:04,560 I was like, this is not for me. 1050 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,000 I just wanted to jam on the thing 1051 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,125 and get some great footage. 1052 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:11,677 So the safety was impeding it a little bit for me. 1053 00:42:11,677 --> 00:42:12,885 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Behind you. 1054 00:42:12,885 --> 00:42:14,843 AUDIENCE: I just wanted some more clarification 1055 00:42:14,843 --> 00:42:16,980 about [INAUDIBLE]. 1056 00:42:16,980 --> 00:42:19,840 You said 400 feet was the maximum height 1057 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:21,372 that I can fly [INAUDIBLE]. 1058 00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:22,830 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Well, not that-- 1059 00:42:22,830 --> 00:42:24,960 it can fly well over 400 feet. 1060 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,500 But you're only allowed to fly up to 400 feet. 1061 00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:30,990 AUDIENCE: Can I be flying in my neighborhood's backyard? 1062 00:42:30,990 --> 00:42:32,070 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Sure. 1063 00:42:32,070 --> 00:42:34,990 The funny thing is, why do you want to, though? 1064 00:42:34,990 --> 00:42:36,990 Why do you want to be three feet off the ground, 1065 00:42:36,990 --> 00:42:38,940 risking your couple thousand-dollar piece 1066 00:42:38,940 --> 00:42:41,148 of equipment when you can just take a handheld camera 1067 00:42:41,148 --> 00:42:43,057 and walk? 1068 00:42:43,057 --> 00:42:45,503 AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE] 1069 00:42:45,503 --> 00:42:46,670 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Oh, yeah. 1070 00:42:46,670 --> 00:42:47,260 Oh, yeah. 1071 00:42:47,260 --> 00:42:48,910 You saw in some of the shots there. 1072 00:42:48,910 --> 00:42:52,240 I'm skimming waves at a foot off the waves, skimming them. 1073 00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:54,010 So yeah, you can fly really low. 1074 00:42:54,010 --> 00:42:57,760 Again, you have to have your sensors off for that, though. 1075 00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,783 The sensor systems that are on these things 1076 00:42:59,783 --> 00:43:01,450 will say, what are you doing, you idiot? 1077 00:43:01,450 --> 00:43:03,460 Don't fly me like this. 1078 00:43:03,460 --> 00:43:07,482 So in order to achieve it, you have to shut them off. 1079 00:43:07,482 --> 00:43:12,320 AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE] So if you're three feet off 1080 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,870 the ground in your neighbor's backyard, 1081 00:43:14,870 --> 00:43:17,780 is that considered your neighbor's property? 1082 00:43:17,780 --> 00:43:19,720 Are they allowed to not let you-- 1083 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:24,110 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Yeah, that's a slippery, slippery slope-- 1084 00:43:24,110 --> 00:43:26,530 the privacy laws and things of that nature. 1085 00:43:26,530 --> 00:43:29,260 A lot of the bad press that drones get-- 1086 00:43:29,260 --> 00:43:31,690 like, oh, I was sunbathing in my backyard, 1087 00:43:31,690 --> 00:43:34,210 and I saw a drone way up in the sky. 1088 00:43:34,210 --> 00:43:36,237 And they're invading my privacy. 1089 00:43:36,237 --> 00:43:38,320 And it's just like, well, really think about that. 1090 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:39,640 You look like a little ant. 1091 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:43,170 How much privacy am I really invading? 1092 00:43:43,170 --> 00:43:45,193 Hand-held cameras with telescopic lens 1093 00:43:45,193 --> 00:43:47,360 are going to invade more privacy than this thing is. 1094 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,140 PHILIP GREENSPUN: So I think it's an evolving legal area. 1095 00:43:50,140 --> 00:43:53,980 The classical law has been that the airspace 1096 00:43:53,980 --> 00:43:55,420 belongs to the public. 1097 00:43:55,420 --> 00:43:57,590 Only the FAA can regulate it. 1098 00:43:57,590 --> 00:43:58,840 But that's been eroded. 1099 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:02,195 I think a few states have been passing anti-drone laws-- 1100 00:44:02,195 --> 00:44:03,820 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: They've been trying. 1101 00:44:03,820 --> 00:44:04,730 PHILIP GREENSPUN: --of various kinds. 1102 00:44:04,730 --> 00:44:05,980 So I don't think it's a-- 1103 00:44:05,980 --> 00:44:07,480 I think it's an untested legal area. 1104 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,150 There was a question over here. 1105 00:44:09,150 --> 00:44:13,130 AUDIENCE: So the main aviation has the ADS-B by 2020. 1106 00:44:13,130 --> 00:44:15,097 Did drones have the upgrade [INAUDIBLE]?? 1107 00:44:15,097 --> 00:44:16,930 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: They're talking about it. 1108 00:44:16,930 --> 00:44:18,940 PHILIP GREENSPUN: Repeat the question, please. 1109 00:44:18,940 --> 00:44:19,990 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: I don't know the acronym. 1110 00:44:19,990 --> 00:44:20,610 What's the acronym again? 1111 00:44:20,610 --> 00:44:21,820 PHILIP GREENSPUN: ADSB. 1112 00:44:21,820 --> 00:44:23,350 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Yeah, fixed wing 1113 00:44:23,350 --> 00:44:26,380 has to have ADSB installed by 2020. 1114 00:44:26,380 --> 00:44:29,800 So the question was, are drones going to have to have them? 1115 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,388 The problem with it right now is, 1116 00:44:31,388 --> 00:44:33,430 they don't make them lightweight and small enough 1117 00:44:33,430 --> 00:44:34,662 to equip on these things. 1118 00:44:34,662 --> 00:44:36,370 When they do and the technology is there, 1119 00:44:36,370 --> 00:44:38,120 I'm willing to bet you're going to see it. 1120 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:39,190 Yep, absolutely. 1121 00:44:39,190 --> 00:44:41,290 The problem is the weight. 1122 00:44:41,290 --> 00:44:42,790 You can't throw that extra weight in 1123 00:44:42,790 --> 00:44:45,820 and get any kind of viable performance out of it with them 1124 00:44:45,820 --> 00:44:46,570 right now. 1125 00:44:46,570 --> 00:44:48,040 But as the technology gets better 1126 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:49,660 and they make those things smaller, 1127 00:44:49,660 --> 00:44:51,452 I'm willing to bet you're going to see them 1128 00:44:51,452 --> 00:44:52,360 on every single one. 1129 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:52,946 Yep. 1130 00:44:52,946 --> 00:44:55,154 AUDIENCE: The guy sitting to your right [INAUDIBLE].. 1131 00:44:56,793 --> 00:44:59,210 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Can you do that [INAUDIBLE] really slow 1132 00:44:59,210 --> 00:44:59,710 for me? 1133 00:45:03,510 --> 00:45:05,470 Anybody else? 1134 00:45:05,470 --> 00:45:05,985 Sir. 1135 00:45:05,985 --> 00:45:07,985 AUDIENCE: When you're piloting, how much are you 1136 00:45:07,985 --> 00:45:09,993 looking out at the drone versus looking-- 1137 00:45:09,993 --> 00:45:11,410 MICHAEL HOLZWARTH: Great question. 1138 00:45:11,410 --> 00:45:13,250 Great question. 1139 00:45:13,250 --> 00:45:16,210 I've seen so many people crash their drone because they are-- 1140 00:45:16,210 --> 00:45:19,600 I call them screen warriors. 1141 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,360 They got their control here, and they got their iPad mounted. 1142 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:23,527 And they can see everything. 1143 00:45:23,527 --> 00:45:25,810 And they're, oh, my god, this is so great. 1144 00:45:25,810 --> 00:45:28,767 Boom, they hit a tree. 1145 00:45:28,767 --> 00:45:29,850 Why did they hit the tree? 1146 00:45:29,850 --> 00:45:31,477 Because the camera-- now, this drone 1147 00:45:31,477 --> 00:45:32,560 is a little bit different. 1148 00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:35,110 When this drone takes off, this landing gear actually 1149 00:45:35,110 --> 00:45:37,360 raises up above the body here. 1150 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,295 So this camera down here can spin 360 1151 00:45:40,295 --> 00:45:41,920 without getting the legs in the footage 1152 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,640 or anything of that nature. 1153 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,892 But your general consumer drone, when 1154 00:45:46,892 --> 00:45:48,850 you're looking at your iPad when you're flying, 1155 00:45:48,850 --> 00:45:51,230 you're seeing what the camera sees, which is great. 1156 00:45:51,230 --> 00:45:53,530 But what you're not seeing is your peripheral. 1157 00:45:53,530 --> 00:45:56,837 You're not seeing that your props are out this far. 1158 00:45:56,837 --> 00:45:59,170 And if you're just sitting there, looking at the screen, 1159 00:45:59,170 --> 00:46:00,740 you'll end up clipping something. 1160 00:46:00,740 --> 00:46:01,990 You'll end up doing something. 1161 00:46:01,990 --> 00:46:04,650 My general rule of thumb, if I'm flying by myself-- 1162 00:46:04,650 --> 00:46:05,620 I set up a shot. 1163 00:46:05,620 --> 00:46:06,790 I look at the screen. 1164 00:46:06,790 --> 00:46:08,832 A lot of times, though-- and this just comes with 1165 00:46:08,832 --> 00:46:09,850 experience-- 1166 00:46:09,850 --> 00:46:12,885 I can look at the drone and know what the camera's seeing. 1167 00:46:12,885 --> 00:46:14,260 In a professional setting, that's 1168 00:46:14,260 --> 00:46:16,390 why you have a multi-person crew, why 1169 00:46:16,390 --> 00:46:19,990 you have a visual observer, because a lot of the times when 1170 00:46:19,990 --> 00:46:22,240 you're getting paid and you're under pressure and time 1171 00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:23,830 crunched to get the shot, your head 1172 00:46:23,830 --> 00:46:25,810 needs to be dug into that screen. 1173 00:46:25,810 --> 00:46:28,000 And that's why you need radio communication 1174 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,160 with a visual observer to say, hey, you're clear. 1175 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:31,720 No obstruction 25 yards. 1176 00:46:31,720 --> 00:46:35,370 Have at it or whatever the case may be. 1177 00:46:35,370 --> 00:46:38,230 But flying for fun by yourself, my advice would be, 1178 00:46:38,230 --> 00:46:40,330 look up at your bird every now and again. 1179 00:46:40,330 --> 00:46:42,880 I've also had people that have flown and then been 1180 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,378 like, well, wait, where is it? 1181 00:46:45,378 --> 00:46:47,920 Because, again, these things can go a mile up and a mile out. 1182 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,920 And all the sudden, they're like, wait a second, 1183 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:51,400 where'd my drone go? 1184 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:55,060 Now, luckily, for lack of better terms-- 1185 00:46:55,060 --> 00:46:56,170 and excuse my language-- 1186 00:46:56,170 --> 00:46:57,503 I call it the "oh, shit" button. 1187 00:46:57,503 --> 00:46:59,680 But there's a button right here. 1188 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:02,140 So when I turn the drone on, what it does is, 1189 00:47:02,140 --> 00:47:03,610 it communicates to satellites. 1190 00:47:03,610 --> 00:47:06,370 It marks a GPS home point. 1191 00:47:06,370 --> 00:47:10,527 Now, if I'm being an idiot and I'm sending it out a mile away, 1192 00:47:10,527 --> 00:47:12,110 the drone is smart enough to say, hey, 1193 00:47:12,110 --> 00:47:13,960 I only have enough battery percentage 1194 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,670 to get back to your home point. 1195 00:47:15,670 --> 00:47:17,810 And it will kick me off the controls altogether, 1196 00:47:17,810 --> 00:47:20,800 and it will fly itself back and land right where you took off. 1197 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,050 Same function as, where'd my drone go? 1198 00:47:23,050 --> 00:47:23,770 I can't find it. 1199 00:47:23,770 --> 00:47:25,300 If I really needed to, you hit that button, 1200 00:47:25,300 --> 00:47:26,890 and the thing will fly itself back. 1201 00:47:26,890 --> 00:47:30,040 Now, if you utilize that function-- 1202 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,050 this is getting back to the sensors and things 1203 00:47:32,050 --> 00:47:33,350 of that nature. 1204 00:47:33,350 --> 00:47:35,530 If you have your sensors turned off, 1205 00:47:35,530 --> 00:47:38,710 you're in trouble, because what the drone is going to do 1206 00:47:38,710 --> 00:47:43,240 is take its most direct path back to your home point. 1207 00:47:43,240 --> 00:47:45,070 If there is a building in the way, 1208 00:47:45,070 --> 00:47:47,650 it will hit the building if your sensors are off. 1209 00:47:47,650 --> 00:47:49,150 Now, if your sensors are on-- 1210 00:47:49,150 --> 00:47:50,650 I actually have this set up to where 1211 00:47:50,650 --> 00:47:55,630 if Return-to-Home function kicks in, the sensors turn on. 1212 00:47:55,630 --> 00:47:57,340 And then I also have it set up to where 1213 00:47:57,340 --> 00:47:59,230 if it meets an obstruction-- let's say 1214 00:47:59,230 --> 00:48:00,275 there's a building here. 1215 00:48:00,275 --> 00:48:01,900 Oh, no, I don't know where my drone is. 1216 00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:04,570 I hit Return-to-Home, and it comes towards the building. 1217 00:48:04,570 --> 00:48:07,630 It will sense it, and it will raise altitude 1218 00:48:07,630 --> 00:48:08,620 until it clears it. 1219 00:48:08,620 --> 00:48:10,600 And then it will clear it and continue on back 1220 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,890 to the home point. 1221 00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:16,180 I never like to rely on Return-to-Home, though. 1222 00:48:16,180 --> 00:48:17,110 Never. 1223 00:48:17,110 --> 00:48:18,500 I don't feel comfortable with it. 1224 00:48:18,500 --> 00:48:21,580 I like knowing-- again, using the bag of money situation, 1225 00:48:21,580 --> 00:48:23,800 I like knowing where my bag of money is at. 1226 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,737 I don't want it to get away from me. 1227 00:48:26,737 --> 00:48:28,570 You guys can come up and pick this thing up. 1228 00:48:28,570 --> 00:48:30,040 It has some weight to it. 1229 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,990 If this thing fell 400 feet and hit somebody, 1230 00:48:31,990 --> 00:48:32,900 they're in trouble. 1231 00:48:32,900 --> 00:48:34,130 You're in trouble. 1232 00:48:34,130 --> 00:48:37,100 So it behooves you to always have a set of eyes on it 1233 00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:40,860 and pay attention to everything you're doing there.