{"id":13254,"date":"2019-07-06T14:49:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T14:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2019-07-06T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T14:49:30","slug":"weaver-consultants-group-moves-to-delair-uav-for-better-portability-integration-and-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/weaver-consultants-group-moves-to-delair-uav-for-better-portability-integration-and-efficiency\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Weaver Consultants Group Moves to Delair UAV for Better Portability, Integration and Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pictured above \u2013 Mike Bytner (center with Delair drone), Director of Surveying, poses with others from the Weaver Consultants Group team. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delair along with one of its regional resellers, Seiler\nInstrument, announced that Weaver Consultants Group has adopted the Delair UX11\nhigh-performance UAV for its work in large-scale volumetric surveying and\ntopographic mapping. The national firm provides a full range of engineering\nservices and has a particular expertise in solid waste and landfill projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The firm\u2019s initial use of the new Delair platform has been\nin developing digital twins of its clients\u2019 sites \u2013 mainly large disposal and\nlandfill operations \u2013 and performing regular volume calculations to assist in\nmanaging the land use at those sites. The Delair UAV gives the Weaver team a\nhighly efficient way to cover large areas quickly, and provide the precision\ndata, including detailed images as well as environmental information, needed to\nmonitor their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the large areas we need to cover, a fixed-wing drone\nmake sense. We can cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time \u2013 we can do\nthree or four 45-minute flights per day and get reasonably high-resolution\ndata, even flying at 234 feet. We can do 900 acres in a day and there\u2019s no way\nwe could do that with rotor style drones, much less by foot,\u201d said Kurt Aper,\nUnmanned Aerial Team Lead at Weaver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aper noted that a project of more than 40 acres is roughly\nthe threshold where the real benefits of a fixed-wing UAV such as the UX11\nbecome clear. The Delair drone is becoming a critical tool for them as they\nhelp landfill developers and operators precisely estimate the volume of\nmaterials that are filling their sites, and develop expansion plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portability and efficiency are important advantages for\nWeaver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weaver, a long time Trimble\/Gatewing drone user, moved to\nthe newer model Delair UX11 after being impressed with many of the design and\nperformance characteristics of the platform. Among the highlights that they\nidentified are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf             The\nhighly portable design, which includes a backpack style carrying case, allowing\nthe Weaver team to access locations not possible with trucks. The lightweight\nconstruction enhances the portability as well;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf             The\nmodular design, including removable and replaceable wings, making for easier\ntransport and storage, as well as faster repair and maintenance;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf             The\nDelair UX11 is easy to launch by hand (no launch mechanism required) and lands\ngently and accurately thanks to its use of a ground sensors and reverse thrust\nfeature. This makes finding deployment locations easier, and also maintains the\nphysical condition of the drone;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf             The\ncompact radio used to communicate with the drone in flight is an advantage,\nrequiring only a small, lightweight camera tripod for mounting, vs. a cumbersome\nsurveying tripod;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf             The UX11\nis quick to deploy with intuitive set-up commands in the control software that\ncan be used on standard tablet device. Weaver also likes the ability to swap\nout batteries quickly and have the Delair Flight Deck software automatically\nresumes the flight where it had ended;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf             The long\nbattery life gives them a minimum of 45 minutes of in-flight operation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf             The PPK\n(post processed kinematic) feature provides additional flexibility and\nprecision in setting up the flight, reduces the need for extensive ground\ncontrol point (GPCs), and enable in-field processing of data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe UX11 is nice because it\u2019s all integrated, like your\nsmartphone. The camera, the GPS unit, the batteries are all integrated and work\ntogether. You don\u2019t need separate components with separate batteries or cables\nto connect everything. There are much fewer points of failure in a system like\nthis,\u201d Aper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seiler Instrument and Delair field support teams worked\nalongside Weaver\u2019s surveying team to evaluate the Delair drone, and ensure it\nmet the firm\u2019s requirements, including integration with other important tools\nthe firm uses such as AutoCAD, Trimble Business Center, and the Pix4D\nphotogrammetry suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Delair UX11 UAV, introduced commercially last year, is\none of Delair\u2019s top-of-the-line drones. The fixed-wing drone is an innovative\nhardware-software platform that provides highly accurate images for survey-grade\nmapping, with on-board processing capabilities and real-time, long-range\ncontrol via 3G\/4G cellular networks or radio links. The platform\u2019s enhanced\ncentimeter-level precision, along with its efficient operational\ncharacteristics, make it the most cost-effective solution for large area\nsurveying and mapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pictured above \u2013 Mike Bytner (center with Delair drone), Director of Surveying, poses with others from the Weaver Consultants Group team. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Delair along with one of its regional resellers, Seiler Instrument, announced that Weaver Consultants Group has adopted the Delair UX11 high-performance UAV for its work in large-scale volumetric surveying and topographic mapping. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weaveredit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13256,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254\/revisions\/13256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}