We are very lucky to work on some great projects in some amazing locations.

It’s one of the reasons we love our work so much.

It’s also what inspires us to make more and more fantastic content.

Last year we were asked to help produce content for a BBC 4 Production.

This was planned to chart the history of Coventry Cathedral.

Here is the finished video on Youtube.

We were also very pleased to be given credits at the end of the film too.

We would also really like to extend our thanks to John Wyver as the director for Illuminations Media who directed and created the film for the BBC.

https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/

So DJI will officially release the new Mavic 3 Enterprise and Mavic 3 Thermal at 09:00 eastern time today, which here in the UK is 14:00 BST.

Heres the teaser picture from the DJI Enterprise website.

When we are out on jobs, we often have time to think and reflect, so we decided to add this section – Thought for the Day.

So today DJI are due to release 3 new products.

Lots of rumours flying around ( Pun Intended!! ), could it be the DJI Inspire 3, could it be a new Mavic 3 Enterprise?

We will have to wait and see later today, but it’s going to be very interesting indeed.

Personally we are hoping its going to be this!

We have tried to get the drop on the news from Mark Boyt at Drone Safe Register, but he wont tell us yet!

So our logo is over 5 years old now and we felt it was time for a refresh.

We have always been happy with the text and the colours of the words, but no so much the Logo of the drone.

So now we have a new version, the Logo of the drone was actually created using an image of one of our DJI M300RTK Drones.

Let us know what you think!!

So we do a lot of work with a wide range of construction companies all over the UK.

In order to promote our wide range of services to the construction industry, we have partnered with this company.

https://www.construction.co.uk/

And here’s the link to our specific advert on the https://www.construction.co.uk/ Website.

Impact Aerial Ltd advert – https://www.construction.co.uk/c/694509/impact-aerial-ltd

So as we have said before DJI Drones seem to come along like buses, IE lots come all at the same time.

As usual there have been lots of leaks in the months and weeks coming up to the official announcement, and most of them seem to be pretty close to the real specs.

Having said that their were a couple of surprise’s, firstly the price, and its a big issue because its a big number, we added the standard DL lens price to the DJI Inspire 3 Combo and the Raw Licence and the total came to £16,186.00, thats in GB Pounds of course, and thats a huge number!

The second is the battery life which in turn gives the Max Flight Time of just 26 Minutes, which is less than the original DJI Inspire 2, a drone we have on our own fleet and still use widely for high end work.

HS2 and BBV released this video last week.

We agree that the use of drones on the HS2 Project is a fantastic story relating to the cost savings of using drones for survey projects on large constructions sites.

However this story was even closer and more relevant to us and the team here at Impact Aerial ltd.

A lot of people, including our customers and new prospects alike probably dont realise that as a professional drone services company, prior to engaging on any new drone project we have to do a lot of pre planning to engage with the client on all projects.

One of the tools we use on every project as part of our planning phase is the airspace planning tool from Altitude Angel.

https://www.altitudeangel.com/drone-pilots

In particular we use the drone safety map from Altitude Angel to plan and notify other people of our intended flights.

https://dronesafetymap.com/?hsCtaTracking=b6fcfc7d-7407-4dc1-a704-87336e60a656%7C553a0e6e-33e7-4a4b-9c3f-7949e384667d#loc=52.5017898,-1.7755890,12.0857748997633

Above is a screen shot from today – Wednesday 22nd March, which as you can see by the blue circles which highlight drone operations happening today in our local area of Birmingham.

Well if you like us just love IKEA, mostly for their fantastic Swedish Meatballs if we are being honest, but of course for their great value modern stylish furniture too.

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/huvudroll-meatballs-frozen-40487787/

Well it seems that they are also at the cutting edge of using drone technology in a large number of their warehouses too.

IKEA has shared a great news story on how they use drones in their warehouses to manage stock inventory.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/20/23648156/ikea-verity-drones-stock-counting-stores

Here is the image of one of the IKEA Drones in Use.

Lots of people are talking about using chat GPT to create content for them automatically.

So we thought we would have a go at creating some content relating to our drone services work that we provide to see what chat GPT would create automatically.

So what we decided was to ask chat GPT to create the top five reasons to use a drone for roof inspections and this is what I came up with tell us what you think.

Top 5 Reasons to Use a Drone Roof Survey

1. Cost-Effective: Drones equipped with high-resolution cameras provide a cost-effective solution for roof surveys compared to traditional survey methods, such as scaffolding or cranes. This can result in significant cost savings for building owners and property managers.
2. Safety: Drone roof surveys eliminate the need for workers to climb onto roofs, reducing the risk of falls and other safety hazards. This makes it an ideal solution for inspecting hard-to-reach or dangerous roofs, such as those with steep slopes, sharp edges, or fragile materials.
3. Efficiency: Drone roof surveys can be completed in a fraction of the time it takes to complete a traditional roof survey, reducing downtime and minimizing disruption to building occupants. The use of drones also allows for the collection of data and images from multiple angles, making it easier to identify and assess damage or potential issues.
4. Accuracy: Drones equipped with high-resolution cameras provide clear and detailed images of roofs, making it easier to identify and assess damage or potential issues. This helps building owners and property managers make more informed decisions about repairs and maintenance.
5. Environmental Benefits: Drones use less fuel and emit fewer greenhouse gases than traditional survey methods, making them an environmentally-friendly option for roof surveys. Additionally, drones are equipped with advanced navigation systems, reducing the need for frequent take-offs and landings, further reducing their carbon footprint.

In conclusion, using a drone roof survey can provide building owners and property managers with a cost-effective, safe, efficient, accurate, and environmentally-friendly solution for roof inspections and assessments.

We wanted to share this great blog from our business partner friends at Drone Safe Register as a business Impact Aerial have worked with Drone Safe Register for over 5 years and we have always enjoyed fabulous support from Mark and the rest of his team at DSR .

This blog post is a review of our business and leads generated as a result of a relationship with Drone Safe Register which have resulted in major business wins for our own business.

https://dronesaferegister.org.uk/blog/drone-safe-register-member-review

So we all know the Amazon have been experimenting with using drones for deliveries. However, as a business we still feel this is a failed business model as the last mile deliveries that are currently use my Amazon using white van man delivery systems are very competitive and reliable.

however, this did make a smile when we noticed that even Family Guy are trying Amazon drones as evil robots, trying to take other peoples lives.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cm3u7clITSs/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Let us know what you think, and would like to see!!

So I am sure we will all agree that 2020 has been a very very tough year for everyone.

The Coronavirus Global Pandemic has had a devastating effect on peoples lives, both from a professional and personal aspect.

We are devastated to see so many people in business, colleagues and friends strugling to make their businesses work in these difficult times.

However, we all must strive to survive the best we can and adapt our businesses to offer new services that will help people in the new normal under COVID 19 Pandemic.

Here at Impact Aerial we have been very lucky to weather the storm that started back in Febuary 2020, and we like to think we have managed to adapt our services and offerings, and become more successful as a result, despite the Global Economic devastation.

To that end we are quite proud of the fact, that during 2020, we have had the most successful year since our business started.

We have worked for over 30 companies on new projects in 2020, and we wanted to take the time to thank them all for choosing to use us to supply our products and services.

Many of our new customers have found Impact Aerial, by using the service from our partners at Drone Safe Register.

We are also proud that as long standing members of Drone Safe Register, we have also been recognised for our achievements and been awarded Gold Partner Certification for Drone Safe Register.

So we have been testing our new website feature – live chat.

We are blown away with this feature, here is a quick screen recording of one of our test live chats.

For some reason the actual video got lost, or at least the link to it did, we are sorry for that.

Its been added again now for 2022.

Today we have added Live Web Chat to our webpages.

So someone posted here that the blog does not have enough images.

Well we agree!!

We have recently received some great reviews from Clients we have worked with, where they have kindly left reviews on Trustpilot.

We are always very grateful to receive five star reviews, and feel that we should also provide links to their websites as a way of thanking them for their great reviews.

The first one is Mark Boyt from Drone Safe Register. Impact Aerial have been a member of Drone Safe Register for over three years, and have worked with some fantastic clients introduced to us by Drone Safe Register.

Heres the link to Drone Safe Register Website. http://www.dronesaferegister.org

So a quick background to Betaden.

BetaDen is a Tech Accelerator based at the Malvern Hills Science Park in Malvern Worcestershire.

Impact Aerial were proud to be chosen to be one of just eight new startup businesses to be members of BetaDens Cohort 2.0

Each Betaden Cohort is a 9 Month Accelerator, where businesses with an innovative tech startup idea, are helped to bring that Idea to a commercially ready product offering.

Unfortunately due to the impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic the program was delayed, meaning the big showcase event that ws scheduled for June had to be re thought.

In fact each of the Cohort 2.0 companies, with the expert guidance from the Betaden team still managed to deliver our end of program Showcase, it was actually just a Virtual Showcase.

However in addition to the Virtual Showcase, BetaDen also run regular monthly update session, such as the Tech Tuesday regular event.

For the July 2020 Tech Tuesday event, Impact Aerial were invited to join Drone Prep to deliver a presentation on ” Drones – the art of the possible “

You can find a link to the recorded session here.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2215941154766/WN_RjbFhbohQ_awPZ4lP4PYSQ

So you might have seen we have decided to make some changes to our website.

We have changed our menu and added some items.

You might notice that we now have the following items added to our menu, Twitter and Blog

We wanted to add the Twitter feed, because we have a lot of followers on Twitter, and many people comment, like and retweet our tweets over on Twitter.

And by the same token we also wanted to make a proper section for Blog posts.

The advantage of a blog post is that they appear on our we page as post, which have a history and chronology, which allows then to be easily found and read by other people.

Finally people can add their own comments to blog posts too. So we welcome comments ( constrictive ones please!!) on our blog posts.

So now we are posting regular content this is another blog post to be added to our Blog section on our website.

Heres a shot from one of recent client jobs at the M40 Motorway in Warwickshire