daveumr

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by daveumr 11y ago
well, that's the coolest thing I'm going to see all week.
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by daveumr 11y ago
Thats something I'm considering implementing in the very near future, giving the pilot the ability to select from several payment terms (1/3 upfront, 1/2 up front, 100% upfront).
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by daveumr 11y ago
I know money makes the world go round, but it just doesn't feel right to me to take thousands of dollars for a referral fee. I use to work at CustomMade.com and we implemented the cap also for our makers. CustomMade made it possible
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by daveumr 11y ago
Droners.io is currently a one man shop. I'm hoping I can continue to run it lean, and offer a great service without taking too much money from the people working for it (the pilots). The current fee is 10%, and that is capped at $1,0
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by daveumr 11y ago
That article is outdated, the FAA regulations were drafted this year. I posted a link to them in my other comment (currently directly below)
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by daveumr 11y ago
That is correct Dan, it is illegal to commercially operate a UAV without obtaining the FAA's 333 exemption ( https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_programs/section_333/ ). As I mentioned in another comment,
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by daveumr 11y ago
We've currently on-boarded almost 400 pilots in the last 10 days. The FAA has also began issuing 333 exemptions at a faster rate. To date there is now ~1100 exempt pilots that able to commercially operate a UAV, earlier in the year t
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by daveumr 11y ago
SkyCatch is geared more towards B2B, particularly architecture/construction/scanning, there is still quite a market in the other areas. Regarding pilot base, we've on-boarded almost 400 pilots in the last 10 days.
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by daveumr 11y ago
Thats correct. Clients can search for a pilot and accept a bid from them. After the work is complete, the pilot creates an invoice, and the client pays them through the marketplace.
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by daveumr 11y ago
Hi George, Dave here at Droners.io. I've seen a lot of pilots actually offer that as a service to their clients. Have you seen any of the FPV races from a pilots POV (i.e. on Youtube)? Its pretty insane, feels like your in the middl
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