wweissbluth

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Voltair (YC W26) Is Hiring a Test Flight Engineer(ycombinator.com)
1 points by wweissbluth 1mo ago
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by wweissbluth 6mo ago
Yeah totally! Drop us a note at info@voltairlabs.com ?
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by wweissbluth 6mo ago
That's super expensive. The majority of those costs are driven by the CapEx of the LiDAR unit. Ours is over $20k. In reality, though, it cost probably <$200 of operating expenses to collect that data. The solution here is higher uti
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by wweissbluth 6mo ago
Interesting! This is new to me. I know wind farm inspection is another really solid market (smaller land areas and high frequency - could be 1 pad for a whole farm), but I am not familiar with the rapid setup renewables. Can you share more?
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by wweissbluth 6mo ago
Oh 100% - we think rail would be an excellent market. But as you've stated, they already have a thing moving around (the train) to take photos. We see less delta in our service (but still something). There's certain perspectives o
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by wweissbluth 6mo ago
We're collecting 61MP RGB, LiDAR (DSM DTM) and radiometric thermal for sensors We're thinking of flying at ~150' AGL or ~100' ATO at over 20 mph to collect data when automated. There's trade offs between effective s
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by wweissbluth 6mo ago
Crawler drones are not a bad idea! They're just a bit slow and limiting. Also doesn't drive our long term plan (can't leave power lines) It's also mechanically complex and there's many line & pole types that mak
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by wweissbluth 6mo ago
We don't need to keep the data - we'd rather sell it to other (qualified) folks to build useful tools on top of our data platform. Think verifying hail claim insurance for farmers (no need to send a guy out there), or helping NOAA
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Launch HN: Voltair (YC W26) – Drone and charging network for power utilities
85 points by wweissbluth 6mo ago|27 comments