Planning drone services in Florida? Find answers below about scheduling, weather, file delivery, formats and what to expect from a professional aerial project. If your question is not covered here, send us the details of your site and we will tell you what is possible, what it will cost and how quickly we can be there.
For most real estate drone missions, our turnaround time is approximately 24 hours. Construction projects often require more time, but in many cases we can deliver completed files within 48 hours.
Turnaround depends on the size of the site, the number of deliverables and how much post-production the project needs. If you are working against a listing deadline or a progress meeting, tell us the date when you book and we will schedule the flight and the edit around it.
Once editing is complete, we usually deliver files through Dropbox because the number and size of the files often make email attachments impractical. If no editing is required, we can deliver the files on-site using a USB thumb drive.
Dropbox links stay active long enough for your team to download and redistribute the files, and deliverables can be organized into folders by date, phase or building when a project generates several rounds of imagery.
For real estate projects, you do not need to be present as long as we have access to every area that needs to be photographed. For construction projects, you or a designated representative with the necessary information and authority should be available.
For inspection and mapping work across Florida, the details worth confirming ahead of the flight date are site access, gate codes and any safety briefing your contractor requires. Those are the most common reasons a scheduled flight has to be moved.
We prefer to fly in fair weather with light winds. For safety, we cannot operate in winds exceeding 25 mph, during rain, or when lightning is detected within seven miles of the site.
Florida weather moves quickly, so we monitor conditions in the days leading up to your shoot and will recommend rescheduling rather than delivering compromised imagery. Afternoon storms are common through the summer months, which is why many of our Florida drone services are scheduled for morning windows.
We fly most missions using several professional DJI drone models. For projects involving government agencies or government-related requirements, we use Parrot drones.
Every aircraft we fly is registered with the FAA and operated by a certificated remote pilot. Where a project sits inside controlled airspace, and large parts of Florida fall within the controlled airspace surrounding major airports, we secure authorization ahead of the flight date rather than on the day.
We normally deliver photos in JPG format. Image size and resolution are tailored to the intended use, including MLS, Airbnb, Vrbo, company websites, print, and project documentation. Videos are delivered in MP4 format.
If your brokerage, engineering team or municipality requires a specific format, naming convention or resolution, let us know at booking and we will match it. Raw files can be provided on request when your own editors are handling post-production.
We prefer flat-fee pricing that includes post-production. This gives clients a clear project cost upfront and avoids unexpected editing charges.
Quotes account for travel, flight time, the number of deliverables and the amount of editing involved. For recurring work such as monthly construction documentation, we price the engagement as a package so the cost per visit stays predictable across the life of the project.
Resolution depends on the aircraft, camera, flight conditions and intended use. We plan capture settings around your needs, from web and MLS listings to print, inspections and project documentation.
For listing photography, web-optimized files keep pages loading quickly while still looking sharp on large displays. For inspections and documentation we capture at the highest practical resolution, so details stay legible when someone zooms in months later.