Can I Use the Mavic 2 Pro for Cell Tower Inspections and Construction Site Mapping?

[@randysem1194]

could ypu ise a DJI mavic 2 zoom for cell tower inspections? or what is mainly used for cell tower inspections?

[@larrypugh9662]

I’m a subscriber and paid member of Drone U. Y’all have an abundance of wisdom and knowledge certainly….but me personally I could do with less BS and talk especially at the beginning of your videos . Thanks for your expertise. Please take my comment as constructive criticism.

[@DroneU]

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[@marcusgilmore4311]

In my experience you need the v2, the regular p4p can’t handle the interference.

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

I just started doing some of this but the company that contracted me doesn't require gcps. I agree with Marcus about interference. My V1 has had some trouble on certain towers. It's kind of unnerving when you get disconnected and your screen goes black.

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

I don't have much experience with this yet but I was very surprised to hear Paul say five towers a day. For one thing the towers vary dramatically in size and the amount of equipment that's on them. So you might be able to do five easy ones in a day but if you have a 400 ft tall self-supporting tower with 5 to 10 different attachments, that one might take you all day. I haven't used ground control points yet but I've been under the impression that it takes a while to dial in the GPS on them. How do you do that five times during the day in addition to the Flying and ground photos? You also have to drive from one tower to the next so you have to add that on as well as setting up all your gear five times. Sounds like an awful lot unless the towers are really easy and very close to each other.