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On the Horizon
8 wanted
01
Skydio X10Aircraft · thermal · status pending
Radiometric thermal opens roof and envelope inspection — missing insulation, wet decking, electrical hot spots. Blue UAS listed, and it flies itself close enough to a structure to read it.
02
LiDAR airframeAircraft · survey
Sees through canopy and turns a flight into survey-grade terrain data instead of pictures of terrain.
03
Mirrorless bodyCamera · ground
Replaces the D7500. Better low light, in-body stabilisation, and one lens mount shared with the video work.
04
Broadcast displayDisplay · field
Large flat panel so a crowd can watch the feed live — events, fairs, open houses. The flight becomes the attraction.
05
Field laptopWorkstation · field
Livestream encoding and switching on site, plus a first cull of the cards before the drive home.
06
Portable StarlinkUplink · field
Uplink from anywhere the drone flies. No venue WiFi, no cell bars, still a clean live broadcast.
07
Home NASStorage · post
Every card, every sortie, one indexed archive with redundancy — so a 360 shot two years ago is still findable.
08
Tesla Model 3Vehicle · field · status pending
The mobile base. Silent arrival, cargo room for the full kit, and a battery that runs the chargers and the laptop between flights instead of an idling engine. Most importantly: Dog Mode. A guy can dream, right?
09
Workstation upgradeWorkstation · post
The Ryzen 7 and the 5060 are the next bottleneck. 100 MP stills and 6K timelines will find the ceiling first.