Archive for December, 2009

Recently NorthStudio.com used pictures from the Draganflyer X6 to make this spectacular aerial 360° panoramic interactive virtual tour. This virtual tour allows you to control where you want to see and what you want to zoom into too. The control of this virtual tour gives you the feeling of being on board the Draganflyer X6 seeing what it sees.

Draganflyer UAV Helicopter Virtual Tour Panorama

In order to make visually stunning virtual tours a Draganflyer X6 or Draganflyer X4 needs to be flown to the desired altitude. Then aerial photos need to be taken at every 20° resulting in 18 aerial photos. Next a photo is taken with the camera pointing directly down. These photos will then be combined by using panorama tools graphical interface (PTgui) software.

PTgui can stitch any number of photos into a panoramic image creating 360° cylindrical panoramas and even spherical 360×180 degree panoramas. The software stitches most panoramas full automatically how ever to achieve the results such as NorthStudio.com achieved in this panorama virtual tour some post production photo shop work is required.

For more information on how to get your Draganlfyer X6 or Draganflyer X4 pictures made into a virtual panoramic tour we recommend you check out the PTgui forums or contact NorthStudio.com.

Saskatoon December 7 2009 – Draganfly Innovations was called to the scene of a traffic accident to aid the Saskatoon Police Service in collecting evidence for their investigation. The weather was bitterly cold with the temperature hovering around -28°C / -18 ° F. With the added wind chill the temperature would be corrected to -36° C / -33° F .

The Draganflyer X6 was used to take aerial photos of the scene which provide clear evidence for the police to use in their investigation. The Draganflyer X6 is able to be deployed quickly which allowed police to collect evidence and open the road to normal traffic flow in a minimal amount of time.

The Draganflyer X6 saw its first operation use in traffic collision photography on May 28 2009. The Saskatoon Police service and the Ontario Provincial Police have been approved to use the Draganflyer X6 in daily operations. The Ontario Provincial Police and the Draganflyer X6 were featured in an article by Blueline magazine.

Recently the Mesa County Sheriff got FAA approval in the form of a Certificate of Authority to use the Draganflyer X6 in their police operations. Draganfly Innovations aircraft are playing an ever increasing role in helping the police that protect our communities.