Is Your Team Using Drones Yet?

Some telecom teams are now using drones for tower inspections. Is this part of your workflow? If so, how’s it going?

But we’ve folded drones into inspections — Mavic 3E, 45° obliques around each sector, then a quick thermal sweep on RRUs. One step that helped: set a geofence and RTH altitude 10 m above the top panel and use a simple shot list so you’re not improvising midair. They’re great for “eyes-on” and documentation, but we still climb for torque/PIM; windy days make them cranky — are you flying under Part 107 in-house or using a vendor?

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