A flying day now
- 01Check the paper log
- 02Fill in the safety form
- 03Fly
- 04Pull two SD cards
- 05Rename every clip by hand
- 06Sort into folders
- 07Update the paper log
- 08Upload
With SCAFLD
- 01Enter the conditions
- 02Tick the safety form
- 03Fly the ranked list
- 04Plug the card in
- 05Clips namedAUTO
- 06Files sortedAUTO
- 07Logs writtenAUTO
- 08Upload
Projected savings
What this work is worth to the client, worked up from a real flying day.
3 hr → 20 minfile handling after a 32-clip flying day
37,500 hrof file handling saved across today's clip array, which will only grow
£750,000of operator time, at £20 an hour
450,000 clips (and counting) × 5 minutes saved on each × £20 an hour = £750,000
| Clips | By hand | With SCAFLD | Saved | Worth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 23 hr | 3 hr | 21 hr | £420 |
| 1,000 | 94 hr | 10 hr | 83 hr | £1,700 |
| 2,000 | 188 hr | 21 hr | 167 hr | £3,300 |
| 450,000 (today's array, and growing) | 42,300 hr | 4,700 hr | 37,500 hr | £750,000 |
It runs on the operator's own laptop in the field, with no internet needed. It plans the day's flying from the conditions, names and files the clips when the SD card comes out of the drone, and keeps the safety record as it goes.