Drone News: NEW Yuneec, DJI Airworks, Largest DFR Network, Pilot Institute Anniversary

In this week's news, Yuneec announces a new commercial drone. DJI
Airworks is happening in person this year, August 2022. Paladin
and Odessa PD have created the largest DFR network in the states.
Pilot Institute is 3 years old! We will go over some of our
accomplishments all thanks to our students, viewers and
community.  00:00 Introduction 00:36 Yuneec Announces
Business Class Drone 02:00 DJI Airworks 2022 02:41 Largest DFR
Program in the Country 03:49 Pilot Institute Anniversary  


Yuneec announced the H850-RTK, a new hexacopter drone aimed at
professional users 65 min flight time and multiple payload
capabilities.  Also introducing a smart controller with 7”
built-in display (1000 nit) Designed to be a competitor to the
Matrice 300 (but cheaper) 8 lb of payload, RTK GPS, Glonass,
BeiDou, and Galileo constellations  Compatible with existing
Yuneec cameras such as the E90x (20MP 1” sensor), E30Zx (30x
optical zoom), and the E20TVx (radiometric thermal imager)
Expected to be $7500-8000 range.
 https://dronexl.co/2022/07/07/yuneec-h850-rtk-business-class-drone/
 


DJI Airworks was announced this week as a in-person event again
after a few years of online-only meetings.  It will be held
at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas between October 10-12th.
 The show will feature outdoor demos, numerous workshops,
and in-depth panels discussions.  Tickets are available at
$199 until August 8, then $299 after that.
 https://dronexl.co/2022/07/09/dji-airworks-2022-las-vegas/
 


The Odessa Police Department has teamed up with Paladin Drones to
create the largest Drone as First Responder (DFR) program in the
US.  The drones will be used by Odessa Police and Odessa
Fire Rescue personnel to gather key information prior to first
responders' arrival. Paladins Knighthawk Drones will arrive on
the scene prior to first responders and stream video directly to
that person who needs it the most. They will fly in Class C, E,
and G using a 5-drone DFR System
https://paladindrones.io/odessa-police-department-announces-largest-dfr-program-in-the-us/
 


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Let’s take a look at some numbers for the past 3 years!  


167k students, 252k course enrollments 47k Part 107
trained. 


92% average on exam, 99.995% pass rate 


Almost exactly 50,000 comments left in the part 107 course
alone 


9.3m lectures completed, that’s almost 6 lectures per minute.
 


29 courses in our catalog with 3 more soon.  


12,600 Free stickers bringing awareness to Registration schemes
online.  


73k+ TRUST Certificates (last year): 25% of all TRUST
certificates ever issued!  


894 Continuing education credits issued in the last 12
months 


58,000 subs on YouTube and over 8.5m combined views (over 3
channels) 15k reviews with an average of 4.9/5