Recommendation for drone | House construction documentation

  • Erstellt am 2020-10-28 09:47:10

chamäleon

2020-10-28 09:47:10
  • #1
Hello community,

The new development area in which our plot is located is in the final stages of infrastructure work. We would like to visually document the construction of our house and were thinking of a drone for aerial shots. Since I am not familiar with this topic at all, I hope for recommendations from other builders.

The drone is only to be used for the house construction project and will therefore only be used occasionally. The budget should be a maximum of about 150€ - 200€.

Thank you very much for your feedback.
 

Stefan001

2020-10-28 11:24:56
  • #2
That depends a bit on what you want to do. If it's purely about static photos, I can't tell you. If you also want videos (for example, circling around the house), I think you should go for a drone that comes with automatic programs, otherwise it will be difficult as an amateur. I bought the DJI Mavic Mini exactly for this purpose (in the Fly-More Combo) for ~430€. It makes excellent videos, especially in automatic mode. So far I am very satisfied with it.
 

chamäleon

2020-10-28 11:53:38
  • #3
Videos would be nice, but over 400 EUR for a few pictures for the photobook... and a few cool video clips... I don't know.
 

Mycraft

2020-10-28 12:18:03
  • #4
Simply attach a GoPro to a mast and take pictures. Or just an IP cam ororor.
 

danixf

2020-10-28 12:51:43
  • #5
I have the Mavic Air 2.

I can recommend it except for the fact that you’re basically not allowed to fly drones in Germany. You are generally allowed to fly on your own property, but as soon as you fly over someone else’s property and the owner doesn’t want that, there are problems.
Everyone walks past people taking selfies in pedestrian zones and is in the picture, or the whole property can be seen on StreetView/GoogleMaps, but as soon as a drone flies, people start complaining and being aggressive.
Then every half-decent photo opportunity is in a nature reserve or by some river (shipping route) – also theoretically a no-fly zone.

What I want to say is that you probably won’t use it again or only during vacation. And then it only makes sense abroad, because no one stirs up trouble and not everything is forbidden.
Renting would be an idea, but that costs 720€ for 12 months. The new price of the drone is around 1000€.
The price for 6 months is still 390€.
Or buy new and sell after the construction phase. That might even be more attractive price-wise.
You could also team up with another family or more and share the cost. I think very few would mind having shots like that.
 

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