Creative aerial camera action

Stately Drones offers a full spectrum of services ranging from raw aerial footage to fully-edited and potentially viral videos.

We work across a range of industries from Property to Tourism to Agriculture. We'll happily take direction from clients (ranging from DMOs to Marketing Directors to Creative Directors) but are equally comfortable taking the lead for turnkey marketing and sales campaigns.

We are registered with CASA (the Civil Aviation Safety Authority) to operate across Australia. The 29th of September 2016 saw exciting change to the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations that are (quoting CASA):

"Cutting red tape for remotely piloted aircraft"

We'd be delighted to explain, through a cost-free quotation process, how we could help your business.

Our work is on show throughout our website. We'd suggest that videos are watched on a desktop computer at 1080p HD (mobile devices are usually presented with a lower-bandwidth video).

Flight Operations

• Our drones can operate at night but we're generally limited to operating between dawn and dusk (CASA rules).
• The drone pictured can fly at 74 km/h but for stability and safety reasons, flying while filming is usually done at slower speeds.
• Our drones can take off or land in winds gusting up to 25 km/h but we're patient and prefer to wait for calmer conditions.
• A single battery can power the drone for up to 28 minutes, but we fly conservatively and plan flights of no more than 20 minutes. A battery can be swapped out in minutes.

camera and sensor specifications

• The 1/2.3” (CMOS) sensor has 12.4 million effective pixels.
• This means images up to 4000×3000 and video up to 4K UHD ie 4096×2160 at 24p or 25p (frames per second).
• At 1920×1080 FHD the camera can operate at 60p or even 120p which is great for slow-motion playbacks.
• Practically we can produce gigabytes of imagery per flight but aim to generate imagery which 'just' meets client specifications. For example 4K UHD video is a 'waste' if the ultimate destination is a social video channel such as Vimeo and YouTube. These platforms don't generally accept such high-bandwidth video which means more post-processing. In many cases less is more.

Tim has been flying drones since 2010, and has held a private pilot's licence since the '80s. Holding a Masters in Robotics, he is fascinated by the potential of these highly-intelligent 'Unmanned Aerial Systems' to assist many industries.

As a generalist with a strong MBA he is able to apply his digital marketing, operations and management consulting skills to a range of diverse clients.