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Professional drone guides — page 3

EU regulations, real prices, mission preparation: concrete answers before commissioning a drone service.

• Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Plant Drone Inspection: Technical Roof, Solvent Tanks, Method and PriceA pharmaceutical or fine chemical site often falls under ICPE heading 3450 and combines a crowded technical roof with flammable solvent tanks. The drone documents them without stopping production. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• LNG Storage and Drones: Thermal Mapping of Cryogenic Tanks, Method and PriceLNG storage falls under ICPE heading 4718. Drone thermography maps cryogenic tank insulation without entering the ATEX zone. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Industrial Paper Mill Drone Inspection: Production Hall Roof, Recovery Boiler and Effluent Basins, Method and PriceAn industrial paper mill falls under ICPE headings 2430/3610 and combines a recovery boiler, wood stockpiles and effluent basins. The drone documents the roof, chimney and stockpiles without stopping production. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Renewing a Drone Pilot's Theory Certificates (A1/A3, A2, CATS): the Five-Year RuleA1/A3, A2, CATS: all three of a drone pilot's theory certificates expire after five years. What changes at the deadline, how to renew, and what a company should track.
• Hyperspectral Camera on a Drone: What It Adds Over Multispectral, Uses and PriceHyperspectral or multispectral: when does the extra spectral detail justify its cost? What hyperspectral actually captures, its constraints, uses and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Winery Chai Roof Diagnosis and Thermography by Drone: Method and PriceRoof, facades and the barrel-ageing room of a winery's chai: what a drone pass reveals, the thermal stakes specific to barrel-aged wine, and the roof's solar potential. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Industrial Dairy Plant Drone Inspection: Roof, Refrigeration Plant and Treatment Basins, ICPE Heading 2230, Method and PriceAn industrial dairy or cheese plant falls under ICPE heading 2230. The drone documents the roof, refrigeration plant and treatment basins without stopping production. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drone: Long-Range Endurance for Professional MissionsLithium battery or hydrogen fuel cell: which endurance to choose for a drone mission spanning tens of kilometres. Technical benchmarks and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• MANEX, flight file, maintenance log: the mandatory paperwork of a professional drone pilotMANEX, flight file and maintenance log in 2026: what a professional drone operator must keep up to date, and what a company should check before booking a mission.
• Drone filming on public land: the city hall permit and the flight authorisation are two separate stepsFilming with a drone on public land in 2026: why the city hall permit and the DGAC/prefecture flight authorisation are two distinct procedures, and what to plan before a corporate shoot in town.
• Industrial Foundry Drone Inspection: Casting Hall Roof, Chimneys and Stockyards, Method and PriceA foundry falls under ICPE headings 2551/2552 and combines heat, dust and melting fumes. The drone documents the roof, chimneys and stockyards without stopping casting. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Corporate Carbon Footprint (BEGES): What Drone Data for the Energy and Forest Carbon Categories?France's mandatory BEGES carbon report is due every 4 years for companies over 500 employees. How drone thermography and LiDAR data can evidence the energy and forest-carbon categories. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Cable-Stayed Bridge Drone Inspection: Stay Cables, Anchorages, Pylons — Method and PriceStay-cable sheathing, pylon-head anchorages, dampers: the drone documents what rope access only reaches at the cost of a lane closure. Method, a real case and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Energy savings certificates (CEE) and drone thermography: financing the envelope audit and worksFrance's CEE scheme funds insulation works, not the flight itself: how a drone thermography audit quantifies and backs a CEE application file in 2026 (P6). Method, timeline, pricing (excl. VAT).
• Parking occupancy count by drone: car park survey and priceHow a drone measures a car park's occupancy rate across different time slots to size an extension, ease congestion or back a project, and 2026 pricing.
• Drone for property developers: marketing a new-build programme sold off-planAerial photo, video and construction monitoring by drone to market a new-build development sold off-plan, from reservation to handover: method, legal framework and 2026 pricing.
• Temporary grandstand and bleacher drone inspection: regulations and pricesDrone inspection of a temporary grandstand or bleachers in France, 2026: what it adds alongside the mandatory approved-body check, method, flight rules and prices excl. VAT.
• A drone is flying over my industrial site: what to do about the risk of espionage and trade secretsA drone is photographing your factory, construction site or logistics site? What French law says (privacy, trade secrets), how to identify and report the pilot, and how to protect your site long term.
• Professional drone liability insurance: legal requirement and pricesProfessional drone liability insurance in France in 2026: legal framework (EC regulation 785/2004, Transport Code), minimum cover, what it actually protects and observed prices (€150 to €2,500 excl. VAT/year).
• Drone data ownership and security: what the service contract must coverPhotos, orthophotos, point clouds, thermal images: who owns them? GDPR, hosting, security, data portability - the clauses a B2B drone service contract should include in 2026.
• Green hydrogen production site drone inspection: electrolysers, storage, ATEX, priceGreen hydrogen production site drone inspection in France in 2026: electrolysers, high-pressure storage, the ICPE/ATEX framework (headings 4715, 1416), flight method and observed prices (excl. VAT) for industrial and public-sector sites.