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Professional drone guides — page 8

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

• Hail or storm damage assessment on a solar farm by drone: method, insurance file, priceAfter a hailstorm, a drone documents the thousands of modules of a solar farm within hours — visible cracks and invisible hot spots — to speed up the insurance claim. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Private drone surveillance of a company site in France: what the law allows, formats, pricesDrone patrols over private premises in France: what a company may monitor, what stays prohibited (public roads, third parties, employees), GDPR duties and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Renting a professional drone vs hiring a drone operator in France: comparison, duties, pricesDry-hiring a drone versus commissioning an operated service in France: who becomes the UAS operator, required training and insurance, true compared costs and when each option wins. 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• FPV immersion flying in France: the rules, the spotter's role, professional usesFlying with FPV goggles is legal in France on one condition: a spotter keeps the drone in sight. Open and specific category rules, professional FPV work, service prices (excl. VAT).
• Filming a sports event by drone: race, trail, regatta — rules, set-up, pricesDrone coverage of a cycling race, trail run, regatta or open-air match in France: what the rules allow near spectators, the typical set-up, deliverables and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Saving fawns from mowers with a thermal drone: method, organisation, priceEvery spring, mowing kills fawns hidden in French meadows. A thermal drone flight at dawn detects them before the mower passes: method, organisation with farmers and hunting federations, 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Surveying a French municipality's fire-fighting water points (DECI) by drone: inventory, access, priceExternal fire-fighting water supply (DECI) is the French mayor's responsibility: drones inventory water points, check the visual condition of reserves and tanks, their access and vegetation. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Ship hull inspection by drone: dry dock, holds and tanks, surveys — method and priceIn dry dock or alongside, drones inspect a ship's hull, superstructure and holds without staging: coating condition, corrosion, anodes, preparation of class surveys. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drones in Natura 2000 sites and French nature reserves: what a professional may doNatura 2000 does not ban drones as such, but nature reserves, biotope orders and protected species disturbance rules tightly frame flights in France. Preparing a professional mission: who to contact, which seasons, what lead times.
• The French drone pilot theory exam (CATS): syllabus, registration, preparation, priceThe CATS theory exam, sat in a DGAC centre, opens the European standard scenarios (STS) to professional drone pilots in France. Syllabus, OCEANE registration, preparation and where it fits in the training path.
• Hosting a drone mission on an industrial site: prevention plan, coactivity, checklistA drone flight on your industrial site is an outside-contractor intervention under French law: prevention plan, work permits, coactivity management (cranes, machinery), ATEX zones. The client's checklist and its impact on lead times.
• Drone monitoring of soil remediation works: excavation volumes, mapping, ICPE closure reportICPE remediation or brownfield redevelopment: how a drone quantifies excavated soil, flags residual hotspots and documents the closure rehabilitation report. Method, 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Flying a drone above 120 m in France: the obstacle exemption, the CERFA 15478 file and SORA for professionalsWhy inspecting a tall pylon, wind turbine or chimney runs straight into the 120 m ceiling, what the obstacle exemption allows without a waiver, and when a CERFA 15478 file or a SORA study becomes mandatory. 2026 lead times and prices (excl. VAT).
• Air quality and dust monitoring by drone on construction and industrial sites in FranceMapping a dust plume or fine-particle spikes by drone in France: the legal frame (labour code, ICPE quarry rules), method, how it complements fixed gauges, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Noise mapping and source localisation by drone: acoustic camera, ICPE framework, priceLocating the source of a nuisance noise (factory, quarry, wind farm) with a drone-mounted microphone array in France: how it works, the ICPE legal frame (arrêté of 23 January 1997), typical missions and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone or helicopter for an aerial service in France: comparison, use cases, pricesAerial photography, inspection or survey: when a drone is enough, when a helicopter is still needed. Compared regulations, business use cases and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone-assisted bailiff report in France: evidential value, use cases, priceHaving a roof defect, an encroachment or illegal dumping recorded by drone: the French commissaire de justice's role, evidential weight of the images, privacy limits and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Public lighting audit by night drone: outages, over-lighting, dark corridors, priceMapping a town's public lighting by night drone: failed lights, over-lighting, light trespass, dark ecological corridors. Method, night-flight rules in France and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Cyanobacteria and algae on a lake: drone monitoring, method, limits, priceSpotting cyanobacteria and algal blooms on a bathing lake or reservoir by drone: mapping, targeting of water samples, limits of the method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Industrial pipe-rack and piping inspection by drone: corrosion, insulation, priceInspecting a pipe-rack, piping or overhead pipe run by drone: corrosion under insulation, water-trap points, supports, without scaffolding or a unit shutdown. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone for commercial real estate: business premises, warehouses, land — method and priceMarketing business premises, a logistics warehouse or land with the drone: scale and surroundings, roof, access, siting. Agency deliverables and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).