Sarah 4.0 is a very robust machine that can carry a payload up to a maximum weight of 7kg. This gives us the ability to carry payloads that conventional multicopters cannot. One such payload is the Riegl VUX-1 UAV or a movie camera, mounted on a 3-axis gimbal, from Phase One.

Sarah is a creation of the Belgian company Flying-Cam. The company itself first used these machines, or previous versions, to film various titles.

Hand in hand with the complexity and equipment of this UAV goes its difficulty to operate. As this machine is very different from other UAVs in terms of proportions and system features, the crew looks accordingly. One main pilot is needed, who constantly maintains visual contact with the UAV and controls it with a transmitter. The second, equally important member of the flight crew is the pilot’s assistant, who checks all systems before and after the flight. The last indispensable member is then the co-pilot, who controls the ground station, on which he sees all the drone’s telemetry, sets automatic missions and corrects all the payload. He also controls the backup transmitter in case the first transmitter loses signal with the UAV

Our main work with this machine is scanning the gene pool of the Czech Republic. We have been cooperating with the Czech Republic’s landscape scanning and modelling institutes for several years now. For example, we have participated in scanning the forestation of the Czech Republic’s National Parks or other Protected Landscape Areas.