Will your drone make it back?

Wind, hawks, migrating birds and power lines, in one answer.

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The problem

The biggest risks are invisible from the ground.

Gusts at 120 ft Cloud base too low Hawk nearby Migrating flock Power line, 40 m People below

1,500 eggs abandoned at Bolsa Chica after one drone crash, May 13, 2021. Replay that check

How it works

Ten hazards, checked together, one answer.

  1. 01Pick a spot
  2. 02Ten hazards checked
  3. 03One risk score, 0 to 100

Data from eBird, iNaturalist, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap and the FAA Part 107 rules. Bird locations are blurred to a 1 km grid.

Live right now

Right now at RPI, Troy: checking

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The device

A small box clipped to the controller.

HIGH RISK RISK 98 NestGuard

Green, yellow or red for the risk, with the score on its screen every five seconds.

Built with

MongoDB Atlas · Tiger Data · Google Gemini · Fish Audio · Vultr

Team

Udaya · Ryan · Shravan · Dhruv