Understanding Thermal Drones

Unlock the Power of Thermal Imaging with Your Drone

Are you ready to take your drone operations to the next level? Our comprehensive course, "Understanding Thermal Drones: Skills for Professionals," will equip you with the knowledge and expertise to harness the full potential of thermal imaging technology. Whether you're in agriculture, construction, energy, wildlife management, or search and rescue, this course is designed to help you capture critical data, analyze it effectively, and apply it in real-world scenarios.

Why Take This Course?

Comprehensive Learning: Dive deep into the fundamentals of thermal imaging, drone operation, and data analysis.
Hands-On Guidance: Learn how to set up your drone, optimize flight paths, and calibrate thermal cameras for precise imaging.
Industry-Specific Applications: Explore workflows tailored for solar farm inspections, wildlife monitoring, crop health assessments, and more.
Expert Insights: Avoid common pitfalls and master troubleshooting techniques to ensure seamless operations.

What You'll Receive

5 hours of live classroom training (Via Zoom Meetings)
150 page workbook
The ability to have your questions answered immediately
Continued after class support

What You’ll Gain:

✅ The skills to interpret heat patterns and detect anomalies with confidence.
✅ Best practices for overcoming environmental challenges and managing interference.
✅ A solid understanding of thermal camera settings like resolution, sensitivity, color palettes, and temperature ranges.
✅ Practical workflows for integrating data into professional reports.
✅ Knowledge of legal and ethical considerations to operate responsibly.

Who Is This Course For?

Drone operators looking to expand their skill set.
Professionals in agriculture, energy, construction, or search and rescue.
Anyone eager to master thermal technology for impactful results.

Why 3rd Rock Air?

With years of experience in aviation training and drone operations, 3rd Rock Air provides unparalleled expertise and real-world insights. Our interactive course format, expert instructors, and actionable content will set you up for success in this cutting-edge field.

Don’t just fly—make a difference with your drone. Sign up today and unlock new possibilities with thermal imaging!

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To learn any subject, it’s important to understand the basics. As educators, we start there and build our students' knowledge. Many times, this will open up a whole world of possibilities such as an individual's creativity and motivation. Actually, a lot of times it's a new career path for those seeking a change in their financial well-being or a curiosity or longing to try out an interest.

So, let’s start there..

THERMAL is a word we hear over and over, especially in the environmental realm. But what does thermal mean? And what does it imply when we are talking about thermal UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or drones.

Thermal refers to HEAT. It can also be Heat Energy. Heat Energy is produced by the movement of molecules in an object. The faster these molecules move, the hotter the object becomes. For example, quickly rubbing two sticks together to create a spark. The energy it makes is called thermal energy.

When we talk about thermal imagery, it’s the energy created by the rapid movement of molecules that/which have been absorbed by the object, like a sponge. When using a drone for thermal imagery, the drone captures or takes a video/picture) of an image of those molecules. The intensity or speed of the molecules can be measured by colors. Depending on the color generated by the heat, it will be measured with a range shown in primary colors (blue, red or yellow) or secondary colors (green, purple or orange).

The great thing about thermal imagery is it can be “felt” by the drone and projected onto a graph which measures the intensity of that energy. These molecules can’t be seen by the human eye but we can certainly feel it and judge it by its surrounding environment, such as melting or steam.

Objects range in temperature from thermal energy to cold energy. When we use thermal imagery for farming or land surveying, we are taking a picture of a range of colors in a designated area. Colors are relative towards the purpose of development and regulations of that area. The variance of color will predict the necessary labor, costs and time to achieve the outcome or future of this area. Thermal drones or UAVs, have the ability to capture the thermal imagery at a distance keeping us from harm in most cases if performed safely and correctly. For this reason, a drone’s thermal imagery helps in many ways to prevent liability lawsuits. When using company personnel, it may be dangerous when it comes to individual skill sets and experience, the object's height, weight, and surroundings such as weather.

Whether a student chooses to move forward with a new career or expand the one they’re currently working, thermal imagery provides many avenues for the future. Thermal Imagery is a major skill set used in many industries, such as:

First Responders

Police Department:

Search and Rescue

Criminal Location, Escape, Getaways

Vehicle Accidents (Motorcycle, SUV, Truck, Car, Semi)

Fire Department:

Search and Rescue

Living Object (Person, Animal, Service Dog)

Fire Expansion and Assessment

Ground Dangers (Electrical, Gas, Water, Ice)

Medical

Contracting

Construction

Land Development

Property Zoning