A New Year a New Market

We here at Sky High Images have been ecstatic to provide high resolution aerial photography and video for the last two years to the Kitchener-Waterloo area, however we have recognized the market for aerial services is changing. Gone are the days of 'blanket applications' such as photography; Today unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have become 'silver bullet' solutions for niche markets such as construction and wind turbine blade inspection.

Our headquarters based in the province of Ontario, Canada is home to approximately 2302 wind turbines consisting of over 79 different installations. Their massive blades spinning at over 240kmph become battered by the elements and over time gradually wear out. In the early stages, deterioration causes reduced energy production which eventually leads to catastrophic blade collapse if left unnoticed. Until recently, repair technicians had to rappel with ropes off the side of the tower - some of which stand as high as 600ft. Not only is this work fatally dangerous with an absolute zero room for error, its ineffective as little information is known in advance and inefficient as it wastes a lot of resources. At just a fraction of the cost, Sky High Images can deploy its drone pilots to perform the job with fewer people, in a safer manner and with the towers turned off for far less time.

Sky High Images is attending the CanWEA Operations and Maintenance Summit from Tuesday, February 1st - 2nd 2017 to personally bring awareness about the benefits of UAS adoption in their maintenance planning. We look forward to meeting all those involved with this exciting industry to hear about their wind operations and how they can achieve six figure savings while spending a quarter of the time.

-Sky High Images