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ROAVR Drone Inspection Drone Survey

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tags: drone inspection, dji m300, drone survey, drone inspectionaerial survey, aerial inspection
Tuesday 07.06.21
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
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ROAVR step ahead of the curve - EASA GVC and A2 CofC Conversion

ROAVR | UAS put pilots through A2 C of C and GVC conversion.

ROAVR today (May 19th 2020) completed the process of future proofing their operations by putting their pilots through the A2 CofC and General VLOS certificate conversion course with AV8 Flight School.

ROAVR have been at the forefront of the use of SUA (small unmanned aircraft) since 2014.

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tags: consultancy, drone use, AV8, drone training
Tuesday 05.19.20
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Scotland - it's braw!

The Island of Coll.

The Island of Coll.

It’s no secret that we love being a Scottish based company, but what makes Scotland so special?

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tags: Scotland, Drone, Locations, Mountains, Beach, Landscape, Filming in Scotland, Drone Filming, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Inverness, Highlands, Western Isles, Aberdeen, Castles
Tuesday 01.28.20
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Winter is coming!

drone wind turbine inspection

The first ‘proper’ snow hit Scotland this week, and the landscape is looking beautiful. Snowcapped hills and clear blue skies.

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tags: Winter, Snow, Drone, Scotland, 2020, Film, TV, Construction, Wind Turbine
Tuesday 01.28.20
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

ROAVR Hit The BAFTA's!

Scotland’s drone crew hit the BAFTA’s.

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tags: BAFTA, BAFTA Scotland, Murder Case, Ridley Scott, ROAVR, Monster Hunter, Wild Rose
Monday 11.18.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

RSA Films and Alexander J Farrell - Monster Hunter

To celebrate the 30 years it has been helping creative professionals with hard drives and other tools, LaCie, the premium brand from Seagate has created a short film, ‘Monster Hunter’, directed by RSA Films' Alexander Farrell.

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tags: rsafilms, lacie, monster hunter, loch ness, steve feltham, alexander farrell
Tuesday 09.17.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Freefly Alta X an innovation too far?

Freefly Alta X - An innovation too far?

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tags: freefly, Alta X, Freefly Alta X, Heavy Lift Drone, DJI, drone, Movi Pro, Alta 8
Wednesday 09.11.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Trumped!

When Mr Trump comes to town - so do airspace restrictions! All in a day’s work when we plan our flights at ROAVR.

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tags: murder case, obs doc, documentary, donald trump, shetland mapping, drone operator
Tuesday 06.25.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Drones and heritage chiefs in battle for Britain’s skies

The weather is awesome and here at ROAVR we are racing between creative and survey projects across the UK. As I sit here typing this in Aberdeen Airport, Connor is flying north, I’m flying south and Paul is heading into deepest darkest Morayshire to look at wind turbines.

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tags: historic england, national trust drones, drones banned, drone battle, drone news
Tuesday 06.25.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Confession time...

I’ve a confession here . I think I must unwittingly suffer from SAD… seasonal affective disorder. I must do because the last few days in the Highlands’ have been incredible.

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tags: reviews, Drone aerial filming, drone scotland
Saturday 04.27.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

It hit me like a ton of bricks...

Something happened this week , something hit me like a ton of bricks and made me think. 

There is a person in ROAVR who is key to everything we do.  That person is Jill, she man’s the phones, grabs me a sneaky coffee and keeps the cogs turning.  Jill has been with me since I started the three months on Transformers in 2016.  The trouble is, I lost her in January.

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tags: roavr, family, staff
categories: Sunday Ramble
Thursday 03.07.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

4-year old dramas...

James is my youngest Son.  I love him to bits, of course I do.

But I seem to have created a mini version of me to argue with whenever I want!

There we were, in my bed in our old tumbledown Highlands' home, watching the deer graze the neeps in the field when it started.

That awful bloody Baby Shark song!

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tags: drone scotland, checklists
categories: Sunday Ramble
Thursday 03.07.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

March!

March!  How the heck did that happen ?

It’s been a busier start to the year than expected so far.

The snow hasn’t come to much, in fact its been unseasonably mild.

What that means for us is beautiful crisp clear filming days… result!

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tags: music video, Wild Rose, Fish Town, Lions and Balloons
categories: Sunday Ramble
Thursday 03.07.19
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Leading consultancies join forces to bring specialist drone services to the environmental management market.

(December 4, 2018) — Nevis Environmental provides survey services and specialist management of environmental issues across a project lifecycle from its offices in the Highlands and North of England. They were delighted to sign a memorandum of understanding with ROAVR – an aerial data provider to form a partnership to market the use of drones in environmental and ecological surveys and monitoring for a wide variety of clients.

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tags: drone survey, environmental survey, Nevis Environmental, ROAVR survey, eBee, Circumspicio, Peat Bog survey, Land survey, Aerial survey
Tuesday 12.04.18
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Unmanned book released - A Drone Story - 6th November 2018

Unmanned Book

‘Unmanned - A Drone Story’ UK release of the much anticipated expose on the UK Drone Industry.

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Monday 11.05.18
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Sunday Ramble - James knows best.

It is 4:27pm. I’m just north of Inverness. It's minus 6c outside and even colder inside, because the heater was broken. I’ve spent the last 3-hours of my life hunting for the perfect location for this evenings shoot. The funny thing is though, ten minutes before, my youngest son James told me we had already found it.

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tags: filming in scotland, drone crew scotland, drone scotland, daddy knows best, family time
categories: Sunday Ramble
Thursday 05.24.18
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

Man vs Mountain 2018: Team Easy Charity Project.

Man v Mountain

Team Easy, Inspired by Easy Company from WW2, a band of misfits that became one of the most distinguished regiments in WW2.  Here going the extra mile for help for heroes.

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tags: help for heroes, man vs mountain, david walters, charity, sponsorship, running, hill walk, mountain
Sunday 12.03.17
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
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A question for Matt...

We are often asked by other contractors what our most useful piece of equipment is.  So whilst Matt was editing our 2017 creative Showreel I asked him!

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tags: equipment, production vehicle, generator, heavy lift, drone scotland, site vehicle, workshop
categories: Equipment
Wednesday 11.22.17
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

ROAVR are chosen for Field Centre promotional video.

House of Aigas - Jily 2017

House of Aigas - Jily 2017

Back in July ROAVR were approached to provide aerials for a new promotional video for Aigas Field Studies Centre near Beauly.  As the leading digital media supplier based in the Highland Capital City of Inverness we were only to happy to be involved.

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tags: corporate video, aigas, Aigas Field Studies Centre, Environmental Education, Panasonic GH5, Drone aerial filming, John Lister-Kaye, House of Aigas, Beauly
Friday 08.18.17
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

DJI Inspire 2 - a production guide.

On Islay working for MakerTV - June 2017

On Islay working for MakerTV - June 2017

A guide to the DJI Inspire 2 for producers, cameramen and DOP's.

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tags: dji, inspire 2, i2, RAW, ProRes, CinemaDNG, Inspire SSD, DJI Inspire 2, Inspire 2 RAW, Working with the Inspire 2
categories: Equipment, Guides
Sunday 07.16.17
Posted by Matthew Harmsworth
 

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