Helicopter Film Services
🇬🇧 GB Serves global
UK aerial filming company with drone and helicopter units.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Aerial & Drones
Film & TV aerial cinematography
Heavy-lift cinema drones carrying professional cameras for film and broadcast.
People ask for this as: “cinema drone”, “aerial unit for film”, “drone with RED/ARRI camera”
How it works
Robots used
- Heavy Lift Cinema Drone
Ways to buy it
- Service — you pay for the outcome (one inspection, one show, X acres).
- Purchase Buy the robot (plus software and service plans, usually).
Bot or Not?
A robot makes sense when…
- The job is high, dangerous, or hard to reach
- It is huge or repetitive (acres, nights, square metres)
- You need data you will compare over time
- You need eyes on it right now
Hire a human when…
- It is small, low and one-off
- It needs hands, judgement or a repair
- Weather, permits or timing make robots awkward
- Nobody has defined the job yet
Here's the catch for this job
- Ask for proof of pilot certification and liability insurance (often $1M+).
- Agree on deliverables, resolution and turnaround before flight day.
- Weather days are common; clarify reschedule terms.
Rules of thumb, not a sales pitch. Take the Ladder Test →
What it costs
Published ranges, each with a receipt. Not quotes: your price depends on scope, location and date. older price = 18+ months.
The receipt as a table
| What | Range | Unit | Region | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drone operator day rate by experience (emerging $450 to expert $2,600) | $450–$2,600 | / day | US | therateguide.com as of Oct 2026 |
Prices published by providers
| What | Range | Unit | Region | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial video, photogrammetry and thermal inspection start from MAD 4,500 per project via Creatix Studio | from 4,500 MAD | / project | — | creatixstudio.ma as of Oct 2026 |
Price history
Only one observation per series so far: we started recording every price on 2026-10-25 and re-check every source on a schedule. A trend appears when a re-checked source shows a different price (we never overwrite old observations).
| Series | Latest | Observations | Observed | Trend | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drone operator day rate by experience (emerging $450 to expert $2,600) | $450–$2,600 / day | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | therateguide.com |
| Aerial video, photogrammetry and thermal inspection start from MAD 4,500 per project via Creatix Studio | from 4,500 MAD / project | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | creatixstudio.ma |
Sources re-checked: 2 of 2 series confirmed on the live source (last check Oct 25, 2026). Log: price_rechecks.jsonl
Append-only: we never overwrite a recorded price. JSON: /api/prices/history?use_case=film-tv-aerial-cinematography
What to specify and ask
Put these in your request and you'll get a real price instead of "it depends":
- Location (address or coordinates)
- Date(s) and time window
- Area size (acres/hectares) or number of structures
- Deliverables (photos, video, orthomosaic, 3D model, report)
- File formats and turnaround time
- Airspace class / proximity to airports if known
- Insurance requirements
Rules and regulation
Drone operations need a licensed remote pilot and local aviation rules: FAA Part 107 (US), EASA Open/Specific categories (EU), CAA (UK), Transport Canada RPAS, DGCA Digital Sky (India), CASA (Australia), CAAC (China). Controlled airspace, night or BVLOS flights may need waivers.
General information, not legal advice. Rules change; ask the operator which permits they hold and verify them.
Providers who do this
Filters by headquarters or published service area.
Acecore Technologies
🇳🇱 NL Serves global
Dutch maker of heavy-lift drones.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Freefly Systems
🇺🇸 US Serves global
US maker of Alta and Astro cinema/industrial drones.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Creatix Studio
🇲🇦 MA Serves MA
Moroccan drone company for filming, industrial inspection, aerial survey and LiDAR nationwide.
- Service
- 1 sourced price
- Public quote page
- 4 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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