Category: Wingman Wednesday
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✈️ Wingman Wednesday: Battery Health & Longevity
Your drone battery might look fine — but inside, it could be seconds from failure. In this Wingman Wednesday, we break down the top tips for charging, storing, monitoring, and retiring your LiPo batteries the right way. Fly longer, fly safer, and avoid the silent killer of drone performance: poor battery health.
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🛩️ Wingman Wednesday: Operational Risk Assessment – Your First Line of Defense
Before your drone ever leaves the ground, one decision can define your entire mission: Did you assess the risks? In this week’s Wingman Wednesday, we break down how operational risk assessment isn’t just a checkbox—it’s your crew’s first line of defense. From weather and powerlines to people and terrain, learn how the pros at Sky…
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🛩️ Wingman Wednesday: Mastering Fixed-Wing Flight When Systems Fail—A Pilot’s Essential Guide
When your drone fails, will your training save the day? This Wingman Wednesday dives into fixed-wing flight control and fail-safe systems every RPAS pilot must master. Featuring two essential Sky Commander Academy podcast episodes, we break down real-world scenarios, expert tips, and exam-ready insights that will keep you in control when your gear isn’t. Whether…
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🧭 Wingman Wednesday: The Pilot in Command (PIC) – The Captain of Every Mission
🚨 Who Really Runs the Mission? It’s not the drone. It’s not the tech. It’s you — the Pilot in Command. In this explosive final chapter of our Wingman Wednesday series, we reveal the untold truth about the PIC role — why it’s more than a title, and how mastering it could make or break…
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🛰️ Wingman Wednesday: The Flight Planner – Your Crew’s Secret Weapon
“The only drone flight that goes exactly as planned…is the one that was planned for everything.”— Every seasoned Flight Planner, ever Some crew roles are obvious. The pilot? Critical. Payload operator? A tech wizard.But the Flight Planner? Most people don’t even realize they exist—until the mission collapses without one. In today’s Wingman Wednesday, we’re pulling back the…
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Night Flight Mastery: How Your Payload Operator Can Make or Break Your Mission After Dark!
When the sun goes down, the mission stakes go up. In this behind-the-scenes look at drone night operations, discover how a skilled Payload Operator (PO) becomes the ultimate difference-maker. From managing thermal vision and NVGs to spotting life-saving heat signatures, this is where elite crews earn their wings—after dark.
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✈️ Wingman Wednesday: Payload Operator Power — Balancing the Mission, the Drone, and the Data!
Discover how a Payload Operator (PO) safeguards your drone’s balance, data integrity, regulatory compliance, and mission success. Learn tips, tricks, scenarios, and pro-level insights in this fun, fully CAR-compliant guide!
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✈️ Wingman Wednesday: Visual Observer Secrets — How to Talk, Scan, and Save the Flight!
🚀 Think your drone flights are safe? Only if you have a Visual Observer who knows what to say, where to look, and when to act. In this must-read Wingman Wednesday, we reveal the exact secrets that professional VOs use to spot danger before disaster strikes. From clock-pattern scanning to real-world communication callouts, you’ll learn…
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Wingman Wednesday: How We Have Each Other’s Six When the Sky Is on Fire 🔥
Why Sky Commander pilots fly safe near wildfires — and how you can too. Zombie fires. Record heat. 200+ active wildfires. As we write this, nearly 1 million hectares of land is burning across Canada. In BC, 49 underground zombie fires from last season are reigniting as temperatures spike. Whole communities are on alert, air…
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🔥 Wingman Wednesday – Into the Wildfire: Only Pros Survive This Airspace
🔥 New Anthem Drop: “Wild Fire (Fly Another Day)” 🔥 By Sky Commander Sound Lab What happens when smoke rises, the sky turns red, and only the best take flight? We’re proud to release our original anthem, “Wild Fire (Fly Another Day),” — a cinematic rock track forged in the heat of wildfire missions and…
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