We know so many have questions about what can and can't be done with drone shows, how much they cost and more, so we created a quick guide of our most common questions.
So please feel free to use the resource below if it helps you, but do contact us if you have a question we haven't covered, or if there is more we can do to help.
Our Technical Director Chris used part of our drone fleet and the team to set the Official Guinness World Record for 'the most emojis formed by multirotor/drones in three minutes'.
To create the record, each emoji had to be fully formed, clear and easily recognisable. This meant that the attempt required complex and clever programming to transition from shape-to-shape, both as quickly as possible, but safely.
The record also requires multiple criteria be met to be recognised as 'official', the trickiest being the use of a maximum of 130 drones, so it's not an option to put 1,000s of drones up and just rapidly turn lights on and off.
To prove the precision and capability of our system, Chris even raised the difficulty by opting to use just 100 of our show drones to increase the difficulty and did the attempt in the middle of a live show for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Chris set a new Guinness World Record by forming 30 emoji in three minutes.
Click the image above to see Chris go behind the scenes of the record attempt in more detail.
Click the image above to view a shortened video of the official three-minute record.
Click the image above to view the full record attempt, including the rest of the performance for the IMechE.
You can view more videos on our YouTube channel too.
If you consider what we're doing in terms of flying 1,000's of show drones at once by computer, then it certainly isn't something just anybody can do safely or legally.
However, the great news is that we are experts at this and can do all the complex elements in-house for you, so you can relax and just enjoy the results.
This is genuinely going to be a balance between your needs and your budget.
For example, a 7-8 letter word can be drawn well with just 100 drones, but if this becomes a complex logo this could easily become more.
For this reason, we offer a free consultation to help establish your needs, so that we can provide you with the most cost effective quotation.
This ensures you only pay for the number of drones you need.
We can do drone shows with as few drones as you would like, but you do require a certain number to do certain shapes.
As seen above, we can make most shapes, such as the circle, with 20-50 drones or the text part of our own logo with just 77 drones.
The midi drone show is our most popular size of show, as it offers the best balance between shape resolution and budget.
As seen above, starting from just 100 drones the circle is now doubled up and bolder and our logo can be fully formed.
This is where amazing becomes award winning. If you want to create the ultimate designs in the night sky then look no further.
As seen above, simple 2D shapes like circles can become fully formed 3D spheres and logos have more depth and detail.
Don't worry, we know that creating a drone show can seem daunting, so we offer a free consultation and advice to help you know how many drones you need.
As seen above, we have stock shapes and forms we can use, such as our helix, or we can create your exact brand, including colours.
Absolutely, our programming software allows us to create not only 3D renders, but even place it over the location you want to fly at.
This allows you to not only see your drone show design, but also move around and see it from different viewing angles as your audience might.
We have some guide prices below, but to be honest this will depend on just how many show drones your display requires, but also how complicated the design needs to be.
We have 'off the peg' type show elements you can use, or we can create something truly bespoke for your audience.
The bit nobody else tells you in their quotes...
Depending on where you want to have your drone show, there may be some ground restrictions that need to be put in place to keep things 'safe and legal', which can create additional costs, but we can provide free advice here if needed.
From £17,850.
Our smallest drone show bundle is our 'Mini' package, starting from just 50 drones. This is the minimum we would recommend to our clients, as anything below this number will be quite limited in what it can portray.
From £32,500.
Our 'Midi' drone show package is our most popular, starting from 100 drones. The price we quote will include everything you need, from creative design time to us being at the location and putting on the show.
From £88,250.
Our 'Maxi' package is for when you want 300 or more to make a real statement. As you might imagine flying this many drones is more complicated, but our pricing will still include everything you need from us.
£0 - Free.
That's right, free, nothing, zero... We don't charge for our advice or consultation. We are so committed to making sure you get a great drone show, we don't charge for our fountain of knowledge.
Our drones are class leading and can easily perform over a 10-minute display packed full of creative elements.
The complete show itself may then be up to 12-13 minutes once we've included the take-off and landing elements. In fact, we have some creative ways to make this part of the show as well to maximise your audience engagement.
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