ROCK Ultra — Plan simpler. Fly higher. Map faster.
Experience the ROCK Ultra in action during our Demo Tour—capturing farmland in Beaumont, Texas, slated for rail depot expansion. The project site combined cleared areas, embankments, and vegetated sections, providing the perfect test for Ultra’s ability to fly higher, cover more ground, and still deliver survey-grade accuracy.
The result: a dense, ground-classified point cloud and surface model, with clean contours and canopy penetration that revealed hidden berms and drainage features—all with fewer batteries and less stress in the field.
With traditional survey crews, mapping a 200–300 acre site would take a full day or more. Even with previous LiDAR systems, Drew would have expected 4–5 battery swaps at lower altitudes. The ROCK Ultra covered the site in roughly an hour using just two batteries, producing complete deliverables his client could trust—faster, simpler, and more efficient than ever.
Dataset Highlights:
→ Collected By: Drew Disney / Top Flight DSP
→ Flight Height: ~120 meters (400 feet)
→ Flight Speed: ~5 m/s (conservative setting)
→ Capture Area: ~300 acres (200 acres of data used by client)
→ Flight Duration: ~1 hour (2 battery sets, 3rd unused)
→ Deliverables: Ground-classified point cloud, surface model, contours
→ Site Conditions: Cleared farmland + berms, embankments, drainage features, light vegetation
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