Aerial Perceptions LLC
S.—FAQ

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Certification, coverage, accuracy, file formats, turnaround, and what drives the price. If it isn't here, ask.

Credentials & coverage

  • 01How long has your company offered aerial drone services in Oklahoma City?

    Aerial Perceptions LLC was founded in Oklahoma and has served Oklahoma City and the surrounding metro since 2016. The flying started earlier — first drone in 2013, FAA Part 107 certification in 2017 — so the company arrived with the hours already on it.

  • 02Are you licensed and insured?

    Yes to both. All flights are conducted by FAA Part 107 certified and fully insured pilots, backed by extensive training in drone operations. Every flight is planned before the props spin — airspace, obstructions, and the people on the ground below the flight path — so nothing about the day is improvised.

  • 03Do you only do aerial services in Oklahoma?

    Oklahoma City and the nearby metro are home ground: Edmond, Norman, Moore, Yukon, Mustang, Midwest City, Nichols Hills, and Guthrie, plus rural central Oklahoma. Beyond that we offer the full range of aerial services nationwide, and travel is quoted up front rather than added afterwards.

Creative work

  • 04Can you handle both FPV drones and traditional cinema drones?

    Absolutely, and often on the same day. We run multiple aircraft for different projects: cinema rigs for the smooth, deliberate, stabilised moves, and FPV for shots that need to be fast, close, and kinetic — interiors, tight geometry, continuous one-takes a cinema drone physically cannot fly.

  • 05Have you worked on film and television?

    Yes — IMDb-credited aerial cinematography across five features, each with its own visual treatment rather than one house look reused. The work has also taken First Place, Made in Oklahoma – Films.

  • 06Have you done live drone broadcasting for television?

    Yes, including FPV, in Oklahoma and nationwide — three years of live drone coverage for Tulsa Tough, plus ESPN. Live means there is no second take, so the aircraft, the downlink, and the fallback plan are all specced for the broadcast before the day.

  • 07Do you offer aerial real estate photography in OKC and beyond?

    Most definitely — real estate drone photography has been part of the business since 2016, and we specialise in capturing land and showing what surrounds a property, not just the roofline. Our sister company, Str8 Shooters Photography, is a full-service real estate photography company covering Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas.

Mapping, inspection & data

  • 08How accurate are your drone orthomosaic maps?

    Centimeter accuracy. The aircraft are equipped with RTK (real-time kinematic) positioning, and we measure ground control points on site to verify the result rather than take the GPS at its word. If a number is going into a design or a claim, it gets checked.

  • 09What is your experience in construction progress documentation?

    Extensive, and from Oklahoma City out to Tahlequah. Projects include OKANA Resort, the new Cherokee hospital, Andretti Indoor Karting & Games, Coca-Cola, and Hope Lodge in downtown OKC — working alongside Manhattan Construction, the Cherokee Nation, and the University of Oklahoma.

  • 10What files do I actually receive?

    Depends on the deliverable, but always something your team can open: GeoTIFF and JPG for 2D orthomosaics; LAS and OBJ for point clouds and 3D models; DSM, DTM, and DXF for terrain and contours; radiometric R-JPG plus a written report for thermal; CSV and a report for volume calculations.

  • 11Will the data drop into the software we already use?

    That's the point of the format list above. Deliverables are produced through Pix4D and DroneDeploy and handed over ready for Civil 3D and ArcGIS, so nothing needs rebuilding at your end before it's usable.

  • 12What does a thermal pass actually catch?

    Trapped moisture under roof membrane, heat loss through the envelope, and electrical faults running hot — the failures that stay invisible in a normal photo until they get expensive. Thermal frames are captured paired with visual frames, so a finding can be pointed at on both.

Working together

  • 13How fast can we expect deliverables?

    It differs with the service. Typical aerial photography is edited and delivered within 24–48 hours. Bigger projects like aerial mapping and thermal roof inspections can take up to 48 hours, because the processing and the accuracy check are the job — not an afterthought once the flying is done.

  • 14What does it cost?

    There's no flat rate, because a rooftop photo set and a multi-flight orthomosaic of a 200-acre site aren't the same job. Price follows the service, the size of the site, how many deliverables come off the flight, and travel outside the metro. You get a fixed quote up front — not an hourly meter.

  • 15Is my project Creative or Industrial?

    If the output is meant to be watched or published — a campaign, a listing, a broadcast, a film — it's Creative. If it's meant to be measured, inspected, or filed — a map, a model, a roof report, a progress record — it's Industrial. Plenty of projects need both, and both come off the same aircraft and the same pilot.

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