been seeing more and more talk about roof inspections and property assessments for insurance adjusters and i got curious. a guy at my flying club said he knows someone pulling in solid money doing that full time but couldnt give me much detail beyond that.

i fly a Mavic 3 pro right now and have my 107, wondering if thats enough to get started or if insurance companies want something more specific in terms of equipment. also not sure if you go directly to the insurance compaines or through some kind of middleman service. the whole pipeline for how work actually gets to pilots in that sector is kind of murky to me. if anyone has been down this road id love to hear how it actually works in practice not just the theory of it

did some of this work for about eight months through a third party platform that contracts with insurers. the pay structure is per-property and it adds up if you can do volume, but man the data requirements are strict. they want specific overlap percentages, certain altitudes, nadir shots, oblique angles, the whole thing and if your deliverable doesnt meet spec you can get flagged. Mavic 3 is totally fine equipment wise, ive seen people doing it with less. the learning curve is more about the software they use to submit and the consistency they expect.

biggest thing i'd say is look up EagleView and Nearmap and companies like that, they sometimes have contractor opportunities or at least knowing their workflow helps you understand what adjusters are actually looking at when they receive data.

not in insurance specifically but i do roofing inspections for contractors and its pretty similar i imagine. honestly the Mavic 3 is overkill for most of it, resolution isnt really the bottleneck, its just being methodical and delivering clean organized files. clients in that space care way more about reliablity and turnaround than they do about your drone being fancy.