New Wingtra drone mapping camera conducts missions 30% faster

Switzerland-based VTOL drone manufacturer Wingtra has released a new mapping payload, the RGB61. Wingtra’s latest drone mapping solution is a customized Sony Alpha 7 Mark IV 61MP RGB camera that maps 1.4 times the area with up to 40% lighter data and post-processing loads to complete missions much faster than previously possible.

Compatible with the WingtraOne GEN II drone, the RGB61 payload is, in Wingtra’s words, the most efficient, data-light UAV data solution on the market. The large-scale mapping camera is, indeed, leaps ahead of the company’s previous flagship payload, the RX1R II.

“Because RGB61 allows you to capture 600 ha (1480 ac) in two flights, instead of three, and process 40% less data for the same area, customers are going to be able to map large areas in tighter time windows, plus take on more projects due to dramatically faster turnaround times,” explains Julian Mackern, a product manager at Wingtra.

“Imagine if you…