Thermal drones
for wildlife conservation
We build custom thermal-camera drones — finding wildlife and their young, night monitoring, search operations, work in the field. From design to training, all from one person.
THERMAL 640×512 px
UP TO 40+ MIN FLIGHT
ALT 42 m
BAT 87 %
GPS 14 SAT
05:42 / DAWN
640×512 ENDURANCE
40+ min MISSION
AUTO
TARGET 01 · +38.2 °C
thermal footage from a real flight · 384×288
A thermal camera sees what you'll never see from a high seat
Wildlife hidden in vegetation, young animals, wounded game — a thermal drone finds them in minutes. Best at dawn or at night, when the heat contrast between an animal and its surroundings is greatest.
An ordinary camera drone won't do here: without thermal imaging, you'll find nothing in the vegetation.
We fly thermal wildlife searches ourselves — we know what works in the field and what doesn't.
What you can do with the drone
Finding wildlife and young animals in vegetation
Dawn flights, when heat contrast is at its peak.
Wildlife monitoring and counting
Night flights over your grounds with an overview of numbers and movement.
Finding lost or injured animals
Sweep an area in minutes that would take hours to search on foot.
Crop inspection and game damage
An aerial overview of crop condition and damage in fields and forests.
Documentation for grant and conservation projects
Flight records and footage ready for applications and reporting.
Searching for missing persons
Thermal imaging finds a person in vegetation, fields or woodland within minutes — day, night or fog. Supporting volunteer search parties and professional teams alike.
Protecting land and premises
Night flights along your property line, checking fences and far corners without walking the rounds. You see who's moving where they shouldn't be.
Why a custom build, not an off-the-shelf drone
Sensible money
Ready-made thermal drones are expensive and closed — with a custom build you only pay for what you'll actually use.
Open ArduPilot platform
No dependence on a manufacturer's cloud. Your data stays with you.
Repairability
An open build from commonly available components. When something breaks, we repair or replace it — instead of shipping it to the manufacturer for six months.
Training and support
From someone who flies the drone himself — not from a call centre.
Three builds we make
Scout
COMPACT THERMAL QUADCOPTERA drone you keep in the boot of your car — from boot to airborne in five minutes. Quickly locating an animal, checking a thicket, inspecting a field.
Compact thermal camera + basic daylight camera, with a live feed to the operator.
500 mm class, 10" three-blade props; roughly 25–30 minutes — swap the battery in a minute and keep flying.
Holds position and altitude on its own. We tune the props and weight distribution based on how the aircraft behaves in real flights — so it safely handles even steep descents.
Automatic return to launch on low battery or signal loss.
A controller with a built-in display — no phone to connect, no apps to install.
Smaller hunting grounds and properties, rapid deployment with no set-up, routine patrols.
Searcher
THERMAL WORKHORSE PLATFORMA machine for large areas and long flights at dawn and night. Draw the mission on the map with a finger — the drone sweeps the area in a regular grid, row by row, missing nothing.
A thermal camera on a stabilised gimbal, alongside a daylight zoom camera: the thermal finds the animal, the daylight camera confirms the find.
Large low-RPM motors and Li-ion cells instead of the usual LiPo packs: 40+ minutes and a calm, quiet flight that doesn't spook wildlife.
Automatic sweep of a designated area; an optical-flow sensor with a laser altimeter holds precise altitude even low over vegetation, where GPS alone falls short.
Automatic return to launch on low battery or signal loss.
A rugged ground station with a large display — map, mission planning and live thermal feed in one, readable even in bright sunlight.
Large hunting grounds and fields, systematic night counts, and searching for wounded game across wide areas.
Special
FULLY CUSTOM THERMAL BUILDFor requirements no off-the-shelf machine can meet. We start from a proven platform and build the aircraft around your task — not the other way round.
Matched to task and budget: from compact thermal modules to a stabilised 640×512 gimbal that tells a fawn from a hare.
Frame and propulsion sized to the equipment carried and the flight time required.
A spotlight for night recovery of game, a marker-drop mechanism, extended link range, a second display for an observer — one flies, the other searches. Integration with mapping systems to coordinate people on the ground — everyone on the team sees the drone's position and every find.
Every flight is logged; from the flight records we can reconstruct the route, the finds and the aircraft's behaviour.
Wildlife rescue stations, municipalities, forest authorities and organisations whose needs don't fit a catalogue box.
// Specifications are indicative — we tune every build to your terrain, purpose and budget. And because we build and fly every aircraft ourselves, we know exactly what's inside.
Coming up: a smart ground station
We're developing a ground station with AI image analysis — the drone's feed is analysed not just by the operator's eye, but by software in real time.
- [01]automatic detection of wildlife and people in the thermal feed, in flight
- [02]finds are plotted straight onto the map with a precise position
We're building it for our own operations — we'll offer it to customers once it's proven. Want to be among the first? Get in touch.
ROE DEER 0.97
HARE 0.88
AI detection in thermal footage · illustration over a real frame
How it works
Consultation
We discuss purpose, terrain and budget.
Build proposal
A configuration tailored precisely to your brief.
Build and testing
We build the drone and test it thoroughly.
Flight test and training
A joint flight and operator training in the field.
Handover
A handover report and flight log with the aircraft.
+ONGOING SERVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS AS STANDARD
Organisations and businesses
We build for associations, municipalities, farms and companies. Drone operations are governed by EU rules (operator registration with the civil aviation authority); we'll guide you through registration and the rules — you remain the operator.
We also build for professional deployments — search operations, site protection and coordinating teams in the field. We handle such projects individually — contact us directly.
// WE DO NOT SUPPLY CONSUMERS
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a licence?[+]
Yes — operator registration with the civil aviation authority. For typical builds, the EU "open category" is sufficient. We'll advise you on your specific case.
How much does a drone cost?[+]
Depends on the build and the thermal camera — roughly from CZK 70,000 (approx. €2,800) excl. VAT. We'll prepare a specific quote after a free consultation.
Why not an off-the-shelf drone?[+]
Ordinary camera drones fall short for wildlife detection, and ready-made thermal solutions cost several times more. A custom build gets you a capable thermal aircraft for sensible money — and service means talking to the person who built it, not filling in an overseas support form.
Can a complete beginner handle it?[+]
Honestly — not quite. Our drones aren't consumer electronics where a phone app takes care of everything. The flying itself is easy thanks to automated missions and return-to-home, but ownership takes a bit of a technical heart: charging and caring for batteries, occasional checks and maintenance. We teach you everything at handover and we're a phone call away — but it helps if your organisation has one person who enjoys tinkering. They'll fall in love with the drone.
What if the drone crashes?[+]
Bring it in or ship it to us. We'll find out what happened from the flight logs and repair the aircraft — an open build means virtually anything can be fixed. We have no service hotline or branch network — instead, you deal directly with the person who built your drone.
Let's talk about what you need
Write or call — we'll discuss purpose, terrain and budget with no obligation, and propose a build to match.
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