2A TAC Air OPS Drone Services

2A TAC Air OPS Drone Services We are a team of FAA Part 107 Licensed Drone Pilots deploying cutting edge Thermal Drones primarily for Pet, Livestock & Human Search and Rescue.
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We cover ALL of the Northeast including NH, VT, ME, MA, RI, CT, NY & beyond.

11/21/2025

Folks: Just letting everyone know that things will be 100% back to normal on here VERY soon!

Had a great shoot with Meteorologist Emily Pike of Maine WMTW Channel 8 and her Photog Frank today!Not airing until next...
11/21/2025

Had a great shoot with Meteorologist Emily Pike of Maine WMTW Channel 8 and her Photog Frank today!

Not airing until next week sometime. I will let everyone know when it's going up.

Thanks again Emily for this great opportunity!

-Rob

ALL Hoodies are DONE and my amazing printer lady is delivering them to me today!We will start mailing them tomorrow morn...
11/21/2025

ALL Hoodies are DONE and my amazing printer lady is delivering them to me today!

We will start mailing them tomorrow morning!

11/21/2025

A great short video of Comet at the Vet!

Today's Comet Update:(Sorry I didn't get one up last night)Comet is doing well overall and healing. He is still having ...
11/21/2025

Today's Comet Update:

(Sorry I didn't get one up last night)

Comet is doing well overall and healing. He is still having issues with his lungs. The one lung that was perforated by a quill is still leaking air, which means that they cannot remove his chest tubes. And they think there might be a small perforation in his other lung.

They are also doing more bloodwork and weaning him back to proper weight with a very special and monitored diet. They cannot do the surgery to remove the quills from his front right leg until they get his lung issue in order.

The family told me that they are up to just shy of $15k in Vet bills. I will link their GoFundMe in the comments. As stated previously, they are going to be reimbursed approximately 80% on most of the Vet bills at some point, but that will take time, and they are out of pocket for everything at this point.

We are so glad that Comet is doing well!

Also, people can call the Port City Vet directly and make a donation there as well.

Thanks!

-Rob

Kaitlyn came home tonight from UNH with Mousse and he is diligently watching over Allison as she cooks!
11/20/2025

Kaitlyn came home tonight from UNH with Mousse and he is diligently watching over Allison as she cooks!

11/20/2025

I will have a detailed Comet update later today.

I'm very excited to let you all know that tomorrow I am recording a bit with Maine WMTW Channel 8 Meteorologist Emily Pi...
11/20/2025

I'm very excited to let you all know that tomorrow I am recording a bit with Maine WMTW Channel 8 Meteorologist Emily Pike!

I've already met Emily and done an interview with her previously when Scout (the drone) was shot in Corinth Maine. This is going to be a really interesting piece on how weather affects thermal conditions with the changing of the seasons and more! And she rocks!

Can't wait!

-Rob

So one of you just gave me a great idea! (Thanks John!)What about we do a true test comparison of the best brands of co...
11/20/2025

So one of you just gave me a great idea! (Thanks John!)

What about we do a true test comparison of the best brands of collars (and an AirTag) in a few different environments and see what the results are?

And also compare cost, monitoring fees, battery life etc.

I did a few searches on Youtube and mostly all I found were people sitting inside and going over features and cost, without actually going out and doing real world tests. There were a few that did some very light testing, like in an athletic field or lightly wooded area, but there honestly wasn't a lot of effort IMO.

I would need a number of volunteers to assist me in this, and it would take time, and we would need to travel to a few areas. This wouldn't be something that would be done in a day. We would need to test all sorts of areas, including areas that would be VERY remote and far away from any cell towers.

And I would scientifically catalogue the results and produce a well made video in the end.

What do you all think?

-Rob

Folks!I hear this ALL the time. People have an Airtag on the collar of their pup or cat and they think it's a GPS. I c...
11/20/2025

Folks!

I hear this ALL the time. People have an Airtag on the collar of their pup or cat and they think it's a GPS. I can tell you with certainty that it is not.

A couple things:

Apple Airtags and Samsung SmartTags use Bluetooth only. They do not communicate with anything in the sky, like a satellite or cell towers. The only thing that they communicate with is other phones, and they need to be 30 feet or less from a phone to make a connection. 30 feet is the maximum distance they can make a connection, and in best conditions.

So what does this mean?

If you live in the downtown area of a City, so for New England, places like Portland Maine, Bangor, Manchester NH etc, and your pet runs away, the tag might give you some useful data. At least as long as your pet is still in the downtown area.

But the second your pet heads into ANY wooded area, and away from places that people have phones, that will be the last place you will see a location and the trail will go stale.

If you live in a rural area, which is the great majority of places that I am called to look for lost pets, you will likely not see even a single location, or very few at all.

Further, the CR 2032 Battery contained inside of these tags typically lasts about 8-10 months. People rarely remember to change them. If you are using one for this purpose, set a reminder on your phone / calendar and buy some spares so you can get into a regular schedule of changing them every 6 months (my recommendation.)

Conclusion:

Air Tags CAN be helpful and they cost very little. I am not against them at all! But I often have clients that think that the tag will track their pet anywhere and everywhere, because they just don't understand the limitations of the technology. If you live in an urban area, they can prove to be far more useful. If you live in a very rural area, there are much better options, but they cost much more and have monthly monitoring fees.

If you are of the idea that something is better than nothing, and you understand the technology and will change the batteries on a regular basis, then at least you understand what you have. Also understand that the Airtag is not waterproof, so consider a holder that will protect it.

While I am not endorsing any specific product, the other products like Fi and similar are actually not GPS either. But they "ping" off of cell towers and use triangulation to give a generally very accurate location of your pet. The only true "GPS" devices out there are very expensive, such as made by Garmin.

Remember, GPS means "Global Positioning System." Meaning, your Fi or Halo collar won't work in the deep Sahara Desert in Africa, but your Garmin GPS Collar on your dog absolutely will. GPS has lost a lot of it's meaning to many people, but a device isn't a GPS unless it is communicating with satellites and using them to determine it's location. Which means it can do it anywhere in the world.

Hope this helped to educate a bit.

Thanks!

-Rob

Today's Comet Update:I just spoke to Comet's owners and here is the current update. They said overall he is doing very ...
11/19/2025

Today's Comet Update:

I just spoke to Comet's owners and here is the current update. They said overall he is doing very well. His perforated lung is healing, but is still leaking a small amount of air, meaning that they must still leave in his chest tubes for the time being. They might be able to be removed tomorrow.

They are waiting on removing the quills from his front right leg until they get his lungs healed, which they hope will be soon. He is still at the Vet and receiving amazing care.

I (Rob) also want to thank our amazing community for helping their family. After I shared the link for the fundraiser for Comet there was a significant "bump" in the total raised and I recognized many names of the donors. And it doesn't matter if donations were big or small, it's just so kind of so many people to give what they could!

-Rob

Folks!Nominations end on the 24th!
11/19/2025

Folks!

Nominations end on the 24th!

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