NEW TO COMMERCIAL FLYING?
We’ll make you a better pilot.
Attitude matters more than a long CV. We’ll take you from camera fundamentals and simulator patterns to real test captures, and approve you when you’re ready.
Apply to join →PARTNERS · DRONE OPERATORS
Fly for something bigger.
Join the HypaSpace drone operator network. Fly beautiful places close to home, learn to capture them properly, and get paid for it. Every flight becomes a place thousands of people can explore.
- Work close to home
- Fee agreed up front
- Paid the same day
HYPASPACE PILOT NETWORK NEW ASSIGNMENT Today 09:14
Country house hotel
- Distance
- 18 minutes from you
- Capture
- Half day, grid and orbits
- Fee
- Agreed before you accept
- Paid
- Same day, once approved
Accept Not this time
WHY DRONES MATTER TO US
Real places, captured honestly.
Every HypaView and HypaMap starts with a flight. No stock imagery, no illustrated guesswork: the place exactly as it is, from the air. That authenticity is what makes people fall for a place before they arrive, and it’s why pilots sit at the heart of everything we build.
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01 · YOUR FLIGHTThousands of images, one precise plan.
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02 · THE DIGITAL TWINStitched into a place people can step into.
- 03 · THEN IT GOES TO WORK
One capture, many lives.
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Explore it before you visit -
Find the way with live waypoints -
Run the site in real time -
Understand how people use it -
Refresh how the world sees it
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5–8 cm per pixel from a HypaSpace capture. Satellites 500 km up manage 30–50 cm. This is commercial drone work at the cutting edge.
1 flight builds the twin, powers the map and refreshes the place on Google Maps, Search and Earth.
2010 · HAND-BUILT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 
TODAY FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER
We were flying before it was a job.
Chris East started flying one of the very first drones in Southeast Asia in 2010, on a hexacopter he built himself. He set strict rules from day one, because an aircraft over someone else’s place is never a toy. When he trained commercially in 2016, those rules matched the professional ones almost line for line. The kit has come a long way since. The standards haven’t moved.
If you come through the process properly, I’d like you to be a markedly better pilot when you finish than you were when you started.
Chris East Co-founder, HypaSpace A PARTNERSHIP, NOT A PLATFORM
Part of the family from your first flight.
We’re building this network with pilots, not on top of them. We bring the clients, the method and the backing. You bring skill, judgement and a good attitude.
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Work close to home
We split coverage into local cells and match each job to approved pilots nearby, ideally within half an hour of your door.
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Know the fee first
Every mission is priced before you accept, up to £400 for larger sites. You decide whether it suits you.
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Paid the same day
Once your dataset passes its check, the fee is paid electronically that day. No invoices, no chasing.
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We bring the clients
We find the venue, agree the terms and handle the contract. You’re introduced to a job that’s ready to fly.
- 05 EARN FROM WHAT YOU KNOW
Spot a place, fly it first
Pass a gorgeous hotel or golf course every day? Tell us. If we sign it, you get first call on the paid capture, and on every refresh as the place changes.
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Never fly alone
A private training community with videos, methods and Chris on hand, and the whole team behind you on every job.
ALREADY A SEASONED PILOT?
Let’s make great content together.
Bring your experience to bigger sites and specialist missions, and help us set the standard for the network as it grows.
Apply to join →WHAT WE’LL ASK YOU TO CAPTURE
A complete dataset, not a highlights reel.
Our method is deliberately repeatable, so a hotel flown in Surrey meets the same standard as a resort anywhere in the world. We’ll teach you where the camera goes, how the flights fit together and which settings matter. Learn it, repeat it, and the results are extraordinary.
- STEP 01
Grid passes
Overhead lines with plenty of overlap, so the map is accurate from edge to edge.
- STEP 02
Orbits
Angled passes around every building, so façades and rooftops come alive in 3D.
- STEP 03
Check before you leave
Upload on site. Our system flags any gaps in about an hour, so you can fill them there and then.
YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT
A country house hotel, twenty minutes away.
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The brief lands
Terms agreed, capture brief ready. You’re copied into the client emails, so you see exactly what’s been said.
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Do your recce
Check the site, the airspace and the forecast online. On your first few jobs, Chris will help you through it.
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You call the time
The venue can tell you when not to fly. Only you, the pilot in command, decide when to fly, and we’ll always back that call.
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Fly the plan
Arrive early, cone off your area and fly with about two hours of batteries. Curious visitors get a friendly chat once you’ve landed.
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Check before you leave
Upload a working set from site. If our checker spots a gap, fill it while you’re still there.
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Get paid
Dataset accepted, fee in your account the same day. And you’re first in line when the venue needs a refresh.
APPLY TO JOIN
Show us how you fly.
Tell us where you’re based, what you fly and how much you’ve flown. A portfolio link helps, but a few social posts or clips are plenty. We’re truly looking forward to bringing you into the family.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- 18 or over, with a good attitude
- A capable camera drone. C0/UK0 class is a great start
- About two hours of batteries, a laptop and a phone hotspot
- Commercial insurance before paid work. We suggest £1m public liability
WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US
- Training, methods and quality-check tools
- A HypaSpace lanyard and branded hi-vis
- Chris and the team behind you on every job
Your application is in. We’ll review it, ask for some sample footage and walk you through the assessment. Successful applicants join our private training community.