# Sci Av Drone — Methane monitoring from UAVs

> Methane monitoring from UAVs (iPhone/iPad app by Scientific Aviation.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sci-av-drone/id1460412639 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Scientific Aviation](https://appshunter.io/developer/1378163621)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 116 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-04-30
- Data updated: 2026-07-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sci-av-drone/id1460412639/reviews.md

## What is Sci Av Drone?

When connected to a Scientific Aviation instrumented drone, the app displays real-time methane data, real-time images from the forward-facing drone camera, and ancillary data for optimal pilot situational awareness during flight.

Flying the drone in a prescribed pattern downwind of potential methane sources allows you to accurately quantify the full horizontal and vertical extent of methane plume enhancements from a site.

When connected to a WI-FI network, the app allows you to upload previous flight data files to our encrypted server for post-processing and methane emission rate calculation at Scientific Aviation.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.05 — 2024-02-01

Tapping the methane graph now changes the time window displayed. Adjusted AGL display to match DJI's.

### 2.04 — 2023-11-09

Reenabled the wind arrow and added support for PSDK.

### 2.03 — 2023-10-18

Added option to select units displayed, metric vs imperial

### 2.02 — 2023-09-19

This update implements improvements to the file-upload process and fixes various issues, including the altitude display and camera stability.

### 2.01 — 2023-04-16

Fixed an issue involving DJI's location access requirement.

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