🚁 Business Onboarding Cookbook: Drone & Aerial Cinematography Rentals

Category: Drone & Aerial Cinematography Rentals
Primary Domain: 10_Pet_Care_Spiritual_Rentals
Platform: 360 SERVICE HUB

1. Overview & Business Profile Context

This cookbook provides realistic, comprehensive, and verified test data for onboarding a high-end cinema drone hire, aerial imaging equipment, and DGCA-certified pilot dispatch agency. It exercises:

• High-Value Equipment (VEHICLE / EQUIPMENT) Resource Allocation: Modeling Hollywood-grade 8K cinema drone packages (DJI Inspire 3 with Zenmuse X9-8K Air gimbal and full cinema prime lens set).
• Pure Asset "Dry Hire" vs. DGCA Pilot Assisted Dispatch (EQUIPMENT vs. EQUIPMENT + PERSON): Demonstrating pure gear pickup by authorized production houses versus complete on-set aerial cinematography packages including a DGCA-licensed drone pilot.
• Days Duration Engine with Multi-Day Tiered Rental Discounts: 24-hour day rental units with multi-slot rules allowing production crews to hire rigs for 2 to 7 consecutive days with automated tiered discounts (10% off for 3+ days, 20% off for 7+ days).
• Turnaround Diagnostics, Firmware & Battery Cycle Buffer (60 Minutes): Enforcing a 60-minute technical buffer between rentals for optical sensor cleaning, motor ESC health checks, IMU calibration, and TB51 battery cycle testing.
• Film Studio Hub Operating Calendar: Operating 7 days a week from 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM adjacent to major television and film production studios.

2. Step-by-Step Onboarding Data

Step 1 of 5: Business Information

Step 2 of 5: Add Resource (Polymorphic Flow)

Add the following 4 realistic resources covering 3 cinema drone equipment kits and 1 DGCA-certified drone pilot:

[ What does your customer book? ]
 ├── [▲] 1. Vehicle / Equipment Asset ──► Rig 1: DJI Inspire 3 Full-Frame 8K Cinema Drone Package
 ├── [▲] 2. Vehicle / Equipment Asset ──► Rig 2: DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine Drone Kit (Apple ProRes)
 ├── [▲] 3. Vehicle / Equipment Asset ──► Rig 3: Custom 8S FPV Heavy-Lifter (RED Komodo Mount)
 └── [●] 4. Team Member / Staff       ──► Kabir Mehra (DGCA Commercial Pilot & Drone Tech)

Resource 1: Rig 1: DJI Inspire 3 Full-Frame 8K Cinema Drone Package (Vehicle / Equipment)

Resource 2: Rig 2: DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine Drone Kit (Vehicle / Equipment)

Resource 3: Rig 3: Custom 8S FPV Heavy-Lifter (Vehicle / Equipment)

Resource 4: DGCA Certified Commercial Drone Pilot (Team Member / Staff)

Step 3 of 5: Services & Offerings

Configure the following 4 realistic aerial cinematography offerings covering dry hire, multi-day rentals, and full-day shoot packages:

[ Services & Offerings Portfolio ]
 ├── 1. DJI Inspire 3 8K Cinema Drone Dry Hire (Days | 1 Day | ₹18,000/day | Rig 1 1:1 | Multi-Day 2-7)
 ├── 2. DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine Drone Daily Dry Hire (Days | 1 Day | ₹6,500/day | Rig 2 1:1 | Multi-Day 2-7)
 ├── 3. Full-Day Aerial Cinematography Package + DGCA Pilot (Days | 1 Day | ₹32,000/day | Compound Rig 1 + Pilot)
 └── 4. Half-Day Commercial Drone Shoot + Pilot (Hours | 4 Hours | ₹18,500 | Compound Rig 2 + Pilot)

Offering 1: DJI Inspire 3 8K Cinema Drone Dry Hire (Days — Equipment 1:1 — Multi-Day 2–7 Days)

Offering 2: DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine Drone Daily Dry Hire (Days — Equipment 1:1)

Offering 3: Full-Day Aerial Cinematography Package + DGCA Pilot (Days — Compound Rig + Pilot)

Offering 4: Half-Day Commercial Drone Shoot + Pilot (Hours — Compound Rig 2 + Pilot)

Step 4 of 5: Availability & Working Hours

Configure rental desk and dispatch operational hours across all 7 days:

Weekly Schedule Grid

Staff-Specific Availability Overlay

Advanced Operating Settings

Step 5 of 5: Booking Rules, Fulfillment & Policies

3. Five Deterministic End-to-End QA Test Scenarios

Scenario 1: Multi-Day 3-Day Rental with Progressive Volume Discount

• Action: A production house books DJI Inspire 3 8K Cinema Drone Dry Hire for 3 consecutive days (Friday morning through Monday morning).
• Expected Result:
  • Base price: $3 \times ₹18,000 = ₹54,000$.
  • Tiered discount rule fires: $3 \text{ days} \implies 10% \text{ discount} = ₹5,400$.
  • Total rental cost: $₹48,600$.
  • Rig 1 is locked atomically across all 3 days, plus a 60-minute post-return buffer on Monday.
  • Rig 2 and Rig 3 remain fully available for concurrent hires.

Scenario 2: Compound Drone + Pilot Concurrency Collision

• Action: Director A books Full-Day Aerial Cinematography Package + DGCA Pilot (which locks Rig 1 + Pilot Kabir Mehra) for Wednesday. Simultaneously, Production Company B attempts to dry-hire Rig 1 for the same Wednesday.
• Expected Result:
  • Director A's shoot places an exclusive lock on BOTH Rig 1 and Kabir Mehra.
  • Production B's request for Rig 1 is rejected due to equipment collision.
  • The booking UI suggests Rig 2: DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine Drone Kit as an available alternative.

Scenario 3: Merchant Approval Workflow Verification

• Action: A customer initiates a booking for DJI Inspire 3 8K Cinema Drone Dry Hire.
• Expected Result:
  • Because Instant Confirmation is set to OFF, the booking is placed in a PENDING_MERCHANT_APPROVAL state.
  • The merchant receives an in-app and SMS alert: "New Drone Hire Request awaiting verification of production credentials".
  • The calendar slot is temporarily held for 2 hours while merchant reviews documents.

Scenario 4: Return Diagnostic & Battery Maintenance Buffer Guardrail

• Action: Rig 2 is returned from a 2-day hire on Thursday at 12:00 PM. A second customer requests pickup of Rig 2 starting at 12:15 PM on the same Thursday.
• Expected Result:
  • The 60-minute technical buffer reserves Rig 2 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM for sensor cleaning, propeller balance checks, and battery balance charging.
  • The earliest available pickup time presented to the second customer is 01:00 PM.

Scenario 5: Minimum 24-Hour Notice Cutoff Enforcement

• Action: Customer attempts to book a dry hire on Thursday at 02:00 PM for pickup the same evening at 06:00 PM (4 hours notice).
• Expected Result:
  • The minimum notice window is configured at 24 hours.
  • The system detects that $4 < 24$ hours.
  • The 06:00 PM same-day slot is unavailable. The earliest bookable slot is Friday at 02:00 PM or later.