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Drones in the News: Wildlife Monitoring… Counting Ducks

A new study has confirmed the accuracy and reliability of drones for wildlife monitoring. The use of drones has become an important component of spotting, tracking and counting wildlife. The technology has been used to track elephants, seals and other mammals. Ecologists with the Fish and Wildlife Service have even used drones to deliver vaccine-laced […]

Drone Fun: What’s Faster, a Drone or a Tesla?

Can a drone outrun a Tesla from a full stop? The Rotor Riot team is about to find out with a drag race. But not just any drag race… The pilots will be flying from INSIDE the Tesla as it launches from zero to 60 in less than 3 seconds.

Drone News: Airbus delivers packages to university campus

Airbus just flight-tested a drone that will eventually deliver packages to stations around a university campus in Singapore. Unmanned drones will begin flying between parcel stations on campus by the middle of the year. The drones will land on roofs of stations, where a robotic arm will retrieve a package and place it in an […]

Drones in the News — 6 Ways Major News Organizations are Pushing the Drone Industry Forward

Although we sometimes gripe about the bad PR drones can get in the news, the truth is that major news organizations have contributed greatly to helping push the drone industry forward. In this article we’ll look at the different ways that major news organizations like CNN and ABC News have helped to push the drone […]

Hefty Fine for Drunk Drone Flying

You would think this would be the last thing a governor would worry about on his last day in office, but it was one of Chris Christie’s last acts as governor Don’t drink and drone. That’s the message from the state of New Jersey, which passed a law on Monday that makes it illegal to […]

Who’s the best drone pilot in the world?

Las Vegas championship challenge will award $50,000 prize The world’s top 32 drone pilots will compete Saturday in Las Vegas for the world champion title in the International Drone Racing Assn.’s top challenge. Semi-professionals wearing virtual reality headgear compete for a $50,000 cash prize in the Challengers Cup Final on Friday and Saturday January 19 […]

First Look: The Future is Here with the new Spektrum iX12 Radio System

Check out this Official First Look of the New iX12 Radio System from Spektrum. it has an Android touch-screen user interface and it is amazingly easy to program and uses Apps to make it easier to use. Click the link below to see the complete review PDF. RR Spektrum iX12 FINAL

Drone News: CES Best Drones & Gear

At the 2018 CES extravaganza in Las Vegas, we were blown away by the new, innovative drones and gear on display! Here are RotorDrone’s six top picks from the event. Best Professional Drone: Intel Falcon 8+ The Falcon 8+ incorporates a full electronic system redundancy with automated aerial-sensing solutions and with some of the best-in-class onboard […]

Drone News: Boeing’s Unmanned Cargo Aerial Vehicle [VIDEO]

Boeing just finished its initial flight tests of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned cargo aerial vehicle (CAV) prototype. The innovative platform is designed to test and evolve Boeing’s autonomy tech for future aerospace vehicles. In less than three months, Boeing engineers designed and built the CAV prototype, which stands four feet off the ground, measures […]

Yuneec Typhoon H Plus

A top image quality combined with the reliability and automatic flight modes every photo and videographer desires. The Typhoon H Plus hexacopter is equipped with a 1″ camera with 4K video resolution, a PX4-based flight controller and flight modes from Follow Me and Point of Interest to Curve Cable Cam. Relevant core areas of the Typhoon […]