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Flyboard Air, the farthest flight by a hover-board.

This is too cool, not to share. There is even some drone footage in there. This is still in the prototype stage, and will not be available this year. The YouTube post as this to say about this board: Flyboard Air is NOT fake TJ100 turbine The Harrier (AV8) uses micro-nozzles to control it in […]

FPV Essentials, what you need to get started

I’m sure that most of us have wished that there was a way to shrink ourselves down so that we could just hop on our multirotor and go fly it around. Unfortunately, that technology isn’t quite here yet, but luckily there is something that’s almost as good: first-person-view (FPV) flight. Within the last couple of […]

Aerial exploration of Bodie

Aerial exploration of a gold rush ghost town The folks at Monarch, Inc., and their precision multirotors have surveyed everything from agricultural crops to crime scenes and everything between. When a call came in from the California State Parks system asking if they could fly over a historic gold-mining ghost town to analyze its structures, […]

ClearView Receiver Side-by-side Comparison

Asked and Answered: Obtaining an FAA exemption

I am thinking about obtaining my exemption from the FAA. What are my options, and what should I look out for? Answer: Ever since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted the first exemptions to six aerial cinematography production companies, many people began asking, “How do I get my exemption?” While the FAA has provided a […]

Asked and Answered – Post-flight inspection

What is the best procedure for doing a post-flight inspection of my multirotor? Answer: It is also extremely important to measure the voltage of the LiPo battery pack immediately after the flight. The LiPo pack should be warm to the touch and slightly swollen. You also want to check the total pack voltage and confirm […]

8 Top Chargers

A charger is an essential investment that will pay dividends in the performance of your battery pack. Ease of use, safety features, and adaptability are important considerations when you’re in the market for a new charger, and here we bench-test the latest units available, tell you what we found, so that you can pick the […]

Tiny Whoop FPV Flights

This very small quad makes flying FPV at home FUN.This is one of the most agile and controllable little FPV around. The first video shows how the Tiny Whoop can fly in and around trees limbs with ease. Enjoy Tiny Whoop in attack mode:

Air Bali, Drone View

This wonderful video comes to us from John Sullivan who made this video of his beautiful inland. John States that he wanted to explore his home of Bali in a different way and what better way to get the drone out and see it from above. Riding on a scooter for two weeks and getting […]

Aerial Archaeology

While many people use their drones to shoot dynamic videos, I prefer taking still photography. To me the DJI Phantom is the ideal platform to do aerial photography in general and archaeological pictures in particular: Historic ruins are often not very impressive seen from the ground, where all we are left with is a foot […]