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World-Record Flight Across the English Channel

Team Ocuair made aviation history this week by becoming the first people to fly a quadcopter drone across the English Channel. The amazing feat saw a custom built drone cover the 35km (21.7 mile) distance in a single flight of 72 minutes. The drone launched from a French Beach near Wissant and landed on Shakespeare […]

Running into the air, working with drones and story

Here Is a great new take on shooting aerial scenic photography. Incorporating a story into your fantastic scenery video makes it interesting for the audience. This video by Sebastian Wöber who gives us an outstanding aerial view of Switzerland. Be sure to check out the behind-the-scenes video to get some great tips on shooting aerial […]

PowerEgg: a revolutionary rotor drone

And now for something completely different: an egg that unfold into a 4K, 360-degree camera quad! Just in time for Easter delivery, this aircraft is no yolk! Powervision Robot Europe CEO Huber Hu says, “The PowerEgg features an innovative egg shape which, in addition to being aesthetically different than the many X-shape four-axis drones currently on the market, makes […]

3d Drone Printing

Building stuff is fun. Building stuff that works is better. Websites like Thingiverse, YouMagine, Cubify and MyMiniFactory offer a variety of projects for your 3D printer. What they don’t provide are any guarantees that your creation will perform as advertised, especially when various electronic components are required. Maybe the servo that you bought is slightly […]

Micro Drone Racing

Now this looks like it could be a lot of fun, this was actually set up at an RC club building evening using 3-D micro drones. The entire race was recorded on an iPhone 4S. This would actually be easy for any club to set up at club meetings.

Drones and the Real Estate market

We agree with Christian Loran, who shot this video for a local real estate company. Using drones for videography can give us a whole new perspective that previously was not available. This allows a new visual way to tell a story for a variety of different industries, as in this case for the real estate […]

This Eagle Wants to Kill Your Drone

No joke: this bird of prey is trained to capture rogue drones. Dutch police, working with a raptor training company called “Guard From Above” demonstrated the eagle’s drone-disabling skills in this video, in which the trained eagle grabs a hovering drone and sets it down in the corner. What about those sharp prop blades? Guard From […]

By land, air and sea, look it’s the Loon Copter!

Here is the quadcopter that can do it all, it can move along the surface of the water like a boat, then if needed it can submerge and explore underwater like a submarine. The Oakland University’s loon copter, like its namesake, can fly, land on the water to see what is under the surface, and […]

Top Ten Drone attacks by animals

Here is a good video showing us why we should not fly near animals with our drones. Animals seem like they don’t like drones or they just want to eat them. Either way please don’t fly your drones like this and endanger any animal.

Picking out your next sport camera

If you’re just getting started in aerial photography, a sport action camera is your best bet: you won’t break the bank while you learn the ins and outs of filming with a drone. This guide includes our favorites, shown in order of price. The small powerhouses we highlight here can all capture amazing video footage […]