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Amazon Drones get FAA Experimantal Certificate

Amazon, which one day hopes to make deliveries via drone, have got permission to take the first step in the quest. Amazon now has permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to perform testing of its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) technology. Last Thursday the FAA issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an unmanned aircraft design that […]

Take a ride in a hot air balloon

Our frequent contributor Patrick Sherman one of the members of the Roswell Flight Test Crew did this great article on how multirotors and hot air balloons can share the sky. Rotordrones have upended the world of model aviation and show enormous potential in professional fields that are as diverse as film and television production to […]

RotorDrone Magazine – Making the cover photo

In our business we are lucky to work with some great people in the publishing world, and one of the best out there has to be our photographer Tony Donaldson. He is one of the people responsible for the latest RotorDrone Magazine cover and we enjoyed working with him on that project. Tony did a […]

NYC Drone Film Festival: Interview with Founder Randy Scott Slavin

This past weekend, the New York City Drone Film Festival (#NYCDFF) played to a full house at the Directors Guild of America Theater on West 57th Street. The festival was organized by Randy Scott Slavin, a New York-based director and producer. RotorDrone had the opportunity to sit down with him and ask about the event. […]

FPV Pod Racing Star Wars style!

This is a pre event that happend in france, organized by airgonay, a quadcopter racing fanatic association. This is the type of event we are slowly creating here in the US. You may not understand what they are saying (unless you speak french) but we are sure you will still enjoy the video.

Anatomy of a Radio – drone operator basics

Do you know what all of these switches, sliders and sticks, do on this transmitter? Well wonder no more. Click on the image below and find out exactly how a transmitter breaks down and learn the anatomy of a radio.

Aerial photography 101

How to shoot your own aerial photos of the world Thanks to the advent of smaller and lighter cameras that can easily be attached to our multirotors, more and more pilots are getting their high-quality shots and HD video from the sky. Let’s discuss lifting cameras into the sky by multirotor and how to guide […]

MaxAmps Turns 10!

Congrats to our friends at MaxAmps.com on 10 years in the battery biz! It’s hard to believe a full decade has passed they first appeared on the scene–as they say, time flies when you’re having fun! Cake image via coolibar.com Spokane, Washington – This year MaxAmps is celebrating their 10th anniversary of making lithium polymer batteries for […]

Firmware that prevents multirotors from flying over airports, a great Idea

This firmware has been available for a while now and should be on all multirotors sold in the U.S. All unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators should abide by all regulations from such organizations as the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) and their own national airspace regulations. In order to increase flight safety and prevent accidental […]

FAA’s proposed rules for drones

The FAA’s proposed rules for small, unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAVs) include that operators be certified by the FAA, that aircraft weigh less than 55 pounds and operate only in daylight and by line of sight. Here are the complete proposed rules: