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Save 10% Off Your Tickets to International Drone Expo!

RotorDrone magazine is excited to give you an exclusive promo code for 10% off your International Drone Expo only tickets. Hurry offer is only until November 1! Use code RotorDrone10 Here The 3rd annual International Drone Expo (IDE), the largest gathering of the global commercial drone community, will take place December 9-10, 2016 at the […]

Drones invade TV with Science Channel’s new series

It’s official: Drones have arrived. Of course, for most of us, that happened years ago, but when drones get their own cable-television reality series, you know they have truly made the big time. Science Channel—one of Discovery Channel’s family of networks—debuted its new series Droned on July 22, and it will air a total of […]

Drones Explore the Largest Cave in the World

Underground Adventure When I learned about the ABC Good Morning America’s project to do a live broadcast out of a very remote location in central Vietnam, I was immediately excited and intrigued. I knew this would be a beautiful project allowing me to expand my horizon by going to a country I had never visited. […]

The Future of Drones

As drone advancements accelerate, experts weigh in In just a few years, multirotor technology has rapidly advanced to the point where these stable machines are being flown in backyards and businesses around the globe. Applications as varied as agriculture, wildlife conservation, search and rescue missions all benefit from adding multirotors to their resources. A few […]

Don’t Lose that Drone – Flyaway no more!

Overcoming the scourge of the UAV world Flyaway! This little word strikes fear in the heart of the drone operator. When you crash, there are usually parts that can be salvaged to rebuild. But with a real “gone back to China,” never-ever found again flyaway, you are left with nothing—not even the knowledge of what […]

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A DJI Phantom 2 flying near the Holuhraun volcano eruption, Bardarbunga volcanic system, Iceland.

Drone vs. the Volcano

An inside look at an amazing journey In the world of Rotor Drones, one of the primary functions of the aerial vehicle is to shoot amazing and interesting videos and photographs. From the start, RotorDrone Magazine has searched out those individuals who go above and beyond the ordinary and commonplace. To produce truly inspirational results, […]

A Look Inside the FPV Racing Scene

Speed Freaks! In the sport of First-Person-View (FPV) racing, three things are key: lightning-fast reflexes, a passion for speed and the ability to dust your drone off after a crash and get back in the air. One of the fastest-growing segments in the multirotor world, across the country racing quads are literally flying off the […]

An Aerial View of Mont-Saint Michel

Cutting edge-photography meets 8th century wonder. For renowned French photographer Alain Guillou, his art is an adventure. He has traversed the globe to capture images, and when he needed an aerial view, he has taken off in helicopters, ultralight aircraft, a hot-air balloon and even a motorized parasail. He notes, “I did aerial […]

The FAA, Congress, Drones & You

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was tasked in 2012 (and earlier) with safely integrating drones into the national airspace by September 30, 2015. The FAA was also tasked with releasing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for commercial use of small UAS (drones under 55 pounds) before then, but the deadline to do so has […]