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 […]
Second Women in Drones Event Planned for InterDrone
Second Women in Drones Event Planned for InterDrone Top women executives from UAV industry to lead panel discussion and luncheon at InterDrone fostering unique networking opportunity for women in the commercial drone market MELVILLE, N.Y., May 9, 2016 — BZ Media LLC announced today the second Women in Drones Luncheon, a special networking event […]
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 […]
Sea Otters Study with a Drone
(Photo by Brent Paull) The beach was clear of ice and snow, and the gray rocks and gravel were drying in the warm sun. Nearby grass was showing hints of green, early for this Alaska spring. Drifting on its back in Kachemak Bay, near the town of Homer, Alaska, a sea otter ate morsels of […]
X PlusOne Platinum RTF And DIY Kit
From X Craft: X PlusOne: A quadcopter plus a flying wing. Drones seem to be everywhere. The problem is, most of them are multi-rotors that excel at one thing: hovering. Hovering solves one side of the problem, but when shooting a fast subject, you need speed. Without compromising precision hovering capabilities, we have created something […]
Quanum FollowMe Aerial Action Camera Drone
From HobbyKing: Are you into active sports? Would you like your own aerial “camera crew” to put you right in the middle of the action? Now you can! The Quanum FollowMe is the ultimate selfie drone that tracks and records your outdoor adventures! Downhill racing, skateboarding, rock climbing, whatever you’re into! the Followme will capture […]
