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Multirotors and cameras

We have all seen those great aerial videos on YouTube, TV and in the movies. Until just a few years ago getting shots like this involved expensive aircraft or special rigging. Now thanks to the world of multirotors, the average cameraman can make some excellent home movies that also have that unique eye in the […]

Tesla Foundation, UAVSA CEO, and others meet following White House drone crash

Action Needed: Following White House Drone Crash, Tesla Foundation and UAVSA CEO and others discussed action plan to prevent future incidents Washington, DC January 27, 2015—The Tesla Foundation and UAVSA CEO Keith Kaplan at the White House discussing Drone Rules and Lawn Crash – The Tesla Foundation and UAVSA at the White House with UC […]

Drone Film Festival NYC: RotorDrone Magazine is a Proud Media Sponsor

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Quadcopter White House Crash!

An early morning quadcopter crash leaves security scrambling at the White House. Was it an Amazon delivery taking a wrong turn? Or maybe someone taking their first time at the controls and they got a little distracted. Read the account by Associated Press writer Joan Lowy below. WASHINGTON (AP) — A small drone flying at […]

UAVSA at White House Drone Meeting

On January 27rd, the UAVSA and The Tesla Foundation participated with Lisa Ellman of McKenna Long & Aldridge – Legal Advisor to the UAVSA, Professor Raja Sengupta of UC Berkeley, and Andreas Muller of the California Governor’s Office at the White House with the FAA to discuss the FAA’s proposed rulemaking on Operation and Certification of […]

Multirotors and hot air balloons share the skies! Up, Up and Away!

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 scientific research — but can they safely share the sky with full-size pilots and aircraft? In many ways, hot air balloons and rotordrones are polar opposites: one being the oldest […]

Drone On-Board Cameras – What to look for

What to look for in on-board cameras by John Reid Now that you have your drone and have mastered flying it, what’s next? Logically, the next step for most people is to mount a camera on their drone. While this seems like it would be an easy thing to do, you will soon find there […]

DJI Phantom over Niagara Falls, great video

We all know the place and we all know what it looks like, but this new perspective that drones offer really give you a feel for how truly awe-inspiring this natural wonder is. Thanks to Questpact for sharing on Youtube. Enjoy. This video was taken from an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operating in US and […]

Drone University: Degree for the future

When does a community of enthusiasts and innovators become an industry? In the case of commercial unmanned aircraft in the United States and all of its potential applications, it is a question for academics and historians to take up years from now. When scholars assemble and analyze the chronology of events and milestones that formed […]

Hearst Tower, camera drone video tour

Here is a very cool video hosted by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster, the drone video tour gives a unique, perspective on the architecture, people and inner-workings of Hearst’s 57th Street world headquarters. This video was created to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Hearst Tower, the first building commissioned post September 11 […]