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Drone with a Stun Gun Tested …

The Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone (CUPID) from Chaotic Moon can shoot a 80,000-volt charge to incapacitate targets, as demonstrated in this video (which uses an intern as the target!). While discussing possible uses for CUPID, company co-founder William Hurley said, “Perhaps there’s a raid on a house and somebody runs. Why send somebody with […]

View from above

This video from the French Aerofilm Photo Services is a highlight reel that includes castles, racetracks, architecture, military “SWAT” team and much more! All of their footage is taken from above by drone.

Drone Pilot Wins in Court

Aerial photographers, surveyors and filmmakers who want to fly small drones in U.S. airspace are able to rejoice after a judge dealt a setback to efforts by federal regulators to rein in use of the unmanned aircraft. Raphael Pirker (left in photo), had been fined $10,000 by the Federal Aviation Administration filming a promotional video […]

City of Angels: a quad’s-eye-view

Check out this great video of the Los Angeles skyline, as video’d by a DJI Phantom. Our hats are off to Bernelli Media Group for taking and posting this gem.

Eastern Australia by Drone

From Wollombi Falls to Point Perpendicular and Currawong, this video captures the incredible Eastern Australian coast. Pilot Mark Cocquio notes, “Because most of these flight locations fall into the ‘crashing is extremely fatal’ category, my flying was fairly conservative.” Thank you, Mark, for taking this great video and posting it on YouTube for everyone to enjoy.

Drone captures dolphin stampede!

Captain Dave Anderson of Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari in Dana Point, California, captured this 5-minute video. It includes a huge mega-pod of thousands of common dolphins stampeding off Dana Point, California, three gray whales migrating together down the coast off San Clemente, California, and close-ups over a newborn humpback whale calf snuggling and playing with its […]

Cheap thrills: Syma X1 Quad

So do you need to drop hundreds of dollars on a quadcopter to have fun? The answer is a resounding NO! The Syma X1 brings quadcopter fun down to a price you just can’t resist. I found this little gem one day when I heard it flying outside of my office. My co-worker had bought […]

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America the Beautiful: A Multi-Rotor’s View

Warning: this video will make you want to stop whatever you’re doing and immediately plan a vacation to Arches National Park and the Southwest. Filmed by DTX Media’s stable of multi-rotors, this clip captures some of the most beautiful places in the U.S. A big shout out Jonny Carroll for creating this great video and posting it on […]

Set Up an FPV Ground Station

My FPV ground station has evolved over the years from a single 4-channel receiver on a small tripod to my current set up. In between have been some successful and some not so successful setups. Building a good FPV ground station all depends on what you need, it doesn’t have to be big, expensive and complicated. […]