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Aerial Videos: Big Fly Show Reel

This is one of the nicest show reels we seen for a drone company and we are not the only one to think so. Here is just a partial list of some of the awards they won with this video: Festival : – Festival du Film Professionnel de Drone / Drone Experience (FRANCE) – 2016 […]

Drone News: Appeals court ends FAA drone registration rule

Today, a federal appeals court struck down a federal rule that required operators of RC aircraft to register the devices with the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that federal law prohibits the FAA from issuing any rules or regulations covering “model aircraft.” The ruling is a win for model […]

Drone Racing Goes Mainstream

“In three days, we probably did seven years’ worth of learning,” said Scot Refsland, the chairman of the Drone Sports Association (DSA) and the organizer of the U.S. National Drone Racing Championship. “From the perspective of some of the individual pilots, I understand that there was some real frustration, but as far as establishing drone […]

Raphael “Trappy” Pirker, midflight
in Venice. Testing and
incorporating new technology is
key to building better products,
but sometimes that involves
modifying what’s available—including
ski masks, apparently.

Drone Rebels

Raphael Pirker and Team BlackSheep Back in 2003, first-person view (FPV) was little more than a half-baked idea in the mind of a young Swiss- Austrian student studying at the University of Zurich. But it was a potent mixture of “why not” attitude, plenty of spare time, and living in a scenic area that led […]

Blade Theory XL 5″ BNF Basic Race Quad [VIDEO]

From Blade: The Blade® Theory™ XL 5″ BNF™ Basic race quad is a stretched-X FPV racing drone ready to scream past the competition, with no building, tinkering, or tuning necessary. The stretched-X design offers impressive stability in fast forward flight, and the 4mm frame thickness stands up well to crashes… ideal for a racing […]

Tactic TTX660 6-Channel 2.4GHz SLT Computer Radio

From Tactic: Now you can fly almost any type of RC aircraft with one radio: the TTX660 from Tactic. Airplanes, helicopters, even many of today’s popular drones can be controlled by this sophisticated system. Programming is a breeze, and memory for 30 models is a real bonus. Two sliding levers and a proportional dial are […]

Spektrum VA2510 Heavy Duty Camera Mount

From Spektrum: This is the Spektrum™ Heavy Duty Camera Mount. This flexible nylon mount will allow the mounting of the SPMVA2510 (Heavy Duty 25mW 5.8GHz FPV Camera) to any surface platform. Most applications will allow you to mount he camera inside the vehicle for true FPV, or on the roof for a better vantage point. […]

3D printers to watch for

There is no denying that the consumer 3D printer is quickly coming of age. There is growing competition among companies to find new and less expensive ways of automating the process of making realworld objects out of virtual ones. But while for some companies the imperative is to improve quality and performance, others focus on […]

Drone’s view of a blue whale feeding

Oregon State scientists now have a new tool to study the behavior of whales, in this case the feeding habits of the blue whale. While the blue whale is one of the largest creatures on earth, they get all of their energy from consuming the smallest creatures on earth, krill. Watch as a blue whale […]

Drones in Mining

This is the third in a new series of Drone Analyst white papers intended to share lessons learned within specific industries. These reports will help you as a business owner in those industries maximize the value that drones can deliver. This year we are building on the analysis we did for the 2016 “Truth About” […]