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3d Drone Printing

Building stuff is fun. Building stuff that works is better. Websites like Thingiverse, YouMagine, Cubify and MyMiniFactory offer a variety of projects for your 3D printer. What they don’t provide are any guarantees that your creation will perform as advertised, especially when various electronic components are required. Maybe the servo that you bought is slightly […]

Micro Drone Racing

Now this looks like it could be a lot of fun, this was actually set up at an RC club building evening using 3-D micro drones. The entire race was recorded on an iPhone 4S. This would actually be easy for any club to set up at club meetings.

The World Drone Prix

This past weekend the International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) held an open qualifying event in Burbank, California. This qualifying event was for the World Drone Prix to be held in Dubai on March 11 and 12th. This event allows each pilot time on the lighted racecourse to complete as many laps as they can within […]

Clarion Hotel, Toledo – Homrich Demolition – Detroit Drone 4k

Definitely a different view of demolition. Clarion Hotel comes tumbling down….slowly! But at least it’s coming down. That’s what residents in the South Toledo Corridor are saying. The hotel sat vacant for 5 years. The Indian Company that owned the property literally walked away from it, bailing on the financial responsibility to clean it up. […]

Hudson Valley to the Adirondack – DJI Phantom 2

Montage of places filmed in 2015. Cortlandt NY, Glenwood Power Station Yonkers, Georges Island, Garnet Lake NY, New Croton Dam, Walkway Over The Hudson Beacon NY. GoPro Hero 4 – DJI Phantom 2 – FlySight Black Mamba – FlySight Black Pearl Music “A Great Destiny” by Jonathan Maiocco (Google Play • AmazonMP3 • eMusic • […]

Rowing and drone filming

Sometimes there is a subject it is difficult to film, such as rowing. But check out how cinema photographer Blagoy Momchilov, accomplish is a nice short video on the Plovdiv Rowing Base with some great aerial footage. We are sure that you will agree using the drones in cinematography always opens up new avenues of […]

3D Printing Filaments

If you’re new to 3D printing or planning on trying it out, then you may have been overwhelmed by the variety of plastic filament out there: ABS, PLA, PET, HIPS, TPE … it’s like standing in front of the shampoo aisle at the supermarket: should I pick the organic one, or the one with the moisturizing conditioner? I’ve printed with ABS and […]

Firefighting planes grounded again due to drone

Here is a story off of the AP network. We as drone pilots need to be careful where and when we fly. A forest fire is not the place nor the time to have your drone in the air. REDDING – Authorities briefly grounded a U.S. Forest Service reconnaissance plane flying over a series […]

11 Dos and Dont’s of RC Drone Flying

There are many questions in the air about whether it is legal to fly commercially, even as the dust clears after the November 18, 2014 National Transportation Safety Board decision in Huerta v. Pirker. The Board reversed Raphael Pirker’s win against the FAA in early 2014 by finding that “model aircraft” are “aircraft” and must […]

Graupner Hott MC-20

by Mike Gantt When I first saw a tray-type transmitter, it seemed a little goofy to me. Then I saw the extremely talented Gernot Bruckman using one of them and knew then that there was nothing goofy at all about using a larger-size radio. Many multirotor pilots like to “pinch” the sticks with both thumb […]