Kelly Shores

FlyPro recently announced the release of the XJaguar, a FPV racing drone that comes in a kit you can build yourself. The challenge for most people attempting to build their own quadcopters is that many parts are incompatible with one another. The result is that sometimes you order all the parts that you need and then you have to return or replace certain things in order to get the drone to work pr...

Hangar Technology, an Austin, Texas based start up, has raised $6.5 million dollars in funding to develop software that will bring the massive amounts of data available from drone technology to anyone who needs it through a cloud based data repository. Hangar wants to allow organizations to tap into the value of aerial data without having to pilot their own aircraft. Hangar was founded by two peop...

Many big names are adding money to and funding FPV drone racing. Satellite broadcaster Sky has invested $1m into the Drone Racing League (DRL) to help bring the sport to the masses via their wide reach. The appeal is apparent as soon as you sit down to watch a race. Spectators are placed in the view (first person view) of the drone striking through the course and witness first hand when a drone sp...

While many people fly drones for fun or to take amazing photos and video, drones are becoming a hot commodity in the insurance industry. Many insurance companies are now using drones to improve the way that they service customers while, at the same time, helping maintain their bottom line. This means a variety of things to customers and insurance professionals alike. First, drones a helping insura...

If you have ever flown any of Spin Masters “Air Hogs” radio control products you know the thrill of flying a RC toy for the first time. Well now, Air Hogs has announced it’s first line of radio controlled racing drones called the Helix series. The Helix series concentrates on small form factor drones that are designed to get new racers interested in the sport. With a small form f...

If you are like me, you’ve been waiting patiently and checking your mailbox every day in anticipation of the DJI Mavic’s arrival. Well, mine came yesterday and it did not disappoint! It is even smaller than I thought it would be and the stability and GPS are truly amazing. I thought that there might be some compromises in performance based on its size, but I really could not find any. ...

Now that the DJI Mavic is shipping and the GoPro Karma is about to start shipping, you can bet that the comparisons will be starting very soon! However, we should go back to the DJI Phantom 4 and compare it to the new GoPro Karma. The DJI Phantom 4 has been the “gold standard” for almost one year now and the GoPro Karma is the new kid on the block. This article is a good one comparing ...

With the recent announcement and now shipping of the GoPro Karma, many have wondered where the name came from. In a recent interview about the drone, GoPro’s CEO, Nick Woodman said “We believe that when people share experiences, those experiences become more meaningful to the people that capture them, GoPro enables people to share experiences in such a way that the people who are receiving t...

A couple of days ago, the GoPro Karma went on sale to the general public, which is quite exciting to the millions of drone nerds out in the world. However, as we open up the shiny boxes and see all the new gadgets and gizmos, most of us don’t realize the amount of hard work and logistics that goes into creating a product like this from scratch. This article on engadget, is a great behind-the...

While drones have been in use for industry for nearly thirty years, only in recent years has the cost of parts and assembly gone down enough to make them commercially viable for things like telecommunications support. In fact, drones or UAVs, are considered to be the future of many industries including telecommunications. Major US cellular companies like Verizon and T-Mobile are using drones to in...

Wow! What an exciting month it has been for drone pilot with the announcements of the DJI Mavic and the GoPro Karma! However, if you are hoping to get your hands on one of these drones in the next couple of weeks, you may be in for a rude awakening! The DJI Mavic is not going to ship out until the end of October (at the earliest) and the GoPro Karma, while available for order today, won’t sh...

If you have been waiting to get ahold of a GoPro Karma, the wait is over and today is the day! With all the amazing announcements in September from GoPro and DJI, drone pilots everywhere are about to see the results of all the work that has gone into developing the next generation of camera drones. The DJI Mavic is going to be shipped at the beginning of November and the Karma is available to buy ...