Kelly Shores

Want to get into FPV drone racing? In addition to a good racer, you will also need racing gates to practice with. This article give you step-by-step instructions on how to build your own FPV racing gate from tent poles and parachute fabric. Definitely a great do it yourself project for drone racers everywhere! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1634641

Drones are everywhere today. And despite the fact that many consider them simply toys or even nuisances, they also have many useful aspects as well. They are much less expensive and less dangerous than flying traditional aircraft. Especially when it comes to flying around industrial machinery. This article outlines some good reasons to consider using drones for inspections that might otherwise be ...

At the Joe Nall: Triple Tree Aerodrome 2016 event you will see some amazing flying skills. Pilots fly 3D airplanes upside down, inverted, hover them with their propellers and fly in tight formation. This video shows that amazing aerobatic skill and uses a FPV drone to get up close and personal! This camera drone is built on an Impulse RC Seconds Airframe, and it captures the planes performing incr...

The Air Hogs toy line has been around for almost 20 years and consists of many fun-to-fly toys for kids and adults. Today, Air Hogs has created a drone that combines real drone flying with missions and skill challenges in its augmented reality video game adventure. The game consists of a mat that you put on the floor that acts as a marker where you can see virtual troops, buildings, fires, buildin...

We talk a lot on this site about FPV drone racing. One year ago, few people had heard of this sport, but today it is becoming a global phenomenon that many people are watching and participating in. The evolution from “obscure nerd sport” to “covered by major networks” has be very fast. Today’s pilots are seeing big prize money and incentives to take their racing skill...

The Wingtra is a new kind of hybrid aircraft that combines the best of fixed wing aircraft and quadcopters into one flight system. Designed by a start up in Switzerland, the Wingtra will be able to take off and land in small areas like a quadcopter or helicopter but also cruise great distances at high speeds like a fixed wing airplane. Wingtra is designed to cruise at 55 kph with a cruising distan...

While fully functional and operational autonomous road vehicles are still a few years from coming into service, UAV manufacturer eHang is developing the first “drone taxi”. This vehicle will be capable of carrying a passenger for up to 23 minutes from point to point with a few clicks to set up a flight plan on a tablet or mobile phone. The idea is that people in congested areas can fly...

Hobby flyers and the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) have been around for decades and have enjoyed immunity from all but the most lenient government regulations. But in recent years, this group of “old school” hobbyists have experienced a big surge in membership with the popularity of ARF (almost ready to fly) aircraft and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) or drones. This has been a d...

If you as nerdy as my friends and I, then you probably enjoy a good Nerf dart battle now and then. This group of Nerf enthusiasts takes their battle to a new level by capturing the whole thing on video. They not only recorded it, but live streamed it using Facebook’s new streaming capabilities.  The video had a drone pilot following the action as it takes place and commenting on how the batt...

Drone racing is taking off and it’s not just for the crazy extreme flyers anymore. Anyone can enjoy it. In this video we fly two Blade QX2 FPV drones around a dangerous course of chairs, tables, walls and people in the office. The only thing you need ot get started racing yourself is a pair of FPV goggles and a drone that transmits to the 5.8 Ghz frequency. Tons of fun…give it a try!

Get a look behind the scenes at the Austin sales, marketing and research headquarters for 3D Robotics. The team in Austin is responsible for the customer experience including certain aspects of software and flight. The 3DR Solo has become a very popular quadcopter and this video is a good chance to look and see what goes on to help bring it to the consumer. The reporter also takes her first drone ...

Drone laws in the United States are very complicated. Mostly because there are not many actual laws, mostly guidelines provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration or FAA. This article covers many of the myths about what is and is not legal in terms of drone flying. If you are going to fly safely, it’s a very good idea to know the rules and the myths. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/i...