Kelly Shores

In the United States, Part 107 has been a welcome law for drone pilots who want to fly for commercial purposes. The law is clear and gives people a path to study, get a background check, take a test, and become certified to fly drones for hire. The question is, who are the people doing this and what kind of piloting do they intend to do after they get their certifications? This article explores th...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a shock absorbing material that could help to make drones and other robots more resilient. As any pilot who has ever crashed their quadcopter knows, it’s not the fall that damages the drone, it’s the impact when it hits. MIT Is using 3D printing to allow engineers and designers to taylor exactly what material go into certain...

If you are a part of the drone community, you might want to meet with your fellow drone enthusiasts in 2017. The good news is that there are plenty of great events that you can attend and learn more about drones, business and technology. The trick is to find an event that is close to you and has the content that you are interested in learning. Skytango has helped us out by putting together this ex...

The biggest challenge in rescuing someone who appears to be struggling in the water is the time that it takes to get to them. Swimmers in distress often panic and this makes the situation worse. The German lifeguard association is testing drones to see if they can be deployed quickly and efficiently to drop an inflatable flotation device to swimmers in trouble. This gives the rescuers more time to...

We live in an exciting time for drones! Different companies are coming out with innovative products all the time. From waterproof, to super compact, to very easy to fly, there are a wide number of quadcopters you can choose from. The undisputed leader in consumer drones is DJI. Their Phantom 4 model has ruled the skies and the market for several months now. But with the announcement and release of...

There have been some early attempts to build or manufacture waterproof drones with mixed results. A company called Waterproof Multirotors has brought some interesting offerings to the market. They offer a quadcopter and a hexacopter, called the QuadH2O and HexH2O respectively. Their web site shows a variety of uses that their customers have come up with for these unique drones. https://www.quadh2o...

Flying FPV quadcopters is a fun but challenging hobby. One of the biggest challenges is to turn off the automatic stabilization and start flying in manual or acro mode. This means that you have to keep the quadcopter stable and avoid obstacles and the ground more proactively. It’s challenging, but it can be done! And once you master acro mode, flips and other amazing maneuvers become possibl...

While many people have been raving about the DJI Mavic and how portable, high quality and easy to fly that it is, there has been some concern about the quality of some of the video that has been shot with it. The good news is that the problem is not with the DJI Mavic camera, the problem is that DJI rewrote their software and didn’t do a great job explaining or promoting it to the public. Th...

Because of regulations in the United States about drone flying being “line of sight” and under certain altitudes, Amazon has had to move to the English countryside to test their delivery drones. This testing is taking place in the tiny town of Worsted Lodge, England and is showing promise. And Amazon is not alone in testing drone technology in different corners of the world. In New Zea...

If you have been following the DRL (Drone Racing League) on television, you know that it can be challenging to find out when and on what network it is showing. And for anyone who really wants to follow this exciting new sport, you probably want to see every episode so that you can catch the run up to the final races. Well now you can watch the whole season, in its entirety on the Drone Racing Leag...

On 10 June 1905, Count Henri de la Vaulx, Vice President of the Aero Club of France, Major Moedebeck of the German Airship League and Fernand Jacobs, President of the Aero Club of Belgium, gave a presentation to the Olympic Congress of Brussels on their proposal for a “Fédération Aéronautique Internationale” (FAI), which would govern the rules for air sports. This includes aerobatics, ...

Speaking at a conference this fall, Uber head of products, Jeff Holden, said that Uber is planning to offer transportation via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) some time in the foreseeable future. While drone technology is advancing rapidly, Holden admits that there are still many technical, legal and logistical hurdles that the company must overcome in order to make this vision a reality. This vis...