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Air Traffic Control for UAVs and Drones
A company called PrecisionHawk is currently working on ways to efficiently and effectively control unmanned aircraft in a safe and reliable way. The company is using a system called LATAS (Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety), which uses cell networks and satellites to map the flying area around a UAV or drone and ensure that is has a clear airspace. This will be essential for future visions ...
Up and Coming Uses of Drones
While some people may see drones and quadcopters as a fad that will soon pass, there are some very real and useful things that drones can do very well and will continue to develop over time. This article explains some of the near and long term uses you might see for drones in the coming years. Click here to read the article.
United States DOT and FAA Finalize Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States has finally released its rules and regulations for the flight of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This set of rules has been anticipated by pilots and the public for several years and now provides clear guidance on how pilots can use drones commercially without violating FAA regulations. The rules are similar to the guidelines released earli...
Security Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are Crashing Drones
Security Researchers from Johns Hopkins University are interested in learning what security flaws off the shelf consumer drones, like the DJI Phantom 3, have and how they can be exploited. In their research, they have crashed many drones and learned a few key ways to exploit holes in the connection between the drone and its remote control. First, they were able to cause the drone to crash by sendi...
Using Drones for Inspections – 10 Good Reasons to Consider
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 ...
Amazing FPV Drone Footage of Fixed Wing Stunt Airplanes
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...
Air Hogs Combines Drones With Augmented Reality to Create Innovative Play
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...
The Wingtra is a Combination Helicopter and Fixed Wing Aircraft
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...
eHang is Developing the First Drone Taxi
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...
Traditional Model Aircraft Pilots Ponder the Future of their Sport
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...
Is Drone Flying Illegal? An Overview of US Drone Laws and Myths
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...
GTeng 5.8Ghz Video Wristwatch for FPV
Want to fly PFV without the nerdy looking goggles? Want to share the FPV view with others so that they can see what you are seeing when you fly? Check out the GTeng T909 5.8G FPV Watch Wearable Receiver. This watch fits nicely on your wrist and has a 2.8 inch LCD screen for real time viewing of 5.8 Ghz video transmissions. This means that any camera drone that will work with your Fat Shark goggles...