Drone News
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...
A Brief Overview of FPV Drone Racing – Where It Is and Where It Is Going
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 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...
Nerf Dart Battle Documented from a Drone
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 in a Corporate Office
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!
A Look Inside the Austin, Texas Office of 3D Robotics
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 ...
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...
Check Your Media Card Before You Fly!
There is nothing worse (except maybe crashing) than flying your drone to get that perfect shot only to find out your footage is unusable because the file is corrupt. The weakest link in the camera equation is the media card, whether it’s SD, compact flash, or micro SD, it is important to be sure you are getting the best quality. This page will show you how to test your media card to make sur...