Your guide to drones.
Yahoo News U.K. has a report from Wednesday about a father who tied dental floss to his daughter’s loose tooth, tied the other end to his quadcopter, and then flew the drone into the air to pull the tooth out. When I first saw a tweet about it, I thought the whole thing was a …
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When Latrax released the Alias some two years ago, it became an instant hit. The Alias offered fantastic flying characteristics, sporty performance, great stunts and great looks. However, it sold for about $150 which put it on the pricier end when compared to other similar-sized toy-grade quadcopters of the time. Two years down the road, …
Earlier this month, Yuneec released a GoPro-compatible version of its popular Typhoon quadcopter. Dubbed the Typhoon G, the latest addition to the Typhoon range is essentially a Typhoon Q500 sans the CGO2 camera gimbal system, giving users the freedom to attach their own GoPro cameras on their drones. This is good news for GoPro users …
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The WLToys V676 and V646 are two micro quadcopters based on the popular CX-10 design. They were released at the end of last year at around the same time as the V282 and V292 which I had reviewed earlier this month. Both the V676 and V646 also come in Special Edition kits — the V676 …
The WLToys V272 is a micro quadcopter based on the highly popular Estes Proto X micro quadcopter. It is also the same quadcopter that’s shipped with the WLToys V282/V292 kits but comes with a much larger hobby-grade transmitter that is normally shipped with larger models such as the V636. If you find the mini transmitter …
When it comes to immersive flying, FPV (First Persion View) systems have long been the standard by which everything else were compared against. Now things are going to become even more exciting with the introduction of virtual reality in drones. Meet FLYBi — the world’s first drone to feature virtual reality and a fully automated …
Singapore Post announced its first successful package drone delivery test on Thursday as part of the city state’s push to adopt more smart technology. A quadcopter carrying a letter and T-shirt completed the 2-kilometre flight in five minutes, the country’s national postage and logistics company said. The flying device took off from Lorong Halus, a …
DYS has unveiled yet another FPV racer — this time a 160mm-size mini racer dubbed the X160. At 160mm, the X160 is significantly smaller than the DYS BG-250 which was released last month. This makes the X160 a more ideal choice for indoor flying through tight and limited airspace. Unlike the BG-250, the X160 features …
When 3D Robotics announced its Solo quadcopter, one of the more intriguing features was an accessory bay. Instead of opening up the Solo and wiring in, or screwing on an accessory (as is common with hobby drones — including the ubiquitous Phantom 2), you would simply “plug and play.” Until now, that’s all we really …
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Eric Cheng, an award-winning photographer, technologist and drone expert, will debut his first book on October 29, 2015, as part of Peachpit’s line of field guides and tutorial books. Drones have exploded in popularity worldwide because of the unprecedented ease of using them to get cameras in the air. Cheng’s book, Aerial Photography and Videography …
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