A new low! Or, we could say, a new low price… 🙂 DJI has announced a new entry model of the Phantom 3 – at the price of $799 complete with camera, gimbal and battery. This is an unheard-of price for a complete RTF camera unit and should allow many more consumers to buy into […]
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Blade Chroma Quadcopter – Review
Horizon Hobby recently added the Blade Chroma – a modern quadcopter designed for Aerial Photography and Video. The Chroma is perhaps the closest thing to a friendly “plug-and-play” camera machine you’re likely to find in the current market. Here’s our initial Blade Chroma Review: In terms of size comparison, it’s bigger than both the Phantom […]
2015 Competitions to improve civilian drones
Over 60 Deliverable 1 documents received for the 2016 Outback Challange Pixhawk Prizes for Pronto Pair :- T3 Back to the Future Winners Hackaday prize nomination for Pixhawk-powered anti-poaching solar drone T3 back to the future a reminder University of […]
Finding Places to Fly and Photograph with your Drone
Finding Places to Fly and Photograph with your Drone. For some this is very easy – for others a bit more difficult. Here are some hints and tips which may help you find some safe – and photogenic – places to fly! Note: most of these suggestions assume you know how to take decent pics […]
Understanding Brushless Camera Gimbals
Introduction At the heart of many modern camera drones is a magical device called a 3-axis Brushless Camera Gimbal. It contains many of the same technologies which are in the drone itself. Here is what they are and how they work – explained in the simplest terms possible. The word gimbal can be used to […]
More Reasons to NOT buy a Drone
Take the Test Newer drones such as the DJI Phantom 3 or 3DR Solo are truly magical. Their capabilities are way beyond former models and they are effectively “miracle machines”. However, the question remains – will YOU make a good drone owner, operator and pilot? . In order to test as to whether you are […]
DJI Phantom 3 Improvements over Phantom 2 Vision plus
Now the the excitement of the initial introduction has passed, it’s time to take a look at the new DJI Phantom 3 (P3) “camera drones” from DJI and see what the actual improvements are over the former Phantom 2 Vision+. Without further ado, here are the major improvements of the P3: Note – differences are […]
Yuneec Q500 Typhoon Quadcopter – First Look
NOTE: Yuneec has since come out with an upgraded 4K model of this quadcopter with better specs. A complete package with case, two batteries, handheld gimbal attachment and more is currently available at Amazon. The camera in this model is far superior to the original. —— ————- Introduction The electric aviation company Yuneec has released […]
Blade Nano qx First Look and Review
Blade Nano qx First Look and Review – by Kyle B. from the  Quad Brothers. Introduction Blade is the brand name given to R/C Helicopter and Multirotors (Quadcopters, etc.) by Horizon Hobby, an American company which has been in business since the mid-1980’s. They have offices and manufacturing around the globe and, in this sense, differ […]
Reasons you should NOT Buy or Fly a Drone!
Wait! This is a site which promotes the safe, fun and productive use of aerial robotics (aka “drones”), so why would we produce such a story as this? Simple – because it’s the truth and we want to save a lot of people money, time and trouble. How would you feel if your $1500 laptop […]
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