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Hi guys, let me introduce the final version of my 3D printed FPV racer. Since the last blog entry I made some further small modifications according to my experiences. All files can be downloaded…
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Great news from Don Lake
ContinueAnnouncing the release of QGroundControl V3.1. Notable changes in this release:
- Survey mission support
- GeoFence Support in…
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It is the beginning of 2017 and drones, and their related technology, are coming off an explosive year of growth in both popularity and innovation. The FAA estimates that 2.5 million consumer drones were unwrapped during the past holiday season. To further prove the popularity growth, the FAA also announced that there are currently more drones registered through their registration program than there are registered manned aircraft! Today’s consumer drones are now capable…
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Episode of Drone Dish profiles Ryan De Seixas, one of the top aerial videographers in Hawaii,
Drone Dish Profile of Ryan de…
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Displaying both manual and autonomous modes. Wow!
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Sometimes there's just no good place to mount the external LED to on a copter or one simply wants more light output... While developing my own little light controller, I wrote a decoder which decodes the I²C control signals for the external LED and controls arbitray amounts of Neopixels accordingly.…
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Gaming drones are about to change. It's time for drone battles, drone racing, challenges and games. Single player or multiplayer.
Droiko is a high technology gaming micro…
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Thales’s latest-generation Spy’Ranger mini surveillance and reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been chosen by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to equip the French forces. Up to 70 mini-UAV reconnaissance systems (SMDR) will be made available from 2018. Each system consists of three mini-UAVs, a ground segment and the associated technical support. Starting in […]
Well done for trying again with Karma I saw that you had a chat with Ben Popper from The Verge. He wrote that you said: “Of course. The reception for Karma was very strong. It was unfortunate about the recall, but what we learned was that our existing customers and new customers are really excited about Karma’s […]
Yuneec International, a world leader in electric aviation, today announced the expansion of its commercial UAV offerings with the unveiling of the H520, an advanced six-rotor drone for commercial applications. The H520 builds off Yuneec’s proven six-rotor platform and incorporates industry-first commercial-grade cameras and applications for high-end commercial use. The H520 offers longer flight time, […]
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the introduction of the OS08A image sensor built on OmniVision’s advanced PureCel® technology. The OS08A’s PureCel pixel architecture features next-generation backside illumination (BSI) technology for low-light sensitivity and high-resolution image and video capture, delivering true 4K2K video […]
Stringing power cables between towers with a drone. This might be the first time that I have seen anybody actually doing this. I have seen it as a use case. Cleverly they have kept the weight of the A6 Plus to just under 55lbs. Well done MMC. The consumer drone market may be moving at […]
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