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In the spirit of DIY Drones, here's a short clip of two HooperFly flying robots flying a tandem autonomous mission lift-off to landing. One is a hexacopter and the other a quadcopter, each outfitted with a Lisa/MX autopilot and PaparazziUAV software. It's an interesting feeling to have multiple aircraft in the air and to see them perform fairly sophisticated behaviors without any human inputs. Any anxiety related to flying an aircraft is quickly shifted to monitoring and verifying flight systems. Multiple fail-safes for reliably landing or terminating any of the aircraft missions is important and should be thoroughly tested before flying multiple aircraft scenarios. There are no less than 10 different mechanisms for dealing with unexpected flight behavior. That being said, the flights, so far, have been flawless. It's very gratifying to work with flying robots. Upward and onward.