Here´s the deal: It really is worth getting your kids into flying drones from a young age. Not only is it an employable skill, it will get their butts off the couch and provide an activity you can share with each other. I put together a guide on what you … Read more
Almost every consumer drone on the market these days integrates the user’s smartphone to stand in as the live monitor. This is a move that makes sense in many different ways. For one thing, it allows drone makers to sell their product for less money. It also makes it easier … Read more
When looking over the specifications for a drone we usually care most about things like speed, range, endurance and camera quality. Most people don’t really care how high their drone can fly. To be honest, it’s not a subject I’ve given much thought to either. That is, until I saw … Read more
Thanks to the rise of multirotor radio-controlled aircraft we are now stuck with some pretty weird naming conventions. While the public has taken to calling all quadcopters and things that look like quadcopters “drones”. There’s been a lot of back and forth on what counts as a “drone”, but to … Read more
When it comes to flight, weight is everything. The less weight you’re trying to get airborne the easier it is to start and maintain flight. Nature knows this, which is one of the reasons that birds have hollow bones. When it comes to airplanes the same rules apply Wood, canvas, … Read more
Once again Thanksgiving has come and passed, so it´s time for Black Friday 2023! As has now become tradition since drones have become a mainstream product, this is the time of year when you’ll probably get the best deals on drones possible. If you’ve been saving up for the right … Read more
If there’s one thing that multi-rotor RC craft are not, it’s easily portable. When you have a machine that depends on wide spans of its rotary wings for stable flight, it means you have to live with the fact that your cumbersome bird might not fit in your trunk, bag … Read more
Virtual reality is a white-hot buzzword right now, with immersive head-mounted displays that can take you to a whole other world. The rise of VR has also had an effect on the world of drones. Specifically the art of FPV or “first-person view” flying. We’ve had simple video goggles for … Read more