Watch Vancouver as a miniature world in this tilt-shift drone video, “Vantage.” By applying a selective blur it looks like you are looking at a life-like model railway. Jack Dunn / Video Exposure’s...
Author - Wiebe de Jager
Wiebe de Jager
This FPV racing drone has no less than 64 propeller blades
A video has surfaced on YouTube of a test flight with an FPV racing drone that has no fewer than 64 propeller blades. Two props with eight blades each were mounted on each motor for this purpose. The video was posted...
Mars drone, Ingenuity makes successful first test flight
The Mars drone, Ingenuity has successfully completed its first short test flight. That reports the American space agency NASA. It is the first time that a drone has flown on another planet. The aircraft rose to a height...
Number of drone registrations with FAA plummets
The number of drone registrations with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has plummeted by tens of percent since the beginning of 2021. The number of registered drones used commercially by Part 107 operators fell...
How to get legal ‘drone shots’ in no-fly zones
As a drone pilot, you are confronted with no-fly zones at more and more tourist hotspots. Take the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco for example. The bridge just begs for aerial images, but for safety reasons and the...
Love of the continents with DJI Inspire 2 and Zenmuse X7
Check out this beautiful video of the “Pearl on the Bosphorus”, also known as the city Istanbul,Turkey. The footage was shot with the DJI Inspire 2 and the Zenmuse X7 camera.
Skydio simplifies creating “digital twins” with 3D Scan
Collecting source data for a digital 3D model of a situation or building by means of drones can be a time-consuming process. Depending on the size and complexity of the scene, multiple complex flight trajectories may...
5G drone trial above Brussels Airport successful while pilot 60 miles away
A drone controlled by a pilot 60 miles away via a 5G connection has made a number of successful test flights over Brussels Airport. The flights were part of a pilot project to see whether drones can be used at the...
AirHub partners with Altitude Angel for dynamic drone map
Thanks to a new partnership with Altitude Angel, the flight planning platform AirHub now always offers the most up-to-date airspace information, including in-flight Airspace Alerts and a feature that ensures drone...
Xiaomi presents Fimi X8 Mini as alternative to DJI Mini 2
It seems that an alternative to the DJI Mini 2 will soon be on the market, in the form of the Xiaomi Fimi X8 Mini. The specs don’t lie: weight around 250 grams (depending on the version), a 4K camera, flight time...
Illegal drone jammers bought on Chinese trading platform
Although the purchase and use of jammers is not allowed in most countries, it appears to be no problem to get illegal drone jammers via Chinese suppliers. This is shown by research by the magazine Engineering &...
SARDO experimental drone tracks missing person via cell phone
The German research institute NEC Laboratories Europe has developed a drone that is able to track missing persons based on the signal from their mobile phone. To this end, the SARDO (Search-And-Rescue DrOne)...
DJI FPV drone skims over Iceland’s lava flow
Icelandic photographer and drone pilot Bjorn Steinbekk captured a particularly impressive natural phenomenon with his brand new DJI FPV drone. In the southwest of Iceland, it just flew over a lava flow from the recently...
Port of Antwerp world’s first seaport to manage all drone traffic
In Belgium, the Port of Antwerp is the first seaport in the world to manage all drone traffic over its own territory. To this end, the port company has entered into a partnership with Unifly. Drone operators who wish to...
Stunt with DJI Agras T16 agricultural drone ends badly
Check out this video! What on earth makes somebody think that hanging under an oversized DJI Agras T16 agricultural drone is a good idea? While the passenger has a safety helmet on, this could have ended badly...
DJI Mavic 2 Zoom docking station developed by Chinese company
The Chinese company Heisha Tech has developed a docking station with which a standard DJI Mavic 2 Zoom can be used as part of a fully automated drone-in-a-box system. To this end, the DNEST has a facility to charge the...
EASA publishes guidelines for handling drone incidents at airports
According to the European Aviation Safety Organization EASA, unwanted drone flights are increasingly occurring near airports, often as a result of ignorance, but possibly also on purpose. In view of the possible impact...
EHang hints at new air taxi with 240-mile range
The Chinese developer of advanced aerial vehicles (AAVs) EHang has hinted via Twitter about the arrival of a new model air taxi with a much longer flight range than the current two-seater EH216. The new eVTOL is rumored...
Zipline drones delivers corona vaccines for first time in Ghana
A great first in the worldwide fight against the coronavirus: in Ghana, a shipment of corona vaccines from AstraZeneca was delivered by Zipline drones to a remote village in the middle of the country in early March. The...