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Hand holding a micro FPV quadcopter fitted with a single 21700 lithium cell above a lake at sunset

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1S Lithium-Ion FPV Build Flies 34 Minutes And 3 Miles On A Single Cell

A YouTube builder's custom 3-inch quad pairs one 21700 cell with a DJI O4 Air Unit for 34-minute flights and a 5 km lake crossing, plus the DJI part US builders can't get.

Haye KestelooAug 24

Neros Archer Strike FPV drone, the platform behind the company's $250 million Series C

DEFENSE FUNDING

Neros Raises $250M At $2.5B As The Army Bets On A Million Drones

Neros closed a $250 million Series C at a $2.5 billion valuation. It builds 1,200 drones a week and has promised a million a year by 2028.

Haye KestelooAug 18

FPV freestyle drone carrying a GoPro action camera flying in front of the mist and rushing water of Niagara Falls

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GoPro Flies 8K Over Niagara Falls and Leaves the Permit Out of the Description

GoPro's new Niagara Falls reel was shot on a MISSION 1 PRO strapped to FPV Evan's drone. The airspace is restricted on both sides of the border.

Haye KestelooAug 10

Still from Ukrainian police video showing a Russian FPV drone circling vegetable seller Yurii at a Kherson street market on August 4, 2026

Human Safari

Russian Drone Hunts Kherson Vegetable Seller In Video Zelensky Says The World Must See

A Russian FPV drone chased 52-year-old vegetable seller Yurii around his van in Kherson, then detonated. The UN called this campaign a crime against humanity in 2025.

Haye KestelooAug 6

Escaped black Angus bull moving through thick kudzu in Iredell County, North Carolina

DJI Avata 2

DJI Avata 2 Guides Escaped Angus Bull Out of I-40 Ravine

A DJI Avata 2 helped Foothills Aerial Services guide an escaped Angus bull out of a kudzu-covered ravine near Interstate 40 in Iredell County, North Carolina.

Rafael SuárezJul 30

FPV drone view running alongside the Formula 1 field toward the Standard Chartered bridge at Turn 4 during the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix

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Formula 1 Fans Are Split On FPV Drone Shots, And They Accidentally Wrote The Fix

Formula 1 fans are not sold on FPV drone footage, and the most detailed public referendum on it is happening on Reddit. After the Austrian Grand Prix put drone shots at the center of a race broadcast, a thread on r/formula1 filled with responses that split between viewers who called the footage the first time they ever felt the cars' speed and viewers who said it made them physically nauseous…

Haye KestelooJul 26

Top-down drone view of Formula 1 cars sweeping through a corner during the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix broadcast

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Formula 1 Flies Its Drone Under The Sponsor Bridge At Hungarian GP And Nobody Blinked

Formula 1 used drone footage more aggressively, and more creatively, in today's Hungarian Grand Prix broadcast than in any race I have watched this season. Watching the Apple TV feed on Sunday, July 26, I counted drone angles woven into the live coverage from lap 3 onward, and two of them stopped me cold…

Haye KestelooJul 26

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking during an interview at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv

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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Build A “Great Factory” In The U.S. The First One Already Has An Ohio Address

Zelenskyy told Laura Loomer that U.S.-Ukraine drone cooperation will include a factory on American soil, days before he meets Trump. F-Drones already broke ground in Ohio, and the export deal behind the announcement still rests on anonymous sources.

Haye KestelooJul 25

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