Skydio 2 drone battles strong winds, rain, and saltwater spray – video
Check out this video from DC Rainmaker in which he tests the Skydio 2 drone in fierce winds, rain, and salt spray from the waves in IJmuiden, The Netherlands.
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Skydio over-sells, under-delivers and couldn’t care less about FAA rules
In response to my previous article in which I said Part 107 pilots beware, Skydio is NOT your friend, Skydio’s Chief Marketing Officer, Alberto Farronato, argues that Autonomy is the new opportunity for Part 107 drone operators. Unfortunately, nothing could…
Part 107 pilots beware, Skydio is NOT your friend
This week Drone Deploy has their conference and in one of the presentations, it becomes clear for Part 107 pilots that Skydio is not their friend. Skydio envisions a future without drone pilots and one that is not allowed under…
Even Casey Neistat had to wait one year before testing the Skydio 2
It seems that even Casey Neistat had to wait a very long time before he could test the Skydio 2, as he posts this video on YouTube almost exactly one year after the autonomously flying drone hit the market.
FAA grants NSDOT waiver to fly Skydio drones BVLOS during inspections
On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted a waiver that allows the NCDOT to operate Skydio 2 drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) during infrastructure and bridge inspections. the approval is part of the FAA’s UAS Integration Pilot…
Skydio 2 and DJI Mavic Air 2 track a motorcycle. Guess who wins.
Ryan Urlacher puts the Skydio 2 and DJI Mavic Air 2 to the test. In this almost 30-minute video, he has both drones following him while he is riding his motorcycle on a dirt road with quite a bit of…
Skydio 2 will get Superzoom, Precision Mode and Vertical View confirms Skydio
In a tweet last Friday, Skydio confirmed that the Skydio 2 will get[mks_highlight color=”#ffff00″]Superzoom[/mks_highlight], [mks_highlight color=”#ffff00″]Precision Mode[/mks_highlight], and [mks_highlight color=”#ffff00″]Vertical View[/mks_highlight] as well. More details will be announced at a later point in time.
FAA approval for Chula Vista Police Department to fly beyond-visual-line-of-sight
The Chula Vista Police Department is the first in the nation to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly Skydio 2 drones beyond-visual-line-of-sight.
Skydio 2 software update offers many new features
After the drone maker resumed production and shipping, they also kept busy and now offer a Skydio 2 software update with many new and highly requested features.
Skydio 2 production has restarted and shipping resumes
The spreading Coronavirus has impacted many drone manufacturers such as DJI, Autel Robotics, and also Skydio. The latter had stopped the production of the autonomously flying Skydio 2 drone a few months ago. However, today we are happy to report…
Skydio is currently unable to ship drone orders
In a message on the Skydio website, the company says that as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic their local manufacturing in California has temporarily halted operations.
Skydio 2 firmware update explained in video
In this video on YouTube, Billy Kyle explains in detail the improvements (or lack thereof) to the Skydio 2 drone with the latest Firmware Update, version 6.0.38. Some smaller improvements were good, but for the majority of this update, Billy…