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Hands-on videos, flight tests, and tutorials from the DroneXL crew and contributors.

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This desk collects video-driven coverage: articles where footage is the evidence, not an illustration bolted onto text written first.

Some of it documents things a photo cannot. Someone used an Antigravity A1 to preserve a 1,000-year-old Bulgarian fortress in 3D with Gaussian splatting, a technique that only makes sense shown in motion. The FPV building community produces genuine engineering stories too: a 1S lithium-ion FPV build flew 34 minutes and 3 miles on a single cell, a claim that only holds up because the flight itself was filmed.

Our partner creators anchor a lot of this coverage. Jake Sloan’s accessories rundown covers what he actually uses rather than what a manufacturer sent, and Shawn Air Photography’s testing grounds our biggest comparison pages in real side-by-side footage rather than spec-sheet claims.

For dedicated product testing, see the review archive. This hub is broader: any story where video is the proof, not just the illustration. Every video-driven story lands in the feed below.

Key facts

What this covers: Every article built around video: hands-on rundowns, FPV builds, and footage that documents something a photo or spec sheet cannot
Where the video comes from: Partner creators like Jake Sloan and Shawn Air Photography, plus builder and hobbyist footage from across the FPV community
The honest framing: This is coverage that leans on video as evidence, not a channel promotion page

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I Used The Antigravity A1 To Preserve A 1,000-Year-Old Bulgarian Fortress In 3D — August 24, 2026
1S Lithium-Ion FPV Build Flies 34 Minutes And 3 Miles On A Single Cell — August 24, 2026
The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Accessories I Actually Use: Protection, ND Filters, Mics, Batteries, and Car Rigs — August 21, 2026

Last updated October 3, 2026 — the feed below updates with every new story.

FPV pilot Parker Sheppard wearing goggles and holding a controller beside the Kinzua Bridge viaduct in Pennsylvania, with a 5-inch freestyle drone carrying a GoPro overhead

Video · FPV

FPV Pilot Flies Kinzua Bridge, A Pennsylvania Park That Bans Drones

Parker Sheppard dove an FPV quad around Kinzua Bridge on a permit he says Pennsylvania granted. DCNR allows drones at six parks. Kinzua isn't one.

Haye KestelooOct 33 min read

The Mach Initiative's orange 3D-printed KingChaser jet aircraft sitting on a black launch rail on grass, with its jet turbine exhaust visible at the rear

Technology

Mach Initiative Builds 20-Lb RC Jet to Break the 9-Year 465 mph Record

University of Bath students unveiled KingChaser, a 300-newton 3D-printed jet built to beat Niels Herbrich's 465 mph Guinness record. It has not flown yet.

Haye KestelooOct 3

Man pointing at a redacted DHS report ranking the DJI Matrice 4T above competing drones, with the Matrice 4T on the table

Blue sUAS

DHS Tested DJI Against Blue UAS and Hid the Scores. Why Weren't We Told?

A DHS addendum obtained by DroneXL scores the DJI Matrice 4T at 4.6 and the Matrice 30T at 4.3 at Hudson Yards, above the Skydio X10D at 3.7. The public report left those numbers out. I think we're allowed to ask why.

Russ 51 DronesOct 2

DJI Avata 360 drone held up for review with reviewer Kai Vertigoh in the background

DJI

DJI Avata 360 Can't Fly Acro. An FPV Pilot Still Calls It Enough

FPV pilot Kai Vertigoh tested the DJI Avata 360 in five jobs and says it can replace several drones for most buyers, despite no acro mode.

Haye KestelooSep 30

Insta360

Insta360 Luna Pro Review: 8K Gimbal Camera Tested in Alaska Wind

Jake Sloan takes the Insta360 Luna Pro to an Alaska glacier valley to test its 8K sensor, 2x lossless zoom, detachable face plate, built-in mics and low light.

Jake SloanSep 22

A hiker with a green backpack stands on a rocky outcrop facing a massive Dolomites rock wall above green alpine meadows

Europe

Dolomites Parks Ban Hobby Drones, DJI Mini 5 Pro Included

Dolomites drone rules for the DJI Mini 5 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro: which parks ban flights, what Italy requires by weight class, and where you can still fly.

Haye KestelooSep 21

Benjamin Biggs' Blackbird speed drone, the quadcopter that set the 626 km/h Guinness record in December 2025

FPV

Ben Biggs Built The 626 km/h Blackbird On 14-Cell Packs Few Pilots Use

Benjamin Biggs has published the full build story of the Blackbird drone that took the Guinness quadcopter speed record at 626 km/h in December 2025.

Haye KestelooSep 21

Hand holding a quadcopter with four 3D printed radial impellers replacing propellers

FPV

Quadmovr Flies A Drone On 3D Printed Impellers Instead Of Propellers

FPV builder quadmovr flew a quad on four PETG centrifugal impellers straight off the print bed. The files are free on MakerWorld, and a racer already flew them.

Haye KestelooSep 20

Frequently asked questions

Whose videos does DroneXL feature?

Mostly our own partner creators, including Jake Sloan and Shawn Air Photography, alongside footage from builders and hobbyists across the FPV community when the footage itself is the story, like a scratch-built aircraft or a rare piece of drone-captured documentation.

Why does an article need video instead of just photos?

Some stories are only convincing on video: a preserved historical site captured in 3D, a homemade FPV build actually flying for its claimed duration, or a hands-on accessories rundown where seeing the gear used matters more than a product photo.

Are these reviews or something else?

Often something else. A dedicated review lives in our review archive; this hub is broader, covering any story where video footage is the evidence, whether that's a build log, a preservation project, or a creator's accessories setup.

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