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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 November 11, 2026 — the feed below updates with every new story.

Grey DJI Neo 2 drone with propeller guards resting on an outstretched palm, a pink sleeve in frame, over a green field at sunset

Video · DJI

DJI Neo 2: A 25-Year TV Cameraman Says Fly It Lower, Not Higher

Ex-TV cameraman Chris Goor films himself with a palm-launched DJI Neo 2: fly low, script to preset moves, clap-sync audio, clean the noise later.

Haye KestelooNov 113 min read

Four small drone motors with spinning propellers on a black 3D printed mount at the top of a carbon fiber pole, seen from below against a pale blue sky

Technology

Peter Ryseck's Propeller Pole Stood 3 Hours. The Motors Barely Ran

Peter Ryseck balanced a carbon pole on a coin-sized tip with four 5-inch drone props at near idle. It stood 3 hours in wind on one battery.

Haye KestelooNov 8

Dark gray Skyrover V1 drone hovering low over a sunlit lawn scattered with autumn leaves, its shadow on the grass behind it

DJI

Skyrover V1 Flies in Half Chrome Test, but Skyrover Doesn't List It

Half Chrome's Jack Towne flew the Skyrover V1 for two weeks: 30-plus minutes per battery, front and rear sensing, no price, and Skyrover doesn't list it.

Haye KestelooNov 6

Pilot Institute

FCC Ban Still Alive, Rick Scott Backs DJI Ban, Westborough Says No

Pilot Institute's weekly update: the FCC still weighs a thermal and spray drone ban, Rick Scott backs keeping DJI listed, and Westborough votes 510-13.

Greg ReverdiauNov 6

DJI Matrice 5T drone on a table with the DJI RC Plus 3 Enterprise controller, a charging hub, a speaker, a spotlight and a parachute module, with a pine forest behind

First Look

DJI Matrice 5T First Look: 1280 Thermal, 176x Zoom, Flies in the Rain

My first look at the DJI Matrice 5T: four cameras and a laser rangefinder, native 1280 thermal, power lines spotted at 32 m, IP55, 59 minutes aloft.

Mihail SvilenovNov 5

Black YiVTOL S-Zero Plus eight-rotor personal eVTOL hovering a few feet above a lawn with a helmeted pilot in the open cockpit, trees behind

FAA

Jimmy's World: FAA Says My Human Drone Is Illegal, Batteries Included

Jimmy's World says the FAA told him his YiVTOL S-Zero Plus fails Part 103: batteries count toward the 254 lb limit and a remote control makes it a drone.

Haye KestelooNov 4

DJI Osmo Pocket gimbal camera mounted on an iFootage Shark Slider Pico Pro motorized slider in an autumn birch forest

Reviews

iFootage Shark Slider Pico Pro Drives My DJI Pocket Camera's Moves

Jake Sloan tests the iFootage Shark Slider Pico Pro, a tiny motorized slider that plugs into the DJI Pocket 3, 4 and 4P over USB-C and drives the gimbal.

Jake SloanNov 4

DJI Mic 3 transmitter with a furry windscreen clipped to the black mud flap behind the rear tire of an orange Toyota 4Runner on a desert road

DJI

DJI Mic 3 Hacks: I Stuck One on My Car's Mud Flap, and 9 More Tricks

Jake Sloan shows 10 ways to use the DJI Mic 3 beyond the shirt clip: hidden car and hat mics, a boom pole, a 32-bit recorder and four mics on two cameras.

Jake SloanNov 4

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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