Category: drone

Manfrotto’s New Aviator Backpack Is Designed Specifically for DJI Phantom Drones

Gannon Burgett

Manfrotto has launched a new lineup of backpacks made specifically for drones. The first bag in the series is the Aviator D1, a traditional style camera backpack that swaps the traditional gridded insert design for medium-sized drones, specifically models found in DJI’s Phantom lineup. The bag is made of an extra-lightweight material that Manfrotto claims […]

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DJI’s Concept Phantom X Presents the Future of Drones

Liron Samuels

The future has never seemed less exciting. A new video released by DJI presents the Phantom X Concept drone, including a bunch of new(ish) and (kinda) useful technology. Claiming to “turn wide-eyed dreams of future possibilities into fact”, the Phantom X includes multi-angle shooting, artificial intelligence, obstacle avoidance and free-flight object tracking. Enlisting help from […]

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Deal: Aries Blackbird X10 Quadcopter for $299

Eric Reagan

Adorama has the Aries Blackbird X10 quadcopter with built-in camera and 6-axis gyro for $299.95 (reg. $799) but only for a limited time. The X10 is an an all-inclusive, ready-to-fly drone and camera package. The built-in camera captures 1080/30p video and 16MP still images. The Blackbird X10 also has a failsafe mode that allows it […]

Here is the First Footage Shot with the GoPro Drone

Liron Samuels

Exactly five months after GoPro announced it is developing a quadcopter the company shared the first teaser video. There’s a lot we don’t know when it comes to GoPro’s drone, like exactly when it will be released, how much it will cost or what features it will have. What we do know now though, thanks […]

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Judge Rules it Legal to Shoot Down Privacy-Invading Drones

Liron Samuels

Several months ago we reported that William Merideth of Kentucky was arrested and charged with first degree wanton endangerment and criminal mischief after firing his neighbor’s drone out of the sky with a shotgun. Based on the fact that the drone was shot over Merideth’s property and that eyewitnesses said the drone was flying low, […]

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US Government to Require Drone Registration

Eric Reagan

Not a week goes by without some kind of drone incident popping in our news feeds. Stories about drones interfering with commercial flights and even police and firefighting aircraft are becoming far too common. And now we can’t have nice things… NBC News is reporting that the US federal government is on the verge of […]

FAA proposes an industry record $1.9 million fine against aerial photography drone company

Liron Samuels

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a press release today announcing the proposed massive fine against SkyPan International for “allegedly unauthorized unmanned aircraft operations”. The company is being accused of conducting 65 unauthorized commercial flights, which involved aerial photography, over Chicago and New York’s highly restricted Class B airspace. “These operations were illegal and not without […]

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