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CES Interview: Fluidity FTAviator

RotorDrone contributor and Roswell Flight Test Crew founder Patrick Sherman interviews Fluidity CEO Scott Parazynski at CES. Their joystick controller, the FTAviator, is compatible with all DJI products and won RotorDrone’s Innovation award this year at CES. All aircraft maneuvers are controlled with the right hand: pitch and roll with conventional joystick inputs, yaw using […]

CES Highlights

Highly anticipated by tech geeks everywhere, the CES show (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show) never fails to disappoint! Here are a few of our favorite finds from this year’s extravaganza.

Best of CES: 5 Top Drones & Tech

At the 2019 CES extravaganza in Las Vegas, we were blown away by the new, innovative drones and gear on display! Here are RotorDrone’s top picks from the event. SwellPro Spry This waterproof drone can land in water and even has a waterproof controller! Nothing […]

FLIR & DJI’s Mavic 2

FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced that DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging, will integrate the FLIR Lepton micro thermal imaging camera within its DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual drone. This fully integrated, compact, gimbal-stabilized system will expand the close-range capabilities of commercial pilots, helping them to work better, safer and quicker with […]

Skydio’s R1 Now Follows You Over Water!

Skydio , the maker of the self-flying Skydio R1, is continuing to push the boundaries of what autonomy can do, providing consumers with the easiest and most fun drone experience available today. In our continuing efforts to make Skydio R1 more capable through regular software updates, our latest release allows Skydio R1 to fly over large bodies of […]

Graupner Droneball Sweeper — Review coming soon!

We just received the new Rotorball Sweeper quadcopter from Graupner USA. This fun and unusual rotordrone is very rugged and crash proof with its built-in dome like cage. Ideal for the beginner as well as experienced drone pilots, the Sweeper is about the size of a basketball. Watch for a product review in RotorDrone Magazine […]

New Lithium Metal Ion Battery

A battery with three times the energy density of conventional lithium cells? Yes, please! Dr. Won Il Cho, principal researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, said that his team “managed to develop essential technologies that can improve the performance and the safety of the Lithium Metal Ion batteries which can be potentially applied […]

Drone Review: Flyability Elios

Going where no drone has gone before Every aspect of the Elios has been designed to fulfill a single mission: confined-space operations. Elios can fly in environments and perform tasks that would wreck any other drone in seconds and that no responsible pilot would even attempt. There are a dozen different drones on the market […]

Fluidity Technologies FT Aviator Drone Controller

Drone pilots, from commercial experts to novices, can now increase their flight precision and improve their image/video quality with a first-of-its-kind single-handed controller from Fluidity Technologies. The FT Aviator drone controller was conceptualized and designed by former NASA astronaut, pilot and physician Scott Parazynski, who has applied spaceflight and robotics control expertise to address and […]

Getting a Charger: How Many Watts Do You Need?

One of the decisions you need to make before getting a new charger is how much power you need. Electrical power is measured in watts, and this is the key to figuring out how many amps your charger can provide for your charging needs. The formula for this is: watts/voltage = amps. To decide if a charger is […]