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A Day In the Life of a Commercial Drone Operator

Within the past few years, drones have become just another tool in the toolbox for movie creators, both big and small. The next time you finish watching your favorite feature film or TV show, pay attention to the credits at the end. More than likely, you will see the names of a drone pilot and […]

Lego Drone Takes Flight

Check out this Lego drone, built out of Lego blocks along with Lego motors and propellers! The only non-Lego parts are the battery, radio receiver and flight controller.

Autel Robotics & FoxFury Join Drone Donation Program

Last spring, the Starr County Sheriff’s Office made application to the National Public Safety Drone Donation Program (NPS-DDP)/Airborne Works for a Free Drone. NPS-DDP was founded by Airborne Works. Our partners at AUTEL Robotics a global drone manufacture and FoxFury lighting solutions a global public safety lighting solutions provider has teamed up with NPS-DDP to […]

FoxFury D3060

If you’re looking for a way to add a light to your small drone, the new D3060 from FoxFury is worth a look. From FoxFury: “Dual LEDs give the D3060 360-degree lighting. There is 30-degree light on the front and a 60-degree light on the top of the unit. Each one has three modes: low, […]

Ten Tech Huracán

Ten Tech LLC, a provider of aerospace and defense engineering services, has announced the launch of its Huracán Multi-Purpose Aerial Drone (MPAD), a quadcopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) flight demonstrator platform designed for sensor testing, environmental data acquisition, communication and processing. The Huracán MPAD is based on a DJI Phantom 4 drone and has been […]

Best of CES: Top Drones & Tech

At the 2020 CES event in Las Vegas, we were blown away by the new, innovative drones and gear on display! Here are RotorDrone Pro’s award winners from the event. AUTEL EVO 2 Autel Robotics set a new standard for the functionality of compact, foldable drones at CES 2020 with the release of the […]

GENOA, COLORADO - JANUARY 2: Red lights from wind turbines are seen in the distance, in Lincoln County, on January 2, 2020 in Genoa, Colorado. Some residents in the area believe the mystery drones are doing mapping for wind turbine companies. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Mystery Drones Stump Colorado Officials

It’s 6:36 p.m. on a chilly January night, and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is prepping for calls. “Drone activity reported just now, Highway 71 and County Road 4D,” Deputy Justin Allen says in a text message to a Denver Post reporter, who’s on the hunt for drones hovering over the Eastern Plains. On a […]

Flash Forest to Plant 1 Billion Trees

This Canadian drone reforestation company modifies drones to fire rapidly-germinating tree seeds into the soil: “We merge technology, software and ecological science to surpass traditional tree-planting efforts and rapidly accelerate global reforestation efforts. With our ambitious goal of planting 1 billion trees by 2028.” […]

Engineering Students to Build a Human-Carrying Drone

Engineering students at South Dakota State University are designing a drone large enough to carry a human for their capstone senior design project, with help from a nearly $80,000 grant from NASA. “NASA wants to address specific topics, one of which is related to innovation in aeronautic transportation,” explained assistant mechanical engineering professor Marco Ciarcià, […]