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MaxAmps 4S 5600 Phantom 2 battery set

The new MaxAmps 4S 5600 Phantom 2 battery set is designed specifically for the DJI Phantom 2 and Phantom 2 Vision. It comes with 4S taps on both batteries for charging along with an additional 3S tap on one battery that is wired for the Unlocked DJI Phantom 2 cap. This new 4S setup will […]

11 Dos and Dont’s of RC Drone Flying

There are many questions in the air about whether it is legal to fly commercially, even as the dust clears after the November 18, 2014 National Transportation Safety Board decision in Huerta v. Pirker. The Board reversed Raphael Pirker’s win against the FAA in early 2014 by finding that “model aircraft” are “aircraft” and must […]

Aerial Photography

Thanks to the advent of smaller and lighter cameras that can easily be attached to our multirotors, more and more pilots are getting their high-quality shots and HD video from the sky. Let’s discuss lifting cameras into the sky by multirotor and how to guide your camera through the air. For more, click on the […]

Alaska researchers study sea otters with unmanned aircraft

This is a very good use of a multirotor by researchers. by Sue Mitchell Watching marine life to gather data about behavior and abundance can be tedious and time-consuming for researchers, but recent studies indicate unmanned aircraft may offer a way around such obstacles. University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists conducted two field studies to see […]

Ultra HD Drone footage – First-ever!

Brian Farm paired a Phantom Flex4K camera with an Aerigon UAV to shoot the world’s first Ultra High Definition 4K aerial drone footage. The combination is a cinematic game changer. The Phantom Flex 4K camera is capable of shooting some stunningly high-quality slow motion footage. Until now the images captured by the Phantom Flex 4K […]

Epic drone crash with first person view

While on location for an upcoming RotorDrone Magazine article, we got to capture some great footage of our race pilots flying through some very small openings. However not all flights end successfully as evident by this short video clip. This was the first and best crash of the day, at least voted by the other […]

RotorDrone Magazine – Making the cover photo

In our business we are lucky to work with some great people in the publishing world, and one of the best out there has to be our photographer Tony Donaldson. He is one of the people responsible for the latest RotorDrone Magazine cover and we enjoyed working with him on that project. Tony did a […]

Aerial photography 101

How to shoot your own aerial photos of the world Thanks to the advent of smaller and lighter cameras that can easily be attached to our multirotors, more and more pilots are getting their high-quality shots and HD video from the sky. Let’s discuss lifting cameras into the sky by multirotor and how to guide […]