Can A Drone Push A Bike?
It sounds like a rhetorical question that a Midwestern engineer might ask, something on the order of ‘can you fix this bad PCB spin?’ [Tom Stanton] sets out to answer …read more Continue reading Can A Drone Push A Bike?
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When Sticks Fly
When it comes to hobby rotorcraft, it almost seems like the more rotors, the better. Quadcopters, hexacopters, and octocopters we’ve seen, and there’s probably a dodecacopter buzzing around out there …read more Continue reading When Sticks Fly
This Machine-Vision Ekranoplan Might Just Follow You Home
What is it that’s not quite either a plane or a boat, but has characteristics of both? There are probably a lot of things that fit that description, but the …read more Continue reading This Machine-Vision Ekranoplan Might Just Follow You Home
Drone Filming Chile’s Urban Bike Race Takes Some Fancy Radio Gear
Drones have revolutionized the world of videography in perhaps the biggest way since the advent of digital hardware. They’re used to get shots that are impractical or entirely impossible to …read more Continue reading Drone Filming Chile’s Urban Bike Race Takes Some Fancy Radio Gear
Modular Anti-Drone Drone Sacrifices Itself For Self Defense
Part Racing Drone, Part RC Airplane, Part Rocket…all Menace. How else could you describe a quadcopter that shoots off at high speed and is designed for taking down other small …read more Continue reading Modular Anti-Drone Drone Sacrifices Itself For Self Defense
Wireless Charging for Border Patrol Drones
It makes sense to use drones to patrol borders or perimeters. But there’s a problem. Drones have to carry batteries or fuel and mostly have a short operating time. A …read more Continue reading Wireless Charging for Border Patrol Drones
Renaissance-Style Drone Would Make da Vinci Proud Four Times Over
For as much of a genius as Leonardo da Vinci obviously was, modern eyes looking upon his notebooks from the 1400s tend to see his designs as somewhat quaint. After …read more Continue reading Renaissance-Style Drone Would Make da Vinci Proud Four Times Over
Radio Control Joby Aircraft Uses Six Tiltrotors To Fly
eVTOL (Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) craft are some of the more exciting air vehicles being developed lately. They aim to combine the maneuverability and landing benefits of helicopters with …read more Continue reading Radio Control Joby Aircraft Uses Six Tiltrotors To Fly
Underwater Drone Films, is in Film
Having a drone that can follow you running or biking with a camera isn’t big news these days. But French firm Notilo Plus has an underwater drone that can follow …read more Continue reading Underwater Drone Films, is in Film
Flying Sausage Rescues Pooch, Drone Pilots Save The Day
When we write about drone stories from the United Kingdom, they often have a slightly depressing air to them as we relate tales of unverified air proximity reports closing airports …read more Continue reading Flying Sausage Rescues Pooch, Drone Pilots Save The Day