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Fireworks may be fun to watch, but they’re single-use-only, and they do produce a lot of smoke. The Rammaxx Electric LED Rocket is intended to be a cleaner, reusable alternative – and it can also perform aerial light shows.Continue ReadingCategory: Dro… Continue reading “LED Rocket” designed to let everyday folks launch aerial light shows
Sometimes bad software is all that is holding good hardware back. [Michael Melchior] wanted to scavenge some motors and propellers for another project, so he bought an inexpensive quadcopter intending …read more Continue reading Taking Reverse Engineering to the Skies: Cheap Drone Gets PX4 Autopilot
Despite its diminutive proportions, the thrust to weight ratio of the DJI Mini 2 is high enough that it can carry a considerable amount of baggage. So it’s no surprise …read more Continue reading LED Hack Teaches DJI Mini 2 Drone New Tricks
It was just a year ago that DJI announced its compact-but-capable Mavic Air 2 quadcopter. Now, the company has shortened the name and doubled the image sensor size, with the 5.4K/30fps-capable Air 2S.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, TechnologyTags: DJ… Continue reading DJI doubles sensor size for 5.4K-shooting Air 2S drone
Quadcopters are fantastical things, and now come in a huge variety of flavours, from lithe featherweight racers to industrial-grade filming rigs worth tens of thousands of dollars. The Beatle-1 from …read more Continue reading Micro Quadcopter Designed In OpenSCAD
When it was first announced that limits would be placed on recreational RC aircraft heavier than 250 grams, many assumed the new rules meant an end to home built quadcopters. …read more Continue reading Resilient AI Drone Packs it all in Under 250 Grams
Lost aircraft are harder to find when they are physically small to begin with. Not only are they harder to see, but the smaller units lack features like GPS tracking; it’s not normally possible to add it to a tiny …read more
Continue reading Lost a Lightweight Quadcopter? Here Are The Best Ways To Find It
When somebody builds a quadcopter with the express purpose of flying it as fast and aggressively as possible, it’s not exactly a surprise when they eventually run it into an immovable object hard enough to break something. In fact, it’s …read more
The sky crane system used on the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers is a challenging control system problem that peaked [Nicholas Rehm]’s curiosity. Constrained to Earth, he decided to investigate the problem using a drone and a rock.
The setup …read more
Continue reading Demonstrating The Mars Rover Pendulum Problem With A Drone On Earth
Although it’s getting increasingly common to see swarms of illuminated drones being used for aerial light shows, simultaneously charging and launching all of those aircraft can still be tricky. That’s where the Flying Drone Blanket is intended to come … Continue reading Flying Drone Blanket will charge and launch swarms of quadcopters