Note – Part 1 of this review is at this link. Part 3 of this review is here DJI Phantom 4 – First Flights and Rating – Part 2 – Camera, Gimbal and Propulsion System Improvements and Differences over Phantom 3 and earlier models. Thousands of articles and videos have detailed the features and workings […]
Counting Drones – How many? Which ones?
As a “thought experiment” today I wondered how many camera drones have been sold worldwide in the last 3+ years. I quickly put fingers to keyboard and made some wild guesses which turned out as follows. The time frame for these sales is 2014 onward – being as that was arguably the start of the […]
DJI Phantom 4 – First Flights and Rating – Part 1
As of mid-2016 the DJI Phantom 4 is the flagship product in the “consumer level” quadcopters made by DJI, the largest manufacturer of multirotors in the world. We purchased ours direct from DJI along with an extra battery. They are also available through Amazon, BestBuy and various local and online dealers. Following our own advice, […]
Finding Beautiful Places to Fly and Photograph with your Drone
Bought your new video/photo drone? Check! Read the Manual? Check! Run the flight simulator program or practiced with some toy quads? Check! Watched some of the online Videos relating to your model? Check! Made your maiden flights at a large open field (school or similar field) to test the setup? Check! Now it’s time to […]
Drone Sales Forecasts released by CTA
July, 2016 The CTA (Consumer Technology Association) has released their projections for the US and worldwide Drone market for the years 2016-2020. Droneflyers.com was proud to provide essential data and consulting to the CTA (produces of the CES Show in Las Vegas) in order to help them provide the most accurate projections possible. After studying […]
Best Selling Camera Drones (Amazon), July 2016
The following, ranked by order of sales, are the top sellers in the Camera Drone category on Amazon USA. Note -the Phantom 3 Advanced hit first place due to a Lightning Deal which reduced its price for one day. [easyazon_infoblock align=”none” identifier=”B00VSIT5UE” locale=”US” tag=”droneflyers-20″] [easyazon_link identifier=”B013U0F6EQ” locale=”US” tag=”droneflyers-20″]DJI Phantom 3 Standard Quadcopter Drone with 2.7K […]
ALTI – Double hybrid VTOL UAS Announced
The ALTI Transition is a radically new VTOL unmanned aerial aircraft, developed from the ground up as an advanced fixed wing system with the ability to take-off and land vertically, anywhere. A powerful electric VTOL system allows the Transition to take-off and land in confined spaces and once at altitude, a 20cc four stroke petrol […]
FAA & DOT Part 107 Small UAS Ruling announcement – what does it mean? [UPDATED]
[NOTE: **Updates 7-10-16] With the much-anticipated announcement of the Part 107 sUAS rule for commercial flight today [June 21, 2016], there are still many unanswered questions and the answers will most likely come out slowly over the following 60 days. We’ll do our best to keep up, and here are some great resources for learning […]
Drone Pilot Networks are Yogurt Shops
When we acquired TravelByDrone back in early 2015 we were convinced that in addition to already being a successful content aggregator it would become THE drone pilot network. The sky was the limit (to use a terrible cliche related to this industry), and we knew there were at least 3-4 forms of monetization improvements to […]
HK 251 Whirlwind Brushless Quadcopter Review
The XK 251 is a RTF (Ready to Fly) mid-sized (250 mm diagonal) quadcopter featuring brushless motors and carbon fiber arms and landing gear. Brushless motors are more efficient and more powerful than the brushed variety typically found on toy-grade models. They also have a much longer life span. Here is an FAQ relating to […]
