This week DJI announced that starting in January 2020, all of the company’s new drones weighing over 250 grams will come with AirSense – a tool enabled by an ADS-B receiver – as standard. In practice, that means that DJI pilots will be alerted to nearby manned aircraft, well ahead of time and long before […]
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4 Misconceptions About Drone Technology
From the outside, the world of flying robots can seem complex, daunting and, in some cases, totally unnecessary. But there’s more to this business than meets the eye, particularly if you’ve only previously come across drones because media outlets are blaming them for airport disruption. Read on for our top four misconceptions about drone technology. […]
Dronespeak.com and Dronecoalition.net Acquired by Droneflyers.com
The domain names: http://www.dronecoalition.net and http://www.dronespeak.com have both been acquired by Droneflyers.com. As a result of these purchases, both domains now point to the Droneflyers.com main web site. However, most of the blog posts, articles and other information contained in those two sites now resides in our archives here and can be found in numerous […]
First Look and Review – DJI $1349 Phantom 4 Advanced with 1″ Sony Sensor & CrystalSky Monitor
DJI has announced a version of the Phantom 4 – like the Pro and Pro +, it features the 1″ Sony Sensor, larger lens and higher resolutions and bitrates. It is sold without the rear and side obstacle avoidance (I personally don’t use them anyway!) – the good news is that you get the top […]
Best Selling Camera Drones on Amazon – Jan/Feb 2017
Best selling consumer camera drones (up to $2K) on Amazon in January – February time period. Drone sales on Amazon are often indicative of overall consumer drone sales as a decent percentage of customers prefer ordering from them. Please see notes at the end for our opinion on the trends driving these sales and rankings. […]
10 Best Quadcopters and best drones for 2017
Which are the best drones and quadcopters to buy as of the Spring of 2017? Read on! UPDATED April, 2017 – We update this “best drones” listing regularly as new products are released and reviewed. If you are looking for a ($400-$1500) “stabilized camera drone with GPS” – we have another article comparing the popular 2016/2017 […]
Phantom 4 Professional – 20 Megapixel Prosumer Drone – First Look
Introduction DJI’s Phantom line is well known as the standard for consumer level Camera Drones. In our recent “Slugfest” of popular 2016 models we gave it our highest rating – an opinion shared by most experts. However, consumer-level ($400-$1200) Camera Drones have some limitations, especially when it comes to Photo and Video quality. Drones at […]
Holiday Travelers – do not check luggage or cases with your drone batteries
Holiday Season Reminder! Larger Drone (and other) Lipo Batteries could bring down a plane. They contain a LOT of energy. Please – do not check luggage or cases with your drone batteries – either as regular checked baggage or as “gate check”. Doing so endangers life and property (including your own family). The big NO […]
GoPro Karma Drone is recalled after crashes, etc.
BestBuy has, according to multiple reports, removed the GoPro Karma from their web site. Other reports suggest that the product has been recalled. UPDATE – this now seems confirmed by GoPro…see below: At approx. 3:00PM EST it was reported by several shoppers that the product disappeared from the BestBuy web site. A check of the BB […]
DJI to introduce new Mavic Drone
Another post on Droneflyers.com (here) contains the full press release, pictures as well as prices and specs. The drone world is abuzz with talk and speculation about an upcoming DJI drone, reportedly called the Mavic Pro. Leaked images along with a scheduled DJI Event in NYC (Droneflyers.com will be there!) indicate the introduction of a […]
