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By Smallbones (Own work) [CC0] The state of New Jersey is about to enact a legislation that can prohibit working a drone underneath the affect, Reuters experiences – however that’s not all of the legislation will do. “Drunk droning” makes good headlines – and whereas working a drone underneath the …

On Christmas Eve in Valencia, Spain Quaternium’s HYBRiX.20 fuel-electric quadcopter flew for a recorded 4 hours and forty minutes. This flight time is greater than double the recorded size on Guinness World Records for the longest drone flight, which is 2 hours, six minutes, and 7 seconds. (Since no Guinness consultant …

2018 will probably be the yr that loads of leisure drone pilots begin to take the pastime a bit extra critically. Whether that entails flying often, getting a dearer drone or transferring into business operations, a part of that course of is giving your gear a revamp. Over the previous …

By Cargyrak (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ] 2017 was an enormous yr for drones: the trade noticed unprecedented development, progress in rules, and new makes use of and applied sciences virtually each week.  With 2018 upon us, DRONELIFE requested three trade thought leaders for his or her predictions about …

PUMA UAV Test Launch (PRNewsfoto/SolAero Technologies Corp.) A partnership between a number one solar-cell supplier and Johns Hopkins University might give a sunny forecast to longer drone battery life. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory lately awarded a contract to SolAero Technologies Corp. – maker of photo voltaic cells and aerospace-applied …

Drones are all over the place – floating over farm fields, diving into catastrophe scenes, exploring a probably life-harboring moon of Saturn (file scratch!). Wait. What?  No, you’re not struggling a post-holiday meals hangover – NASA might very nicely ship a drone to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Last week, the …

Back in August, DJI introduced a brand new iteration of the favored Mavic Pro, the Mavic Pro Platinum. As nicely as sporting a brighter paint job, the Platinum comes with a barely longer flight time and the promise of noise discount in contrast with the usual mannequin. At the time …

The FAA is among the many organizations which are encouraging of us that discovered a drone underneath the tree to take a little bit of time to study some suggestions security and in any other case earlier than getting airborne. The FAA posted the next data graphic to information new …

DroneShield has introduced its DroneGun MKII product has been licensed as compliant for human publicity, in connection with requests by potential governmental end-users, in relation to their procurement processes. EMC Technologies, a specialist SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) measurement NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) authorized laboratory for world certifications, has …

A visitor submit by Part 107 Pilot and author Kara Murphy. Year after 12 months, vital enhancements in drone expertise make them extra accessible to creators in any respect talent ranges. Photographers and filmmakers that started off working from ground-level, or chartered helicopters for aerials pictures, are more and more …