GoPro has closed up store on its drone enterprise, clearing out its stock of Karma drones and shedding 250 workers. The Karma has been troubled from the starting. Following its first launch in October of 2016, about 2,500 Karmas needed to be recalled after studies of them dropping management and falling out …
Read More »Big Releases at CES 2018: DJI’s Ronin-S, and Lots of New Dro…
CES (previously the Consumer Electronics Show) 2018 is in full swing in Las Vegas, and there are some massive, attention-grabbing releases on the drone entrance this yr. So far DJI’s launch of the Ronin-S has snatched up most of the headlines (though no new Mavic was launched, regardless of some …
Read More »The Regulatory Year in Review: A Look Back at 2017’s Biggest…
When you look again at 2017, a complete lot has occurred on the regulatory entrance right here in the drone trade. So a lot, in reality, that it may be arduous to maintain observe of all of the developments and modifications. In this text we’re going to have a look …
Read More »Hybrid Drone Breaks Record, Stays in the Air for Almost Five…
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 …
Read More »Tipping Points: How the L.A. Fire Department’s Drone Program…
It’s a uncommon factor to witness a historic second and know that it’s historic. But that appears to be what’s occurring in Los Angeles proper now. Derrick Ward has been working with the L.A. Fire Department to develop their drone program for a few yr, and when the current wildfires …
Read More »2017 Drone Year in Review: Stunning Progress on the Delivery…
The drone trade strikes a mile a minute, which signifies that while you look again at a whole yr there’s a lot of floor to cowl. As we strategy the finish of 2017 we wished to take a second to look again at only a few of the main milestones …
Read More »Passenger Drone Year in Review: How Far We’ve Come, and How …
As we method the tip of 2017 we needed to try one of many extra futuristic concepts in the drone trade to have made headway this 12 months: the passenger drone. Self driving vehicles appear to be edging their means towards actual viability, and we now not suppose they sound …
Read More »Hobbyist Drone Registration Reinstated, Includes a Big Impro…
A brand new federal legislation firmly establishes the FAA’s authority to require drone hobbyists to register their drones with the federal authorities. Any drone weighing between .55 lbs (250 grams) and as much as 55 lbs. (25 kg) should now be registered with the FAA, no matter whether or not …
Read More »UAV Coach Partners with PCS EdVentures to Support the Use of…
Here at UAV Coach we’re proud to announce a brand new partnership with PCS Edventures!.com, Inc., (PCSV) a number one supplier of Okay-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) packages. Through the partnership UAV Coach will likely be providing Drone Pilot Ground School, our flagship distant take a look at prep …
Read More »Drones in the News: 6 Ways Major News Organizations are Push…
Although we generally gripe about the dangerous PR drones can get in the information, the fact is that main information organizations have contributed enormously to serving to push the drone trade ahead. In this text we’ll take a look at the completely different ways in which main information organizations like …
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