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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …