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Hycopter Drone Can Stay Aloft Four Hours

A Singapore-based company has launched a new hydrogen-based drone designed for large-scale, industrial maintenance inspections. HES Energy Systems this week released Hycopter, a multi-rotor system that can keep precision cameras and other sensors in the air for much longer, opening up new commercial possibilities while reducing operational costs. Designed at …

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Hobbyist View: 2018 Black Friday & Cyber Monday Drone Buying…

What to get for any drone newbie, enthusiast, racer or photographer in your life! The following is a guest post from John Saginario: FPV flyer, writer and host of the Wild Flyers podcast. It’s that time of year – when retailers hope to lure in eager shoppers with promises of …

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2018 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Drone Deals

Leave a Comment Posted on November 20, 2018 2018 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Drone Deals! If you’re looking for great 2018 Black Friday and/or 2018 Cyber Monday drone deals then I got you covered! DJI and some of my partners are running some big discounts on their products & …

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Drones Can Do Liver: Maryland Tests Show Potential of Unmann…

Pizza, pad thai, burgers, milkshakes, Amazon products… All have been cited as the kind of cargo drones could transport from business to customer. But we’ve known for a while that these relatively superficial drone delivery efforts will struggle to win the trust of regulators and the public. It’s perhaps too soon …

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Yuneec Announces Black Friday Promotions

Another day, another drone industry manufacturer is announcing promotions ahead of Black Friday. This time it’s Yuneec, the Chinese manufacturer most famous for the Typhoon range of photography drones. So what’s the deal? We’ve already seen what DJI and Parrot have to offer in a bid to pick up drone sales …

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We Asked 3 Industry Leaders for Their Assesment of the Europ…

Flyability’s Elios drone DRONELIFE attended The Commercial UAV Show in London on November 14-15, 2018.  It was a great show full of new technology and new ideas for the drone industry.  We asked 3 industry leaders for their perspective on the European market for drones – their answers may surprise you. …

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Vermeer Public Beta Launch: The First AR-Enabled Camera Flig…

The following is a guest post by Sasha Rezvina of leading aerial cinematography company Aerobo. Brian Streem and his team have spent four years flying drones for the biggest production houses in Hollywood. In that time, they believe they’ve discovered a fundamental design flaw with how drones are operated. They …

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