Filmmaker John Duncan used drones, DJI Inspire 1 and DJI Phantom 3, to capture Scotland’s incredible wilderness in this aerial video. Taking you across the country to sites like the Highlands and Islands on the west coast and John O’Groats and North Berwick on the east, experience some of the region’s most beautiful scenery.
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Read a full guide to the Typhoon H in the April edition of Drones Monthly Magazine
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Star Wars legendary droid R2 D2 stole the show at the International Drone Expo in LA The drone creation was designed and built by aerial cinematographer Donny Melara and LA-based aerial photography firm Air Cam Shots. this is the latest in Star Wars drones taking flight from around the world, it would seem being a drone enthusiast and a star wars fan makes the perfect combination for such creativity. With a moving head. LED lights and…
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Today, unmanned aerial vehicles are used across a myriad of applications, from filming Hollywood blockbusters to exploring impenetrable geographic locations. However recently, the aerial technology has begun to lend itself to a new purpose – Humanitarianism. Today’s UAVs are faster, safer and cheaper to fly which makes them hugely appealing and effective candidates for humanitarian ventures. This has been highlighted in the recent Nepal earthquake disaster, where volunteer UAV pilots played a huge part in…
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The drone could scour Mars to look for landing sites for a manned mission in the 2020s Nasa will begin testing the craft here on earth at an altitude of 10,000 feet to recreate the conditions faced on the red planet. The drone named the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-m, which is a flying wing aircraft is planned to be ready for launch from at high altitude via a balloon…
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Drones and emerging infrared camera imaging technology could provide a much-needed boost to wildland firefighters in the coming years as they try to spot new fires and keep track of existing ones. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry said Tuesday a national unmanned aircraft system could be in place within the next few years to help with monitoring, measuring and eventually detecting wildfires. “Something real-time that could notify dispatch centers…
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Since extreme sports enthusiasts discovered the wearable camera, a natural aerial photography evolution has risen and continues to innovate Meet Lily! a drone that not only follows you through a wearable tracking device, but is fully water proof and floats, so will be appealling to water sport enthusiasts too! The device follows its user at a safe distance avoiding the risk of accidents and will land safely before the battery runs down, it will also…
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Usually when you hear the two words drone and airplane in the same sentence, its more often than not that the drone gets negative coverage in the media, but one such drone technology is being used to run aircraft safety checks. Usually faults which take human power a day to find is found in a matter of just hours by creating 3D images with millimetre accuracy. the drones are due to be in operation next…
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The Prototype 10 engine Electric drone Greased Lightning ( GL-10) has both hover and plane mode. The prototype drone from NASA is currently in its testing stage, with the ability to take off vertically the drone has passed its hovering tests with flying colours, but the next stage is the transition from vertical to forward “wing-borne” flight. As engineers who have designed full-scale vertical take off and landing tiltrotors such as the V-22 Osprey will…
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