Where Should Air Taxis Land? By: Dawn Zoldi This year air taxis made a bit of a splash at CES® with the presence of Supernal’s new SA-2 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft sitting in the Diamond Parking Lot of the West Convention Center in a mock vertiport. Add to that a stellar panel focused on three ground-breaking companies (pun intended) - … [Read more...] about From the Floor of CES: Where Should Air Taxis Land? Joby, Overair, and Supernal Take the Stage
The 3D Robotics Solo: A DroneLife Review
Ever since the buzz on the 3D Robotics Solo drone project started, the expectations built to the point that I wondered whether it could ever live up to what we all wanted. The hype was fast and furious. But with big hype, sometimes comes big disappointment. I don’t know how many of us have been putting off our next drone purchase until we could get some real world feedback … [Read more...] about The 3D Robotics Solo: A DroneLife Review
My New Contingency Plan for Drone Fly Aways
As drone fliers we tend to go to great lengths to protect our investments from flying away.  There’s nothing quite like that awful feeling in your gut when you realize you are watching your drone get blown steadily out of sight, having a mid-air battery failure over irretrievable terrain, or undergoing some kind of internal, unexplainable self-determination to chart a course … [Read more...] about My New Contingency Plan for Drone Fly Aways
Learning to Fly With DJI Using DSLRPros Drone Academy X
Is it me, or does it seem like every time you turn around that a new startup, a new concept, or a new breakthrough is making waves in the drone world? Higher resolutions, longer (okay, usually only slightly longer…) flight times, and slightly tweaked bells and whistles are appearing with a steady regularity that just goes to underscore drones are going to become an ever more … [Read more...] about Learning to Fly With DJI Using DSLRPros Drone Academy X
A Veteran Pilot Goes to Drone School
First Flight So you’ve opened the box, put everything together, had a quick look at what is supposed to pass for instruction, and brought your new quadcopter out for a test fly. If you’re like most of us, your first quad is a Phantom and your first landing wasn’t by choice….. There’s plenty of advice on YouTube and a lot of it isn’t worth the time it takes to watch. The good … [Read more...] about A Veteran Pilot Goes to Drone School
