The Snap is another quadcopter entering the already crowded space. So, what makes the Vantage Robotics Snap any different, or better, than the rest? Well the main claim to fame for the Snap Quadcopter ($900) is that it folds up and is portable. But that isn’t all. The Snap has a gimbal stabilized 4k camera, protected blades, a folding design, camera/game controller controlled, and automated flying/videoing. Pre-order yours now and pray for delivery in Spring 2016. Video of...
Fishing is a 40,000 year old pastime that continues to evolve with technology. We now have super realistic fishing lures, sonar fish-finders, underwater cameras, graphite fishing rods, scented bait, etc… Poor fish. Apparently all of this high tech fishing gadgetry wasn’t enough because now there is a fishing drone quadcopter. The AguaDrone is a waterproof quadcopter that has an accessory bay on the underside. Fisherman can opt for one of the following gadgets at a time – A wireless camera. Land on the water and see...
It seems we are still in the infancy stages when it comes to quadcopters, or dare I say “drones”. They just keep getting better and better. This latest quadcopter, the B-Unstoppable, is a mix of a remote controlled tank with a quadcopter. Tired of driving around in the dirt? Spin up the quadcopter blades and fly for a while. Prices range from $85 to $152 depending on FPV configurations and the like. Currently this guy is stuck at
The market for out-of-the-box fully capable quadcopter just got pretty crowded. This is great news for the consumers of these gadgets as the pricing is starting to get more reasonable. Or at least the feature sets are matching the prices. The latest announcement in the video camera quadcopter arena comes from 3D Robotics (3DR) with their Solo Quadcopter. The 3DR Solo ($999) wants to give you a fully loaded platform that is simple to use. The Solo includes a video game styled transmitter, a 3-axis gimbal, GPS flight management, clever...
I have bought and played with too many quadcopter to list them all here. Let’s just say the price tags vary from $30 up to $6,000. Yes, it is a bit of an addiction. Luckily I am not alone in my love of the UAV quadcopters and have a few friends willing to test play with the new Dromida Ominus Quadcopter. We tested played with 5 of these for about 30 minutes. Our goal was to see if some of these manufacturer claims were true, “…nearly impossible...
Makes perfect sense, right? You have a few roman candles laying around and a quadcopter. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter. Well at least this guy thought so. He strapped two roman candles onto his drone quadcopter and chased his friend around the yard shooting at him. Awesome. More videos of drones quadcopters doing fun stuff after the break. ...
The space that was pretty much dominated by DJI is starting to get crowded. More FPV (first person view) multi-rotor helicopters are hitting the market. I think this is a good thing, at least for consumers. Maybe now we will start to see prices getting more affordable later this year. Read on for details and video of this new FPV quadcopter, the Walkera Voyager 3. ...