Drone News
FAA Will Have More Lenient Rules for Micro Drones
After the United States Federal Aviation Administration released it’s new guidelines in late June, a new set of rules is expected to follow soon. This set of rules would apply to “micro” drones that are flown for sport and hobby. These drones would have to meet certain requirements, but would be able to fly with fewer rules than their larger and often more high tech brothers. htt...
For a Small Place, Hawaii is Big on FPV Drone Racing
A year or two ago, few people had heard of drone racing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, but today that is different. Hawaii is a force to be reckoned with growing to 150 pilots in less than one year. Hawaii Drone Racing will send six pilots to the state championships with hopes of grabbing one or more of the 10 qualifying spots for the 2016 World Drone Racing Championships, which will take place i...
United States DOT and FAA Finalize Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States has finally released its rules and regulations for the flight of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This set of rules has been anticipated by pilots and the public for several years and now provides clear guidance on how pilots can use drones commercially without violating FAA regulations. The rules are similar to the guidelines released earli...
Blade Inductrix 200
Introduction I’m the owner of an original Blade Inductrix, a small bind and fly quadcopter made by Blade Helis. The original Inductrix is a relatively small 83 mm square and a ton of fun to fly. So when I saw that Blade released a larger, faster, more powerful version of the Inductrix with brushless motors and built in FPV, I had to give it a try! Like other Blade quads, the Inductrix 200 features...
Security Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are Crashing Drones
Security Researchers from Johns Hopkins University are interested in learning what security flaws off the shelf consumer drones, like the DJI Phantom 3, have and how they can be exploited. In their research, they have crashed many drones and learned a few key ways to exploit holes in the connection between the drone and its remote control. First, they were able to cause the drone to crash by sendi...
