Red Bull built the world’s fastest camera drone and then pit it against Max Verstappen’s F1 car, the RB20. Ralph Hogenbirk of the Dutch Drone Gods somehow followed the F1 champion around a rainy Silverstone track.
Joshua Turner used a Iflight Nazgul Evoque V2 drone and GoPro 11 Mini to capture breathtaking footage of the 2,073-foot Shanghai Tower. What makes the footage you’re about to see so special is the fact that as of January 2024, drone flights in controlled areas of Shanghai require approval in advance.
EHang’s EH216-S manned drone could be yours for a cool $332,000 USD after it received a Type Certificate (“TC”) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”). Furthermore, it’s the world’s first pilotless passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft system to obtain a standard airworthiness certificate yet.
Anduril’s Roadrunner and Roadrunner-M drones are completely autonomous, with the ability to be customized for various missions. First up, Roadrunner has a modular, twin-jet powered design with vertical takeoff and landing capability, which gives it the flexibility to rapidly launch from any location.
Photo credit: Carlos Gauna/The Malibu Artist
Wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna and UC Riverside biology doctoral student Phillip Sternes may have captured the first ever images of a newborn great white shark using a drone. The two were scanning the waters for sharks on July 9, 2023, near Santa Barbara on California’s central coast when they spotted something they’ve never come across before.
There’s Kawasaki’s robotic ibex, and then their new K-RACER-X2 unmanned helicopter drone. Power comes from an H2R-sourced 998cc liquid-cooled, inline four-cylinder supercharged engine making 310 hp and 121.5 lb-ft of torque.
DJI Modify is the company’s first intelligent 3D model editing software, designed to work seamlessly alongside DJI’s enterprise drones as well as 3D mapping software, DJI Terra. When combined, the suite offers a comprehensive solution for aerial surveying, modeling, as well as model editing, to meet the operational needs for many industries like firefighting.
Now that you’ve seen the air umbrella, it’s time to check out YouTuber I Build Stuff’s flying umbrella. The first prototype took countless hours of planning with the original sketches being hand drawn on paper before they were turned into CAD models.
The DJI FlyCart 30 (FC30) delivery drone has launched globally, and is designed for use in such scenarios as mountain / offfshore transportation and emergency rescue operations. It has IP55 weather protection that enables it to ooperate in temperatures ranging from -20° to 45° C and winds up to 27 mph.