The Ultimate Guide to FPV Drone Propellers: How to Choose the Best Props for Your Quadcopter
Propellers are the essential component of any FPV drone as they determine the power, smoothness and responsiveness of the aircraft. These specialized airfoils attach to the motor hub and come in a variety
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HHLA Sky’s Automated First Responder Drone X4 has been awarded the German Design Award 2023 in the category “Excellent Product Design”. This quadcopter drone was specially designed with the needs of first responders and security professionals in mind. The prestigious award was presented by the international jury of the German
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The MIT Lincoln Lab has produced some new devices for aircraft and drones that make some impressive efficiency gains and are radically quieter. “The toroidal propeller allows a small multirotor unpiloted aircraft, or drone, to operate more quietly than current drones that use propeller forms unchanged since the beginning of
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The Royal Navy’s drone squadron have taken their expertise in uncrewed systems one step further by building their own quadcopter. Personnel from 700X Naval Air Squadron have built their first remotely-piloted air system in a milestone moment for the Culdrose-based team. Once thoroughly put through its paces, the drone could
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Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer and manufacturer of distributed electric propulsion tilt-wing and multi-rotor uncrewed aircraft vehicles (UAV), announced it has secured a contract from NASA to design and build tilt-wing prototype uncrewed aerial vehicles according to NASA specifications. “Advanced Aircraft Company is proud and humbled to design and
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U.S. Navy engineers are testing a smart winch that will allow tethered unmanned aerial vehicles to launch and land on an autonomous, uncrewed boat. Tethered UAVs, most are a kind of quadcopter, transmit communications and power through the tether, allowing them to operate for longer periods relative to a battery-powered
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A new Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), introduced to meet immediate minor battlefield roles, came under heavy criticism for being a Chinese copy and having limited indigenous components. Russian defense commentators pointed to the Dobrynya quadcopter from Almaz-Antey as having many components and electronics from China. However, the company and
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T-DRONES has launched a multifunctional flight platform to the company’s M-Series line of multi-rotor UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The M690 Pro quadcopter features a variety of improvements and upgrades to the design of its predecessor, the M690A. T-DRONES M690pro is a quad-copter unmanned aerial vehicle platform with exceptional flight time
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LANIUS is Elbit Systems’ new drone-based search-and-attack loitering munition designed for short-range operation through deployment via a multicopter as well as by hand. The design is based on racing drones which allows LANIUS to utilize high degrees of speed and maneuverability to essentially rush a target before exploding. Elbit’s introduction
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The all-new IF1200A, developed in partnership with the Cubepilot ecosystem, brings a new level of reliability and user experience to the American-made UAV market. Designed for use in industry’s most critical applications, the redundancy and safety features onboard allow users to be confident that their equipment will get the job
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Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer and manufacturer of distributed electric propulsion tilt-wing and multi-rotor uncrewed aircraft systems for defense applications, announced that it has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase II contract focused on the further development to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the
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HAMR distributed electric multirotor UAV in advanced stage of development for tactical ISR missions for the United States Air Force Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer and manufacturer of distributed electric propulsion tilt-wing and multi-rotor uncrewed aircraft systems for defense applications, today announced it has been selected by AFWERX for
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Serial production of multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the civilian market has started in St. Petersburg at the site of the North-West Regional Center of the Russian state-owned company VKO Almaz-Antey – Obukhov Plant (NWRC). At present, preparations for the serial production of a line of multifunctional UAVs have
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Video from Ukraine shows two quadcopter-style commercial drones ramming one another mid-flight, in the first instance of real air-to-air combat involving the small, remotely-piloted craft. The footage was filmed by a Ukrainian drone and shows it approaching a DJI Mavic, a small commercially available quadcopter, presumably used by Russian forces.
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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published guidelines to establish the noise levels of drones below 600 kg, the first proposal world-wide for this, applicable to a wide variety of drone designs including multicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and powered-lift aircraft. These guidelines aim at providing harmonised procedures to measure
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An Israeli military drone crashed in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces said. An armed Palestinian group calling itself “Lion’s Den” said it had captured the quadcopter that crashed in the Old City of Nablus, publishing images of it taken apart. The faction
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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published guidelines to establish the noise levels of drones below 600 kg, the first proposal worldwide for this, applicable to a wide variety of drone designs including multicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and powered-lift aircraft. These guidelines aim at providing harmonised procedures to measure
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Indian cricketing star Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who popularized the ‘helicopter shot’ has launched a quadcopter consumer camera drone named ‘Droni‘. The made-in-India camera drone with advanced features is manufactured by Garuda Aerospace, of which MS Dhoni is the Brand Ambassador. Garuda Aerospace has created a niche for itself by offering
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PID is the most common algorithm used in multirotor flight control. By adjusting PID gains you can change the flight characteristics and performance on an FPV drone. In this tutorial I will try to explain…
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The 32 HYBGEN from Löweheiser is an electric generator that can be installed into a multirotor drone to extend the flight time. This hybrid powertrain is ideal for drones up to 25 kg MTOW that require long flight times or heavy payloads. It consists of a lightweight two-stroke combustion engine
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Scientists working to expand the potential landing zones for drones have demonstrated a novel approach, enabling the aircraft to safely touch down on steep inclines. The technology builds on the team’s previous work involving walls and lakes, and could enable drones to land on one of the more common surfaces
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Revolver 860 developed by DronesVision is probably one of the most interesting drones used by Ukrainians . A large quadcopter is in practice a flying mortar – the drone is equipped with a revolver cartridge that can hold 8 60 mm mortar shells. Revolver 860 – Flying Mortar It is
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New from Arcsky: the X55 is a quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle platform with exceptional flight time and payload capabilities. One of the key differentiators of the X55 is the modularity and interchangeability of power sources. Within seconds, the drone can go from using battery power (using the Battery Module)
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The Arcsky X55 is a quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle platform with exceptional flight time and payload capabilities. One of the key differentiators of the X55 is the modularity and interchangeability of power sources. Within seconds, the drone can go from using battery power (using the Battery Module) to hybrid gas-electric
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