In December 2017, Ballarat City Council removed the right for drone operators to fly their aircraft over public spaces in the municipal land.

People have been flying model aircraft for almost as long as the first successful flight of the Wright Brothers. 

As technology became available, a smart chap strapped a noisy little internal combustion engine to the model and enjoyed and the trend caught on. Fast forward a few decades and land has become more scarce as the urban sprawl continued into rural areas.It’s one thing to come down and fly for a few hours and head home but those new neighbors live there and the novelty of model airplanes will wear off. This is the point where you start having trouble with neighbors, councils, and courts.

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The Tello drone is listed for sale on the DJI website for you’d be forgiven for thinking that it is, in fact, a DJI product.

Intel has been at the forefront of creating display drones, which are known as a ‘shooting star drones’ for their ability to light up a night sky, not unlike shooting stars.

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If you look for information about what to consider and the parts to look at if you are considering building a larger quad, hex or octocopter to carry a camera and gimbal then it can be tricky.

Silicon Valley, located in the Southern San Franciso Bay Area, is renowned as the tech capital of the world.

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A few days ago we shared the first article in a short series about the challenges and considerations when building larger multi-rotors for taking video or photos.

Over the weekend, Model Aeronautical Association Australia (MAAA) in association with The Royal Adelaide Show (RA&HS) held the FPV World Cup in Adelaide.

In a new research project, called Cyber-Physical Macro Material, conducted by the University of Stuttgart, researchers have created what is known as a ‘live’ shapeshifting canopy which uses drones to keep people in the shade.

Californian based drone start-up company, Airware, recently announced its closure. According to the company, Airware was one of the first commercial drones in the marketplace.