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.

To answer this question we discuss basics LIPO batteries and the reasons for discharging batteries after use.

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

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First Person View (FPV) is now the most popular way for pilots to fly the majority of multirotor and fixed wing ‘drones’.

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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.

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

Durafly is known for making stunning looking scale RC aircraft as well as some of the best flying sports planes around.

The humble Bixler has been around for a long time and it’s no doubt helped tens of thousands of people to take to the skies and the newly released Bixler 1.1 is no exception to that.

Building turnouts or points for a model railway is actually very common and easy to do. There are many reasons that you might want to build a set of points. Not only is it considerably cheaper to build your own but there is tremendous satisfaction when the points are completed and your rolling stock runs through smoothly.

Introduction

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.