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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    Seeing as GoProfessional Cases is our official travel sponsor, and made it possible or us to attend NAB 2015, you had to know that we were going to stop by their booth for a visit during our trip to Las Vegas. We were surprised to see all of the new products that they had come up with just in...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    DSLRPros managed to put together probably the single most eye-catching display I saw at NAB 2015: a prototype of their new Tayzu robotics quadcopter, floating in a Lexan cube full of water. Nothing says you're confident in having waterproofed your product like actually leaving it bobbing in a...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    Freefly makes some extremely serious-looking hardware – most likely because it is actually extremely serious hardware. This is gear for the professional filmmaker, which as it happens I am not, so my knowledge of their equipment is about as limited as you would expect: in other words, virtually...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    This was the second year that we were able to attend NAB, and one of the great joys of this experience has been getting to re-visit people and products we had seen the year before. As you can see, we caught up with aerial cinematographer Ziv Marom – a working professional who in his spare time...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    You know that you've truly arrived in a field like video production and broadcasting when specialized companies in that field start making hardware to support you. That's what we saw when we stopped by the Blackmagic Design booth at NAB and saw their new Micro Cinema Camera. To be sure, it...
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    2015 NAB News: Blackmagic Micro Cinema Cam, Tiny, Drone-Specific Super16 RAW Camera

    You know that you've truly arrived in a field like video production and broadcasting when specialized companies in that field start making hardware to support you. That's what we saw when we stopped by the Blackmagic Design booth at NAB and saw their new Micro Cinema Camera. To be sure, it...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    In my write-up about the H920 Tornado a few days ago, I already offered ample plaudits to Yuneec as a potential dark horse in the multirotor market. I don't want to belabor the point, but the enthusiast-prosumer oriented Q500 Typhoon provides several additional examples of why I'm a believer in...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    It can't be said enough, I think: while it's the sexy applications (aerial cinematography, tactical operations) that get all the press, the largest market in the world for drones is in agriculture. So, I think it was smart for our friends and neighbors at Aerial Technology International to build...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    Unless this is your very first visit to our blog, you know that I don't shy away from hefty aircraft. While I appreciate the reasoning behind designing aircraft to be as light as possible, I personally prefer a robust but powerful aircraft, strong enough to be agile in spite of its mass...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    I... Want... This... Thing... I've been dreaming about building a big ship like this for a couple of years now, but the Monster X is even better than anything I could come up with on my own. Given the sheer size of the aircraft, it's interesting that the smallest details really make it stand...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    In my estimation, Yuneec is a dark horse in the civilian drone market. They haven't made as big a name for themselves as some other manufacturers (DJI, 3DR), but they keep plugging away and turning out increasingly sophisticated aircraft with cool features. With the Tornado H920 hexacopter...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    As usual when we've got a big surge of videos coming out of an event like NAB, I'm getting them up on YouTube faster than I can link to them from our blog, our Facebook page, and other social media assets. That said, we stopped by the DJI booth on the first day of NAB to take a look at the new...
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    Roswell Flight Test Crew videos from NAB 2015

    We're back in Las Vegas for NAB 2015, courtesy of our official travel sponsor: GoProfessional Cases. Last year, there were plenty of interesting multirotor systems to see, but this year, they have taken over the show. They are everywhere, and they even have their own space set aside on the...
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    GoProfessional Cases Factory Tour

    One of the highlights of our visit to Southern California earlier this year was having the opportunity to visit our good friends and sponsors, Rick and Beth, at GoProfessional Cases (http://goprofessionalcases.com/). I also thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to prowl around on their factory...
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    We tried out the new Ominus FPV! Here is our review...

    For the record, I can't actually remember when I first became aware of the Ominus, but I do remember wanting one pretty badly. In the run-up to the holiday season last year, I couldn't raise the $80 to go pick one up at Tammie's – our local hobby shop – and by the time I had the cash in hand...
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    A trip to the New York City Drone Film Festival

    As you can see, our whirlwind adventure at the New York City Drone Film Festival (http://www.nycdronefilmfestival.com/) is at its end, and we're back at home in Portland, Oregon. Courtesy two external, 32,000 mAH batteries, I was able to keep my laptop alive for the entire duration of our...
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    DRONE PRIZE VIDEO THREAD: Six Videos in Six Days -- Stay Tuned!

    Well, that's it for Drone Prize 2014! Once again, I'd like to thank Jonathan Evans and the whole crew at SkyWard for providing both the vision – and the horsepower – to make this event a reality, along with our friends at Aerial Technology International. I also want to recognize Rich Hanson...
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    DRONE PRIZE VIDEO THREAD: Six Videos in Six Days -- Stay Tuned!

    Well, this is it, the final competition of the 2014 Drone Prize: the obstacle course. Admittedly, this isn't really a practical demonstration of the beneficial applications of small unmanned aircraft systems in society – but it was an awful lot of fun. Techinstein engineered this course...
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    DRONE PRIZE VIDEO THREAD: Six Videos in Six Days -- Stay Tuned!

    Along with the obstacle course – coming tomorrow, if all goes to plan – this was my favorite exercise at Drone Prize. The teams had gained some experience from the previous exercises, which made them better-prepared to tackle this challenge. Also, we finally worked out that there was just...
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    DRONE PRIZE VIDEO THREAD: Six Videos in Six Days -- Stay Tuned!

    Okay, I have a confession to make: a truth to tell that no one beside myself has probably pieced together. A point of idyl curiosity for most of you, I'm sure – but probably of keen interest to the people who actually participated in this competition. This particular exercise did not go as I...
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