An all-electric, carbon fibre, pilot-operated, twin joystick controlled quadrotor by San Jose design company Hoversurf.
Currently in development, the hover bike has a claimed 21km range, 2.5 hour charge time and a top speed of 64km/h. Qualifying as an ultralight, it doesn’t require a pilot’s licence to operate (in the US at least).
A $10,000 (€8,700) deposit guarantees first dibs on the initial production models, which will cost $150,000 (€130,500) each.
Keep your feet well tucked in, is all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLxGFLpOl0
A lightweight waterproof quadrotor camera rig that follows and films you, starting automatically when you throw it into the air.
Shipping February 2016 and available to preorder for about €460.
At a field in Bideford, West Devon, the real life first person video game you’ve been waiting for has arrived.
It’s called First Person View Mini Quadcopter racing.
And it’s just wonderful.
A short film by Cirque de Soleil (in collaboration with ETH Zurich, and Verity Studios) featuring an eerie dance with ten computer-controlled quadrotors.
A strange little short by Martinus Klemet.
They say cats have nine lives. This has almost nothing to do with that.
https://vimeo.com/70812846
Soaring high and low-level aerial footage of surfers at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, California last Sunday captured by Eric Cheng with a GoPro equipped DJI Phantom quadrotor.
Music: May by Marcel Pequel.
As his submission to the DJI Phantom Video Contest, YouTuber questpact sent his quadrotor on a flyover of the waterfall with the highest flow rate in the world (168,000m³ per minute in high flow, if you don’t mind).
Game Of Drones sez:
Game of Drones introduces UAV’s to the masses with a new web series about amateur drone design & aerial combat competitions. We demystify drones while sharing design, engineering and friendly combat games through fun, inexpensive projects for the whole family. We also blow stuff up. It’s 1/2 demolition derby and 1/2 Skynet.
Here, the team assembles and tests a fully functioning paintball drone.
