The place where a drone took off can look different ten minutes later. A dog arrives. A family walks onto the grass. A delivery van stops beside the…

The charger is ready. The battery is not. A flight battery can feel merely warm when its cells are still above a sensible charging temperature. Plugging it in…

A propeller does not have to be missing a large piece before it becomes a no-fly item. A small crack, a warped blade or a loose screw can…

A live camera view can be clear enough to read a sign or frame a roof. That does not mean the pilot can see the aircraft well enough…

Sand, loose soil, grass and leaves can be pulled into a drone before it leaves the ground. A safer flight starts with a clean, stable launch surface.

Compass calibration is not a ritual for every take-off. Metal, reinforced concrete and electrical equipment can make the chosen calibration site part of the problem.

A new drone test corridor in Indiana has moved from launch event to flight demonstration. On 29 October, a Purdue University-owned Windracers ULTRA completed a reported flight of…

The phrase “1K thermal” sounds like a marketing shortcut until you look at the sensor dimensions. DJI’s Matrice 5T announcement on 5 November describes a native thermal resolution…

Cold can reduce a drone battery’s useful performance even when the charge indicator looks full. A safer winter flight starts with temperature, condition and extra return margin.

A gimbal protector belongs on a powered-off drone in storage—not on a camera trying to complete its start-up self-check.