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While Blade RC is best known for their helicopters, they also make some pretty cool quads. Today they are teasing their collaboration with ImmersionRC on an upcoming Blade Edition Vortex Pro Race Quad. The Blade Edition will feature Spektrum Bind-n-Fly technology to make the Vortex Pro a true competition ready package. To get more information on all Blade products simply hit [...]
Want to try your hand at 3D drone flying? If so, Ares RC has a new quad that makes it easy, the Spidex 3D. Just hit a button and the Spidex 3D is flying upside down, then its innovative software takes over and makes it easy to keep on flying upside down. * 3 different flying rates * 6-axis control * Easy to [...]
New and affordable from Heli-Max is the Fuse Foamie 250 Class Drone Racer. The Fuse is a 250mm sized drone perfect for use as an entry level FPV racer. The Fuse is extremely light, weighing in at just 4.1oz, and is recommended to be used with a 3S 1300-2200mAh LiPo battery. The Fuse is street priced at $199, it has a [...]
Let me start by saying I like the Dromida product line and especially the Vista, are normally a very easy to fly and tough little drone at a good price. Just wanted to say that I opened up a new one that I received a few weeks ago and it spun around in circles and would not take off. As entertaining [...]
FPV quad racing just keeps getting more popular. You’ve probably seen the videos of quadcopters racing around an track at breakneck speeds, heck, maybe you’ve even thought about building one for yourself. If you are in the market for an FPV racer, Heli-Max has announced the Joule 250 Carbon Fiber Race Quad. This is a 250mm (hence 250 class) quad [...]
New from Elanview is the Cicada Brushless Drone With FPV Camera. The Cicada is flown FPV from your smart device and comes loaded with a Wi-Fi enabled 1080P/16MP high-def camera. The camera has electronic image stabilization and rests on anti-vibration rubber grommets to produce sharper images. * Take off or return to home via slide of a button * 3-axis gyro with [...]
New from Heli-Max is the FORM 500 Utility Drone. What is a utility drone? It is a quadcopter that can do just about anything. The FORM 500 can be flown with a camera, or it can be flown just for fun. Some of its features include- * Comes with Tactic TTX810TS radio * Has a lifting capacity of 2.2 lbs * Comes with [...]
Looking for an affordable drone to get your feet wet shooting aerial video? Ya, me too. New from Estes is the Proto X Vid. It is extremely wallet friendly and can shoot 480p video of your flights. A 2.4GHz radio system keeps thing under control, while a six axis gyro with an “Auto Upright System” self-corrects the drone no matter [...]
If you have upgraded your IOS device and are having trouble with no gimbal control or no image. DJI support has just confirmed that the latest version of the PRO app is not compatible with the latest version release of IOS 9.0.2. They are working on a new release but there is not date on when. So if you have not updated you [...]
New for the multirotor crowd are Hitec’s Energy Rotor speed controllers. These are brushless ESCs designed for smooth and accurate throttle linearity, making your drone easier to fly and control. BLHeli firmware comes standard as does ONESHOT synchronization. Also of note, the Energy Rotor ESCs utilize the latest gen MOSFETs to increase efficiency. Energy Rotor 12A (#61071) * Current Rating- 12A / [...]
Since every quadcopter on the plant pretty much has a GoPro camera attached, they figured why not get the rest of the money and sell the quadcopter as well. There isn’t really much information yet about it, but they did mention it will have a stabilization system. GoPro also released footage from their quadcopter, but of course it looks like [...]
Yesterday we posted the teaser of a mad scientist working on a secret project. Today the secret has been unveiled, the folks at Hobbico have had some fun by making up a Frankenstein themed Dromida Vista. Check out the video below to watch the madness!!! To get more details on the Dromida Vista UAV/Drone simply hit up This Link. Click Here [...]
Looking to do a little drone racing? Come out for a day filled with fun and the excitement of Multi GP Racing. Learn to fly and race quad copters with some of the best pilots available. New flyers are welcome, there will be experts available to help tune your drone, learn to race by flying along side the pilots. There will also be [...]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that they are creating a new task force to figure out the rules and solve the questions and problems ahead that will come from requiring unmanned aircraft to be registered. Now keep in mind, we here at Big Squid RC are all about safety and rules (for the most part) but most of [...]
The world conquering Estes Proto-X was incredibly small, but the new Estes Proto-N is so much smaller that it makes the X look like a giant. In fact, the Proto-N is one of the World’s smallest drones, making it easy to fly in even very small areas. It is also so small that it is easily stored in a compartment [...]
