The Beautiful Choreography of Dancing Drone Lamps
Cirque du Soleil partnered with ETH Zurich and Verity Studios to produce SPARKED, “a short film featuring 10 quadcopters in a flying dance performance.”
Drones
Movie Making from Above
I’m writing this article because I couldn’t easily find any information on the web prior to my departure to Tuscany. I’ve been flying multirotors for some time now and I have encountered a few elements not mentioned anywhere else — to my knowledge. I hope you will find that this info makes filming nice video […]
Maker Hangar ep6: Maker Trainer 2
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I give you an intro to the Maker Trainer 2. See the changes and improvement I made from the old design and see all the advantages of this new plane. In the next episode, I’ll will show us how to build the entire airplane, so stay tuned!
Make a Working Quadcopter Propeller with a 3D Printing Pen
If you thought 3D printing pens were just interesting toys, here’s something that might change your mind, a freehand 3D printed quadcopter propeller. The way it was made was quite interesting, and would be tough, if not impossible to duplicate with a “traditional” 3D printer. The surface of the original blade was simply traced with […]
Maker Hangar 2 ep5: Flying a Tricopter
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I give you some tips on how to be successful when flying your tricopter. I also include some video shot from my tricopter when I brought it on vacation and flew it around.
Maker Hangar 2 ep4: Flight Controller Boards
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I’ll teach you about flight controller boards. You’ll learn what they are and what they do in a multicopter. I’ll also show you how to set up your tricopter with the Flip 1.5 Multi Wii Controller board.
Maker Hangar ep3: Tricopter Build Part 2
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I show you how to finish building the tricopter. You’ll learn how to solder all the ESCs together and finish bolting together the tricopter.