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With First Commercial Air Collision, Is A Drone Disaster Inevitable?

October 19, 2017 theDroneInfodrone crash, drones0 comment

A SZ DJI Technology Co. Phantom 3 drone flies into the face of a crash test dummy during unmanned aerial systems (UAS) test experiments on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. There is little disagreement that the small- and medium-sized drones flooding the U.S. market can cause serious injury or even death in a worst-case scenario. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Drones are everywhere. The Los Angeles Police Department today got approval from a civilian review panel to deploy drone patrollers to “protect and…

Drone Crash – Advice and a few lessons learned

June 13, 2015December 13, 2016 theDroneInfodrone crash, education, lessons learned, post mortem0 comment

If you fly drones you will experience a drone crash (or perhaps many drone crashes). Read this article to see how one pilot investigated, learned, and avoided future crashes. Snapographic_com / Pixabay Our friends at Skylab Flight Systems are experts with the 3D Robotics line of drones and regularly provide support and repair services (as well as business advice for those just getting started). It’s not surprising that they may have helped a few drone crash victims over time. This story is filled with sadness, with joy, with ups…