If you’ve ever flown or watched anyone fly a racing drone for any length of time, you know that crashes are just part of the game and propellers are consumables. [Adam] knows this all to well, decided ...

This paper by TSAW Drones discusses the need for less noise in UAVs, how these toroidals can benefit the drone industry, how these propellers came to be and how exactly they reduce the noise. Also, in ...

A US Air Force civilian contractor was killed when she walked into a drone’s rotating propeller at a California airfield — after losing “situational awareness” while glued to a data recording device, ...

The same qualities that make drones fantastic tools for capturing amazing aerial footage can also make them a genuine threat that’s difficult to intercept when misused. But a clever new design for an ...

Calvin University has established an unmanned aircraft systems (drone) policy which applies to all employees, students, contractors, volunteers, and guests. The operation of unmanned aircraft systems ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A US military MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed last year after its propeller fell off during a mission. A new US Air Force report found ...

The Flyter startup has published a video about the tests of the propeller-motor group for the Flyter JR cargo drone with a take-off weight of up to 30 kg and a payload weight of up to 10 kg: As part ...

Researchers have published a study revealing their successful approach to designing much quieter propellers. Researchers have published a study revealing their successful approach to designing much ...

With dozens of propellers whizzing wildy, a multi-copter drone known as the Megacopter recently received the Guinness World Record for the heaviest load lifted for a remote-controlled multi-copter. It ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. When are two propellers better than four? When they give your drone extra battery life, greater portability, ...