This was the second piece from Drone Magazine for May 2018, and was the cover picture. It was also a case of being able to reuse assets I’d created when reviewing for YouTube. Since I started writing as well, from this point onwards I’ve always taken stills of anything that could be reviewed as I […]
Category: Reviews
Extreme Fliers Micro Drone 3.0+ Combo review (from DroneZone April/May 2018)
Here’s something I certainly wouldn’t have chosen to ever fly or review, but DroneZone sent it over and asked me to write a review on it, which I did…. and spoiler alert, I hated it. It was way over priced, used old technology, and worst of all it managed to get $3M from an Indigogo […]
ImmersionRC 150 review (from DroneZone December/January 2018)
This Vortex 150 review was originally written for RC Flight Camera Action, before it went under. See my previous entry on the Taranis QX7 review for more details on this. As it had been sent to me by ImmersionRC to use in the magazine, this was a slight pain that this took so long after […]
Taranis QX7 review (from DroneZone October/November 2017)
Not exactly topical is it a Taranis QX7 review, and even at the time of publication, it had been out a while. This review and another on the ImmersionRC Vortex 150 had a bit of a troubled journey into publication. RC Flight Camera Action […]
Moving from the Aurora 100 to a Firer 110 Frame
The Aurora 100 has become my favorite quad, after getting one sort of out of the blue from Banggood to review…. and that’s not just favorite micro quad, I mean quad of all dimensions. I was out a few weeks ago flying with my friend Neil (he also had an Aurora) when disaster finally struck. We […]
The MiniRaceWing build and FPV maiden
I’ve been championing the MiniRaceWing for a while now. For those not familiar with the background, it started as a Kickstarter project for a new type of wing. The basic premise was to use a mini-quad like carbon fiber centre section with wings that would detach in a crash to avoid any damage. I made a […]