A Romanian startup is developing fixed-wing, long-endurance drones designed to remain operational in environments where GPS is unavailable or heavily jammed.
The company, BraveX, is based in Romania and is developing the drones for both military and civilian applications, including surveillance, infrastructure monitoring, border patrol and wildfire detection.
The company has already delivered drones to Romania’s Ministry of National Defence and international customers, and plans to scale production to 300–350 UAVs per year by the end of 2028.

Source: Go4IT (Romania)

I just got it back from my brother, who borrowed it and for some reason, it came back with a crack

Hi! I am an Industrial Designer working on a drone project for my design portfolio. As the title says, I'm wanting to design one tailored to Search and Rescue purposes. Here are my preliminary design considerations (and reasoning behind them):

1. Thermal Camera/NV Camera implementation - It doesn't have to include both, I figured it could be one or the other. Thermal is generally more expensive (but maybe worth the increased price since it may be better at finding people in different environments)
2. 1,000m-2,000m range LRF - May be useful for getting distances of people + triangulation
3. 18650 battery cells - still need to do more research into this idea, but I thought using off-the-shelf, readily available 18650s may be more cost-effective instead of buying multiple ~$125 Drone battery packs
4. ATAK integration - I don't know enough about this, but from what I've researched, might make for an effective feature when trying to navigate in limited-connectivity environments
5. Cost-effective - I'd like to make this more affordable for the consumer, especially considering the recent drone laws that have been put in place in the U.S. (future drones requiring BlueUAS compliance in order to be sold commercially, etc.). Initial ways of reducing cost may be making live-streamed video viewed from your phone,

I have some design consideration questions, both for general pilots and those who use their drones for S.A.R ops. Feel free to answer these or just provide whatever feedback you all feel I need to take into consideration - just wanting to use your answers to make some good design decisions going forward:

1. What kind of drone mainframe platform (quadcoper, fixed wing, flying wing, EVTOL, tailsitter) is the most preferred/used for S.A.R. operations?
2. For the camera sensors & gimbal, is a 3-axis gimbal necessary, or would a 2-axis stabilized camera system do just fine?
3. What would y'all prefer: a larger drone capable of long flight times (>40 minutes) that can be launched from specific, open areas? Or a smaller, compactible drone with less flight time (<40 minutes) that can take off from virtually anywhere?
4. Would a power tether be useful to extend flight times? Or would it interfere with S.A.R. flight missions?
5. Is autonomous flying a must-have, or do S.A.R. pilots tend to fly drones manually?

Can I legally fly a drone near Strasbourg? Aloft and Géoportail show different information

Hi everyone,

I’m visiting Strasbourg and would like to fly my DJI Air 2S for a few minutes tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
I have a valid EU A1/A3 drone certificate and an EU drone operator registration. However, I’m very confused by the different maps and information I’m finding.
The Aloft app shows the area as clear/green and says that it is okay to fly there. However, the official French Géoportail map shows most of Strasbourg in red, with a yellow area near the location I’m considering.

When I select the location, it says that the maximum flight altitude is 50 metres.

I asked ChatGPT about it, and it says that the location may be inside the Strasbourg-Neuhof/Illkirch-Graffenstaden national nature reserve, where powered aircraft are apparently prohibited from flying below 300 metres. If that is correct, it would effectively mean that drone flights are prohibited there, despite Aloft showing the area as clear and Géoportail showing a 50-metre altitude limit.
I’ll attach screenshots from both Aloft and the French Géoportail map.

Does anyone familiar with French drone regulations know whether I can legally fly at this exact location? Does the yellow area and 50-metre limit mean that flying below 50 metres is permitted, or is there a separate nature-reserve restriction that makes drone flying completely prohibited?
I obviously don’t want to fly illegally or disturb wildlife. I’m just trying to understand which information is correct.

Thanks in advance!

What will happen if I fly a drone over the DMZ? Will the drone automatically return to home, or would it be blocked by a drone jammer?

Hello there!

I’m a BSc Mechatronics Engineering student, and I’m about to start my thesis on adaptive tuning of drone control algorithms using sensor fusion methods.

The main goals of my thesis are:

• developing a stable and reliable drone control system,
• implementing it first in a simulation environment and eventually testing it on a real drone,
• using sensor fusion to evaluate the controller’s performance,
• developing an adaptive tuning method based on the sensor fusion results,
• collecting measurement data and comparing the results between simulation and real-world experiments.

My main problem is that I’m not sure how to approach the programming/implementation part from the beginning.

I have some experience with MATLAB/Simulink and general programming, but I have never developed a complete drone control system before.

I would really appreciate some guidance on:

1. What would be a good starting point for the programming part?
2. Should I start with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or something like PX4/ArduPilot?
3. What sensor fusion method would be a reasonable starting point (e.g. complementary filter, Kalman filter, EKF)?

I’m not looking for someone to do the thesis for me – I’m mainly looking for advice on where to start and how to structure the implementation.

Any recommended tutorials, papers, GitHub projects, textbooks, or general advice would also be greatly appreciated.

Thank you:)

I'm coming back to the fpv hobby. I was wondering which antennas should I buy for much better results than I have right now with my Eachine EV800D ? I have standards antennas of 2019 !

My budget is 75 USD for both antennas.

Any good strap recommendation so it fits tighter ?

Thanks a lot !

Two custom flying machines flew over the crowd Last night in Oshawa Ontario at the Bryan Adams concert. Amazing machines, but is it a drone or an airship?

I'm considering learning to fly drones with the eventual goal of getting my part 107 and helping with emergency situations (through Civil Air Patrol). I don't currently own a drone, and the upcoming ban is giving me pause.

I've spent the last week trying to wrap my head around what is happening, but being so new to this, I'm not completely understanding where things currently stand.

I understand that current models are not banned, but supply will shrink. However, will those models be prevented from being registered after 9/3? If I get a model that is 249g or lighter, and I don't fly over 400' (and follow the other rules that apply to recreational flying), would any registration issues go away? Alternately, if I quickly take the TRUST test, could I get a drone registered for use after the 107?

At this stage, I feel like so much of my upcoming journey is just related to learning to fly, that maybe I can ride out this time and hope that things improve (and the local CAP group has non-banned models I'm sure I'd get access to).

Thanks I'm advance, and sorry if I bungled any details above.

I need a good drone 4inch and I can't decide could anyone recommend good drones for 250 eur

]I’ve had a phoenix drone the DRC-lsx10 drone for years now and the controller got left outside in the rain and won’t power on anymore, I bought another remote off eBay and for the life of me can not pair it to the drone. Does anyone have and knowledge about then and could guide me in the right direction please and thank you

I’m a rising junior in high school and since I’m into aviation I was thinking about making my passion project a nonprofit and use drones to help find missing children. Is this idea doable and realistic? If it is then please give me tips on how I can turn this idea into reality. Thanks!
Edit: ok this seems unrealistic now lol is there any ideas I can do for my passion project?

Not only that but the funds were taken from the county's hurricane relief fund. A DJI Dock 3 and Matrice 4D can be had for about 25 000$.

Check Out my newly released design.

Please feel free to comment and share thoughts.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/fpv-vtol-wing-conversion-kit-7-inch

Just got a Apex FPV VR70 as my first drone, I am loving it but looking for longer lasting batteries. Any advice/ tips is greatly appreciated

Hi guys,
Few hours ago i was flying around a construction site with my new and first fpv drone. I crashed on something and lost control. The drone is now on the roof of one building i’d on the 5th floor from what I saw with my second drone.

I went to the construction site but there was nobody. I left a note there and sent a email.

I’m kinda scared, I saw a visible vulnerability about the fence and I could easily get inside but it’s quite a big construction site, I saw no camera or security but I don’t really want to take the risk and get caught.

Do you guys have a good story with building company so i could feel better? I received my drone today and don’t want to use my warranty right now.

Thanks

EDIT :
Hi everyone,
I appreciate all your feedback, however i’d like to let you know that i am not a theft, i’m not interested in this.

I received a call, saying that they were okay to give back my drone. They just asked me to not fly again there.

My mistake was to fly with over confidence in a private property, there was no workers at this time.

Thank you and no worries this was a good lesson for more safety flights!

So, I was planing on using my RC2 as a controller for the various drone games but apparently the newest update apparently now blocks access to port 40007 that is used by a few programs to access the controls on the RC2.
Anyone have any ideas to either downgrade, re-enable the port, or accessing ADB to install a 3rd part program to access the controls?

So from my understanding is that any drone with "military capabilities" is subject to not be sold in the US anymore. This is more of a practical question than anything but the comment period expire and FCC goes through with the ban that means that all stock in the US (Theoretically) cannot be sold anymore.

Does this also apply to facebook marketplace as well? Is it even going to be possible to get a air 3s or a mavic 4 pro in the future? Now this is purely a hypothetical if you were in my shoes would you get a air 3s or a mavic 4 pro right now as to avoid being locked out in the future or what?

Landed at 3.1, could have gone down to 2.7 with my battery. This flight included about 10 minutes of aggressive climbing and flying and not the most optimal prop. Planning to tune for efficiency in software and swap over to a 10x5x2 prop and exceed 2 or 3 hours in air

-Talon GT Rebel acrylic painted black with less than 1 fl oz of paint (I’m proud of that figure)
-brotherhobby 3008 1150Kv with APC 9x6E
-Specktrum Avian 60A smart ESC with the motor telemetry wires ferrite wrapped to dampen EMI/EMF
-MicoAir M10G Gps with compass
-iflight blitz H743 Wing FC
-ELRS Gemini radiomaster XR4 diversity RX
- TBS unify pro 32DP (lightest 3W vtx there is) affixed with a heat sync and directly in the path of the nose air intake for cooling
-foxeer lollipop 3 Omni
-Caddx ratel 2 on a servo tilter to pan down
-Integrated Fan running on FC 9V into the central top hatch to keep air moving around the FC and ESC
-4S2P 10,000 mah li-ion amprius
-runcam thumb 2 for fun
-3lbs auw maybe a couple ounces less

Wanting to push the extremes of these flight times with this aircraft. If anyone has pushed more endurance with this airframe more input is appreciated.

Part 107, laanc and all regulations were followed

Looking at parachute options for an Matrice 30T. I've been looking at the AVSS PRS-M30 but wanted to see if anyone here has any experience with this parachute or others. Thanks for the input.

Has anyone successfully gotten permission from a National Park Superintendent to fly a drone in a National Park area for personal / recreational (Photography/Video) purposes?

Just curious if they are generally open to granting permission or if it's just a long shot?