If you have been pondering the possibility of starting to fly more than just your traditional GPS photography drones, then I highly recommend you see this article through to the end. After reading, you will become familiarized with my outline my top-5 picks for FPV drones for beginners in the year 2024.
Category: Drone Geek Thoughts
It’s Been a Minute…Let’s Catch Up!
I'd like to apologize for largely being missing-in-action on this blog. I started it with the best intentions to post weekly and, well, we all know how that tends to go at times -- especially in this industry.
Drone Pilot Flies Illegally in Las Vegas, Lands on Monorail Track
A drone pilot based in Nevada has found themself in hot-water from the larger drone community after posting a video of their alleged flight near the newly-installed Las Vegas Sphere.
Best GPS Drones for Beginners: 2023 Edition
A GPS drone is broadly defined as a drone that uses GPS positioning to hold its spot in its airspace in all three dimensions. By the end of this article, I will have introduced you to a few GPS drone platforms on which a novice pilot may easily cut their teeth in 2023.
Pivoting on Remote ID: Josh Bardwell Set Me Straight
It has been two weeks since I posted that response video and in that time I have inundated myself with all things Remote ID. During my inundation, our FPV lord and savior, Joshua Bardwell posted a video that resonated with me and made me realize that maybe I need to be even less rigid in my stance on Remote ID and how it impacts the community. I will link Josh's video at the bottom of this blog if you would like to watch it, but in the meantime if you have any vested interest in how it changed some of the nuances of my stance on Remote ID, keep reading...
The Death of XDynamics: A First-Hand Account
I was put into contact with XDynamics about conducting a review for The Drone Geek and The Droning Company, I was chomping at the bit. Here we had a company that, for years, suffered from bad press on their original design. Now I had an opportunity to help them right the ship with some good press, should they be worthy of it...but were they?
Welcome to My New Website!
What's up?! It's Chris, "The Drone Geek!" Welcome to my new website and blog! The last 6 years have been insanely busy for me in the world of drones. Starting from the bottom of the industry as your average hobbyist just fiddling around with a drone he got for Christmas to working hand-in-hand with some of the world's leading drone manufacturers. It has been nothing short of an incredible experience and I am excited to see what comes next for me during this rewarding journey.