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Eric Cheng

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Greg McNeal has announced a new airspace evaluation app called AirMap.IO that looks like the most useful web app out there for analysis of where you can and can’t (or shouldn’t) fly. It looks extremely useful—congratulations, Greg, for releasing such a useful tool!

Abandoned naval barracks at Treasure Island, San Francisco. Shot with DJI Phantom 3. Download some hi-res pictures from Phantom 3 Pro here: http://ech.cc/p3samplepics

DJI Phantom 3 Professional 4K Dronie with Norm Chan and Joey Fameli from Tested.com, at Bliss Dance. Uploaded raw file from pre-production P3 Pro shot at 4K / 30p. Download some hi-res pictures from Phantom 3 Pro here: http://ech.cc/p3samplepics (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pav-10YEIEE?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Behind-the-scenes article about the DJI / Good Morning America Iceland aerial live broadcast. In February, I had the great privilege of going to Iceland with Good Morning America for a live broadcast over an erupting volcano (the Holuhraun eruption in the Bardarbunga volcanic system) using DJI Inspire 1 quadcopters. Ferdinand Wolf (Skynamic) and ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQX6bGBzhYc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I hosted the launch of the DJI Phantom 3 yesterday in New York City. It was live-broadcast to the world on both YouTube and YouKu (with simultaneous translation to Mandarin), and we’ve put the recorded broadcast up online in 5 parts. The first is embedded here, and the others can be found here: ...

People keep asking about the DJI Phantom 3 and whether or not it supports Phantom 2 batteries. They are NOT compatible. The new Phantom 3 has a lot more power, and its batteries are 4480 mAh, 15.2 V, which are higher voltage than P2 batteries. Although they look similar, they will not fit. Also, the ...

How to mount a Ricoh Theta m15 spherical camera to a DJI Inspire 1. The Ricoh Theta m15 is a $300 360º spherical stills and video camera. It is designed to be fun to use (it reminds me of the memory eraser in Men in Black), and has only 3 buttons: take a picture, turn on/off, and ...

A few of us met up with Jim McAndrew of Auto Flight Logic last week for a demo of Autopilot Phantom, their new app for the Phantom 2 Vision+. We have been waiting for a long time for someone to use the Phantom SDK to develop an app to assist normal Phantom owners, so it’s ...

Many folks have been asking how to carry an Inspire 1 without using a bulky case. Here’s a post from Facebook that shows a backpack that seems to work well. A quick search for “Airwheel Backpack” yields the official (Chinese) site that sells them for around $34, each. They are also available on eBay for $60. ...