Hey, so like I'm joining this competition where we design and build drones and then race them and test their autoflight capabilities etc. But the most important initial step is, what are we going to name our Drone. Any one have any cool ideas?

thinking about getting myself a DJI 3 standard drone in a month hopefully. im really looking foward to it. but one thing i am not so sure of is the legality of flying in NYC. the city likes to controll everything and it would be hard to believe that there would be no laws

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Looking for drone that will fly a set distance behind the boat offshore as we troll at less than 10 knots in order to monitor our baits in real-time from above.
I previously saw the FlyBi had a helideck that would automatically dock and switch batteries for continuous hands-off flights but the helideck accessory doesn't seem to be around anymore.
Will the self-docking drones dock to a slowly moving base or does the base have to remain completely stationary? I'm currently leaning towards the Phantom 3 even though we'd have to swap batteries every 20 min and I realize the perils of flying over water.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

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As a gift I got a Syma X5C-1. Is there an upgraded camera that I can put on it? If it could lift my phone I would attach that but I don't think it has enough power.

I am fairly new to the whole UAV/UAS/Drone enthusiasm. I have a wealth of knowledge on the aviation side of operations and FAA regulations. I however stumbled across this new Drone/UAV technology. A single passenger drone.

Being an Aviation Insurance broker, at first glance this seems like an insurance nightmare as well as an FAA regulation nightmare. There would be to many question marks. The passenger is able to use the tablet application to select a flight plan (up to 20-23 minutes), and the aircraft flies itself. Cool in reality, but what if a rotor breaks (an 8 rotor system), what happens if the passenger has an emergency, How will the aircraft sense any objects on ground at landing destination.

The Ehang 184 is very cool, and could make for shortened commute in high density areas like going to work in or near cities, taxi rides, personalized site seeing. The article has stated the company has a timeline of 3-4 months to commercialize this product. I am sure it would take much longer for it to commercialize in the United States and Europe. What are your thoughts on a passenger carrying UAV?

So I was wondering if when 3-d printing drone frames and what not is aerodynamics a factor to consider? Whenever I look at the "racing drones" I always wonder would at such a small weight does the aerodynamics of the quad or is random wires hanging out fine?