Unlike most consumer drones on the market that use four rotors, the Falcon Mini adopts a bi-copter design featuring two propellers mounted in a V-shape above the drone’s body. When a flight ...

Sikorsky reported successful flight tests for its 115-pound, battery-powered twin prop-rotor unmanned aircraft.

Launching the drone hasn’t changed. I just push the two joysticks in toward each other and then pull down until the quadcopter’s four rotors start. Next, I push the left joystick straight ...

In 2024, police launched 1,826 drone flights, which were connected to 436 criminal investigations. Some were launched via an ...

I have seen other folding drones and they are either confusing to open or feel pretty DIY. The Mavic Pro is solid folded, unfolding and unfolded. The set of four rotors are each split in half ...

Researchers have developed a transport drone flying on multiple flexible rotors that self-correct to stay level in flight and can be used as a “flying shopping cart” to carry goods over uneven ...

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has successfully flown an electric-powered, 115-lb (52-kg) autonomous drone that uses what it calls a "rotor blown wing" to fly like both a helicopter and an ...

And they show how adaptable drone technology can be with a little imagination. Ukraine has made wide use of heavy multicopters carrying thirty pounds or more, with four, six or eight rotor blades.