San Francisco, CA —The camera drone industry is growing at breakneck speed.  Engineers especially in China are competing to make most reliable, safest, and easiest to operate drones. DJI is the undisputed leader of the pack.  They put out the wildly successful Phantom and Phantom 2 consumer models multi-rotor drones. They either use the great little GoPro Cameras or their own built in offering.  DJI should stick to drone making and there is now evidence that they are partnering up with Panasonic and at least one other company to make photography history. I’m beyond delighted with my Phantom 2 and GoPro unit.  I learned how to fly it through the generosity and kindness of an American Airlines pilot pal along with my drone hobby shop proprietor Sergio of PiroflipRC in Van Nuys, CA.  There is a learning curve and the drone engineers are not writers but still must write the instruction manuals nonetheless.  When you add in a Chinese to English t...

Sergio Marachilian Los Angeles, CA —a close friend that is a long time pilot for American Airlines and before that TWA turned me on to this new hobby.  I have always loved photography and photographers always want to get the best view and angle.  Arial photography was nearly always out of the question because of the high costs involved.    There are other issues such as; helicopters can’t always get into tight spaces.   Helicopter crashes can be catastrophic but a mishap with the new generation quadcopters almost never causes injury or property damage.   These new drones seem to escape any significant damage should they crash into something!   Modern brushless electric motors and advanced batteries have radically changed the remote control world.   A whole new Galaxy of model planes, boats, cars helicopters and quadcopters is here.   They once were toys really; they seemed to have little value beyond frivolous entertainment. Not an...