As part of 2019’s Team Drone Challenge – Forest Fury, competing teams are asked to provide a proof of flight video before the competition. For those that weren’t quite sure what was meant by a proof of flight video, we have included an example below. Thank you to the Cazenovia High School Tech Labs teams... Read More
Drone Tools, Materials and Supplies
Here’s a list drone tools, materials and supplies. It has been broken down in 3 main categories. * = Need to have ** = Good to have *** = Nice to have Images, Links to Buy, General Prices, and CNY Drones recommendation and reasoning will be coming out soon. This post was last updated: Tools:... Read More
Sample Equipment to Build 450mm Drone for Team Drone Challenge
This is a list of parts to build a basic drone that can fly in the CNY Drones Annual Team Drone Challenge. To be successful in completing the various missions additional electronics and/or materials will need to be added based on your team’s mission goals. CNY Drones does not guarantee the availability of any parts... Read More
Examples of Drone Parts, Kits, and FPV gear
PDF of some examples of Drone Parts, Kits, and FPV gear. Read More
Common Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms
Common Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms that should help new members of the community. Read More
Pictures and Privacy – Best Practices
A list of voluntary guidelines for “neighborly” drone use, which serve to provide guidance to UAS operators on ways to balance their rights as drone users and other people’s rights to privacy. Read More
Griffiss International Airport
The function of the Griffiss International Airport is to provide a safe and well maintained facility to serve the current and future commercial, corporate, business, governmental, and general aviation needs of Oneida County and the State of New York. The goal of the Griffiss International Airport is to expand its economic impact in order to ensure that the community achieves the maximum benefit from the airport’s potential for enhancing economic growth. Read More
FPV FreeRider Recharged – Simulator
https://fpv-freerider.itch.io/fpv-freerider-recharged This is the deluxe version of FPV Freerider. It is focused on bigger and more detailed sceneries. You need a pretty fast computer for the simulator to run smoothly. If necessary you can try to run it at lower resolution in order to get better framerate (using command line parameters as described in the... Read More
The Drone Racing League Simulator
http://thedroneracingleague.com/simulator/ The DRL Racing Simulator allows new pilots to learn how to fly a racing drone, compete in actual DRL courses, race friends, and enemies from around the globe, and try out for the 2017 DRL season. This is a free simulator with a focus on racing.... Read More
One-Year Anniversary of the FAA’s Drone Registry
Today is the one year anniversary of the FAA's drone registry. More than 600,000 people have registered their drones online and received safety information. We now have more than twice as many drones as manned aircraft in our nation's airspace. Read More