Tips and Hacks for Navigating Recreational Drones
17:31 minutes
Do you know the difference between a remote-control helicopter and a drone? Want tips for piloting your pocket-size drone or hacking your quadcopter? Drone educator Steve Cohen guides us through building and buying a hobbyist drone, and professional drone racer Zoe Stumbaugh tells us what it takes to zip a hexacopter around a track at 70 miles an hour.
Segment Guests
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen is president of the Drone User Group Network – NYC/NJ Chapter and a UAS technology specialist at Bergen County Technical Schools in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
Zoe Stumbaugh
Zoe Stumbaugh is a UAV pilot and Multirotor Superstore team pilot based in Santa Cruz, California.
Meet the Producer
About Alexa Lim
@AlexaLim22Alexa Lim was a senior producer for Science Friday. Her favorite stories involve space, sound, and strange animal discoveries.