Guides, news, and insights about drone services, aerial photography, and Terasor.
From 18 November 2026, some drones, motors, propellers, radios and autopilots need a Chinese export licence. Here is what the announcement covers, where typical camera drones sit on the published figures, and who is most likely to notice.
From the evening of 19 October 2026, drones may not fly within one nautical mile of the US-Mexico border without permission. Here is what the FAA has published, who it covers, and how to check and ask before you fly.
From 26 October 2026, the FAA's initial Part 107 knowledge test will include chart questions built from images that aren't in the testing supplement. Here is what changes, what doesn't, and how to prepare.
Thinking of turning a camera drone into inspection work? What UK clients pay for, the jobs that tend to come first, the kit and permissions involved, and how to reach the first clients.
The CAA eased the line of sight rule in two small steps in September and set out how it wants routine flights beyond sight to work by 2027. What has changed, who it helps, and what it means for an ordinary drone pilot.
Your DJI drone writes a .srt file next to every video, holding the time, position and height of the flight. Flight Log turns it into a route, a height graph and a logbook entry. Here is what UK and US rules ask you to record.
Most drone apps do one job. Working pilots need several: finding paid work, getting paid, planning flights and showing their work. Here is what a pilot app should cover, and how Terasor does it.
The UK clocks go back on 25 October, and more autumn and winter work ends up flown at dusk. What the green light rule asks of you after dark, and what cold air does to a drone battery.
Many of the Dolomites' best known views sit inside protected areas with their own drone rules. In South Tyrol, 18 of them are closed to private and promotional flights. What the rules say, and who wrote them.
Write a job once at a set price, then send a customer a link or show them a QR code, and they pay by card without signing up first. How My Offers works, what the customer sees and what it costs.
Guides to flying a drone in Bali or Komodo start with forms. The Indonesian regulator's own wording starts earlier, with who may hold the certificate everything else depends on. What the authorities publish, in their words and in translation.
Top speeds are quoted in a wind tunnel, at sea level, in a mode some regions cap. What that speed buys, what it does not, and what is rumoured about the Avata 3.