FPV drone

Michael Bay’s latest movie, Ambulance, will hit the theaters on April 8. Ahead of the release, a new behind-the-scenes video has dropped this week, showing how the director used FPV drones to pull off some absolutely spectacular shots in the pulse-pounding heist thriller.

Fans of aerial artistry have gotten a nice range of spectacular UAV piloting footage over the past year or so, including some seemingly impossible high-speed flights through sports venues and shopping malls. Now, one of the magicians responsible for many of those films is offering a we-dare-you-not-to-flinch video of his drone whizzing through Dallas Baptist University’s baseball facilities while a full crew of players works out.

Featuring an all-star ensemble of Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, Netflix’s latest mega-production, Red Notice, has made history by scoring the streaming service’s biggest opening day. But in addition to the A-list trio, the movie also features an A-list star from the world of FPV drones, albeit he stays behind the camera.

FPV drone wizard Jay Christensen is back with another adrenalin rush of a video. This time, he took his drone and goggles to a Minnesota amusement park to roll with the roller coasters.

GoPro recently announced its HERO10 Black, the most powerful camera the company has yet to produce. With a new processor and twice the frame rates, action vloggers, hobbyists, and FPV pilots have been snapping them up. While there are some worthy competitors out there, we’re going to look at why GoPro is the camera of choice for most in the First-Person-View drone crowd.

It’s quite possible that a Minnesota Timberwolves guard isn’t actually the pilot behind this lovely little FPV drone video. But it’s nice to think Anthony Edwards can actually pitch and roll as well as he can run and gun. Watch a basketball star fly an FPV drone.

How do you tell the world about expanding to a new location? Through advertisements in local media? By shooting out emails to relevant subscribers? Maybe you share some posts on social sites? Well, if you’re DJI, you get longboard world champ Jiny Kim to freewheel effortlessly into your new digs.

Grab the popcorn and settle in, because this is rally racing that you NEED to watch. An FPV drone chased the world’s best rallycross drivers during the final 2021 World RX event at the Circuit de Lohéac in France last weekend. And the resulting footage is pretty dope!

The Dallas Cowboys created quite a buzz with that stellar drone footage of their practice facility for Hard Knocks, didn’t they? Well, it was enough for Miami Dolphins to come forward with an FPV drone video of their own – showing off their new world-class sports performance facility, the Baptist Health Training Complex.

Everyone’s talking about last night’s episode of HBO’s 18-time Sports Emmy-winning series Hard Knocks. But more than the Dallas Cowboys, the spotlight is on The Star – the football team’s state-of-the-art practice facility in Frisco, Texas. And that’s because of a dope three-minute FPV drone fly-through video.

Fans of drone videos know Ellis van Jason as a master of the art, and a veritable wizard of cinematic first person view (FPV) flights. For any readers who missed it, DroneDJ is now shouting about an absolute cracker he has uploaded featuring a dizzying plunge down the world’s tallest waterfall.

Every once in a while, as you know, intriguing drone videos catch our eye. But this child FPV pilot from Thailand? Well, he’s an inspiration.

Remember Porsche’s thrilling campaign video for the Taycan Cross Turismo that was shot by Johnny FPV? While you and I may have found the film absolutely spectacular, the carmaker thinks its Drive2Extremes campaign can go up a notch. And it is willing to wager a $20,000-worth one-week-long, all-expenses-paid trip to the Porsche Ice Experience in Levi, Finland, for that.

A couple of pieces of eye candy here: one phenomenal still image, plus a great little FPV zip that’s getting some buzz on Reddit.

Austin FC, the newest member of the Major League Soccer, inaugurated its brand-new home, the Q2 Stadium, this month. And the club’s co-owner and minister of culture, Matthew McConaughey, could hardly contain his enthusiasm while walking fans through an FPV drone tour of the state-of-the-art $260 million facility.

We’ve never been to Venice, and from what we’ve been reading, now is the perfect time for a trip. The hordes of tourists normally clogging the city are a faint whisper of their pre-pandemic presence, meaning you really get to enjoy the beauty of Venice without all the distractions. Sounds perfect for a First-Person-View flight.

If you’re into FPV drones, you’ve probably seen Johnny FPV’s mind-blowing video for the new Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo. And if you have seen that video, you must have wondered: How did Johnny Schaer capture those rocks exploding into the camera in slow motion? We have the answers.

A hot-air balloon glides over a frosty pine forest. A sports car drifts, first in the snow, then in the sand. From the biting cold of Levi, Finland, you are instantaneously transported to the blistering heat of Liwa Desert in the United Arab Emirates. Like magic. An FPV drone slices through the air to bring the symphony of contrasts to life. And you think to yourself, how utterly fortunate am I to witness this stuff of legends!

Think you are done with CineWhoop-style drone videos? This legendary single-take FPV drone tour of a newly refurbished Jaguar Land Rover showroom in Brighton, UK, will make you think again.

Remember that heartwarming, single-take FPV drone ad from a couple of months ago that peeled away at the private lives of Singaporeans? Well, we now have in-depth information on how NTUC Income, a Singapore insurance company, pulled off such an amazing piece of work. And if you’re into FPV drones, or great storytelling in general, you would want to read this.

We got a heads up from our pal Nikolay over at FPV Filmz. We keep in touch because Nikolay’s a very talented pilot who’s always pushing the envelope. And he did so again with this new video.