By Ann Singer
For BU News Service
The Atlanta Drone Group, in partnership with Aerodrome and the city of Boulder City, hosted the Drone Rodeo on Jan. 4 at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport. The rodeo is an event where buyers, consumers and reporters can see and fly the latest industry drones in the open air of the desert. Matt Sloane, CEO of the Atlanta Drone Group and the executive producer of the rodeo, said the goal was to show off the true power of the drone outside of the cage of the convention center.
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Jon McBride explains how the AGRAS MG-1, DJI’s first agriculture drone, works to safely and efficiently spray pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
The AGRAS MG-1, DJI’s first agriculture drone, sprays water to demonstrate how it works to safely and efficiently spray pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, shown at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, N.V. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
Buyers, reporters and consumers talk with representatives from UVify, the manufacturers of the Draco line of ultra-high performance modular racing drones, at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
UVify, makers of the new Draco line of ultra-high-performance modular racing drones, put on a live drone race at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
UVify, makers of the new Draco line of ultra-high performance modular racing drones, displays its hardware and puts on a live drone race at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service
UVify, makers of the new Draco line of ultra-high-performance modular racing drones, put on a live drone race at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. They launched these UVify Draco quadcopters at CES, a small ahrdware that can fly at speeds between 75 and 100mph. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
Eric Milewski demonstrates the UVify’s HD Draco, part of UVify’s line of ultra-high-performance modular racing drone, at at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
Patrick Sherman (left) and Dan Kanes control Phantom 4 drones to play Skydrome, an app that lets you shoot lasers at each other in a game of dogfight, at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Singer.
A Phantom 4 drone is high in the sky in a game of Skydrome, an app that lets you shoot lasers at each other in a game of dogfight, at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, NeV. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
Epson test runs its new Moverio BT-300 Drone Edition glasses with the Phantom 4 drone at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
Epson test runs its new Moverio BT-300 Drone Edition glasses with the Phantom 4 drone at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
DJI, the leading industry drone manufacturer, works with Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems to show off three models (left to right): the Matrice M600 Industrial Hexcopter, AGRAS MG-1, and the Mavic at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
DJI, the leading industry drone manufacturer, works with Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems to show off the Matrice M600 Industrial Hexcopter at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
(From left) Paul Baur, Kyunghyun Lee and Chulwoo Park use a GUI betaflight plug to configure settings to race UVify’s new Draco quadcopters at the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
The Drone Rodeo is held this year at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. The droneport has temporary facilites at the moment, but these architectural plans show the vision of what the space will look like in the near future. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
The Atlanta Drone Group produces the Drone Rodeo at the Aerodrome/El Dorado, the world’s first droneport, on Jan. 4 in Boulder City, Nev. The rodeo is an event where you can fly and see the full capabilities of the industry’s leading drones in a space like the desert instead of a cage in a convention center. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service.
