Remote-control vehicles once primarily inhabited the territory of hobbyists. People would take their planes out to a field on a Saturday afternoon and spin a few lazy circles in the sky. With the advent of unmanned aerial vehicles, drones and other high-tech applications, however, it has quickly become a brave new remote-control world. “I grew up building and flying model airplanes since I was 9 or 10 years old,” said Zenon Dragan, president of Draganfly Innovations. “It turned into a hobby, and the hobby turned into a business.”
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The Brave New World of Unmanned Vehicles
Posted by: Vivian Wagner July 27, 2013 05:00 AMRemote-control vehicles once primarily inhabited the territory of hobbyists. People would take their planes out to a field on a Saturday afternoon and spin a few lazy circles in the sky. With the advent of unmanned aerial vehicles, drones and other high-tech applications, however, it has quickly become a brave new remote-control world. “I grew up building and flying model airplanes since I was 9 or 10 years old,” said Zenon Dragan, president of Draganfly Innovations. “It turned into a hobby, and the hobby turned into a business.”