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there are drones and then there are monster drones this professional hexacopter is the unique tornado it has a retractable landing gear foldable arms for portability and thirty minutes of flying time the tornado is compatible with a Panasonic Lumix gh4 or the sony a7r - they sit on the three axis gimbal with a floating mount to keep it stable even in high winds but if you want the most flexibility there is the C go for camera made by unique inside it's the same as the Lumix gh4 but you also have the ability to use the three times optical zoom during filming talking about specs is all well and good but this is how it actually slides so everything is controlled through this panel here I'm going to hit the record button so I start recording the footage I'm gonna start it up there we go here we go alright now it's up it's holding its position I'm gonna retract the landing gear that's kind of cool it's actually really easy to fly even for someone like me was very limited during flying experience but there's also the option to drive it a bit more aggressively through the angle mode or you can also make it come straight home to you by flicking it into home mode it's really really fun too okay now it's in smart mode it's not gonna come any closer to me because of that geofence so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna try and land it I'm gonna flick the landing gear down and then bring it all the way down it has a sensor so it's not going to crash into the ground when you bring it in the throttle all the way down it's going to sense the ground and then insured lands neatly and safely it really is easier that the ground controller runs Android and has a 7-inch touchscreen that gives you metrics on telemetry data camera exposure controls and of course the live video view all of the tornador will set you back five thousand US dollars with camera equipment extra for more on the unique tornado check out cnet.com