Betaflight 4.4 is here! ELRS goes 100 km! (FPV News with JB and ItsBlunty)

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PSA: HDZero SMA connector Issue - Free Fixes From HDZero and At-Home Fix From TweetFPV
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/hdzero/posts/562624915765474/
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7WETABQdE

PSA: iFlight Has A Warehouse in the EU
* https://iflight-rc.eu/en-de

Betaflight 4.4 Has Been Released!
* https://betaflight.com/docs/release/Betaflight%204.4%20Release%20Notes
* https://github.com/betaflight/betaflight/releases/tag/4.4.0

ExpressLRS Goes 100km on 2.4ghz!
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjQYLyvai6s
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41kw1AnKps - Frsky L9R with 2W Booster and Yagi
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULVwMSL5xac - Crossfire 100km flight
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcsCOvXBuw - Dragonlink 100km

Cinematic of the Week: Roller Skating Through a Mall - d.visionaerials
* https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cn8htfoAFPG/
* https://www.tiktok.com/@rxlling.stxned/video/7193685150801087749
* https://www.instagram.com/d.visionaerials/

Diversity Antenna Mounting Testing by Oscar Liang
* https://www.facebook.com/intofpv/posts/pfbid02Ryewax5ypLtRNg47GxnU9a1HXPiu5Cva71V7ngqiQzvPmNSuGpZWFdgLvWsXL7qPl

Community Spotlight: Untold Story Of Flite Test - Tail Heavy Productions
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GENq_2twfGI

Community Spotlight: Velocidrone Track for 2023 Drone Race At The Museum - CustomRCMods
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mMHepac2bA

Event: Rotor Riot Rampage, May 20-21st, Barnwell, SC
* https://rampage.rotorriot.com/

Event: Street League Race #1 Signups Are Live!
* https://streetleague.io/race/2023/citrus-springs
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39ba5hBUIU
* https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963/26717056461755890805164625718411908057379467408626673241369288000980123748000

It’s Barely News

MIT Develops Toroidal Propellers For Decreased Noise
* https://twitter.com/MITLL/status/1611438712683958306
* https://www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/other/doc/2022-09/TVO_Technology_Highlight_41_Toroidal_Propeller.pdf
* https://newatlas.com/aircraft/toroidal-quiet-propellers/

Excessive Discharge in Some Lithium Batteries Could Be The Result of Internal Tape
* https://www.dal.ca/news/2023/01/16/dalhousie-battery-discovery-self-discharge.html
* https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/acb10c
* https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/acaf44

Solid-State Cooling From Vibrating Membranes Could Replace Fans?
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxTnGEAx3E

Drone Collects Animal DNA From Treetops
* https://www.popsci.com/technology/e-dna-drone-tree-top/

Micro-Cameras with Neural Network Processing Are Coming
* https://www.freethink.com/hard-tech/salt-grain-micro-camera
* Report Published on Cesna That Hit A Loitering Police Drone
* https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/drone-collision-report-issued/
* https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2021/a21o0069/a21o0069.html

Drone Helps Mapping Nuclear Waste Storage for Removal
* https://dronedj.com/2023/01/26/elios-indoor-drone-nuclear-waste/
* New Radio Transmission Provides Less Technically Complex Alternative to Backscatter for TX units with very low power
* https://www.hackster.io/news/new-radio-transmission-technology-requires-no-power-at-all-82f422d47106

Drone Interrupts Football Game
* https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64361114

Drone Finds Lost Dog in Devens
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRRJxb2qxa4