Skinny Propellers versus Beefy Propellers. It’s one of our favorite debates, and, yes, we’ve written about it extensively here and here, but as a quick recap our view of the world is this: We thought that this debate started when we came out of stealth-mode and publicly launched Modovolo in March 2024. But it turns…
Photo by Dan Dennis on Unsplash Is the Countering CCP Drones Act the solution to the DJI problem? Check out our opinion on this question featured in UAV Commercial News in our published article here.
In a previous post entitled, “The Problem with Skinny Propellers,” we talked about how the vast majority of drone manufacturers have made the most unhappy trade-off with their propellers and electric motors: (i) propellers can only spin so fast before there is “boundary layer separation” (i.e., the propeller stops producing lift) but (ii) electric motors…
Moneyball. It’s a movie about statistics. And baseball. And neither of these is a recipe for a thriller or action-packed adventure. And truth be told: Moneyball isn’t. But it is improbably one of the more interesting films of the 21st century. Based on a 2003 book written by Michael Lewis, the movie recounts the true…