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…
First, as a quick recap of “How To Tune A Drone: Part 1,” we learned about Control Systems and the super-awesome acronym, PID. You can re-read that article here. This article is all about how we applied PID control systems and “bisectional algorithms” to the Modovolo Lift. Because as you read in “How To Tune…
We admittedly try to come up with nice click-bait titles all the time (mostly to prove that we are more clever than ChatGPT) but “How To Tune A Drone” is actually not a click-bait title. Tuning a drone is a real thing, and, if you’re like me, you immediately wonder if it is like tuning…
A Modovolo Lift Prototype (#42) on a test flight August 10, 2024 Utica, NY, August 26, 2024. Modovolo, Inc. is excited to announce the successful completion of its seed funding round in record time. “We started pitching investors on the second week of August and we had multiple offers to close out the round in…
This is a 3D image created by Aero AI’s technology called SiEGA. We’ve launched an article series with UAV Commercial News called: “Is your drone business in RTL Mode?” We’re interviewing top commercial Drone Operator businesses to learn about the challenges that they’ve had—and how they overcame those challenges—in order to give you actionable insights on how…
SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons We’ve launched an article series with UAV Commercial News called: “Is your drone business in RTL Mode?” We’re interviewing top commercial Drone Operator businesses to learn about the challenges that they’ve had—and how they overcame those challenges—in order to give you actionable insights on how to take your drone business…
We’re big fans of creating crazy click-bait titles – and the title for this post is no exception. Sure, bacon has nothing to do with drones whatsoever but at least you know that this wasn’t written by ChatGPT. Yet perhaps this title isn’t as crazy or click-bait-y as it first appears. First, bacon is tasty.…