ANDRO and Modovolo Demo Day November 23, 2024
ANDRO Computational Solutions, a world leader in RF spectrum, edge computing, and electronic warfare technologies, and Modovolo team up for…
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Why Upstate NY is the Center of the Drone Universe
A brief history of how Upstate NY is the center of the drone universe. Written by Modovolo’s CEO, Justin Call.…
Modovoloの回転翼電動ドローン「Modovolo Lift」、モジュール式で多様な構成が可能。低コストで長時間の飛行時間を持つ
Our good friends at drone.jp review the Modovolo Lift.
Modovolo Lift: Modular drone with technical finesse and very long flight time
Our good friends at Hense review the Modovolo Lift. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Modovolo-Lift-Modular-drone-with-technical-finesse-and-very-long-flight-time-10029579.html
What the Fall of the Roman Republic, the Cost of Death, and Drone Operators have in common
We know that this has been a burning topic for you so we’ll dig right into it. Let’s first do…
Toilets and Drones: What Toilets Can Teach Us About Drone Prices
We’ve talked about toilet designs and drones before in an earlier article (which was the beginning of what is now…
Cost-Per-(Flight)-Minute and the Battle Against the Idiot Factor
In our last article we talked about how Elon Musk uses “First Principles Thinking” (FPT) and about the “Idiot Factor,”…
What Tesla, SpaceX, and the Idiot Factor means for Drones
I have to confess. Elon Musk is one of my heroes so I shamelessly copy a lot of his thinking.…
Why the Bicycle Wheel is the Future of Drone Flight
A discussion with Erik, CTO of Modovolo, and another shameless pitch for the Modovolo Lift. “I’m a commercial drone pilot…
The Wright Brothers Were Also Beefy Propeller Freaks
Skinny Propellers versus Beefy Propellers. It’s one of our favorite debates, and, yes, we’ve written about it extensively here and…
Countering the Countering CCP Drones Act
Photo by Dan Dennis on Unsplash Is the Countering CCP Drones Act the solution to the DJI problem? Check out…
Why Beefy Propellers Are Better (or alt title: The Story of Genetic-Algorithm Designed Propellers)
In a previous post entitled, “The Problem with Skinny Propellers,” we talked about how the vast majority of drone manufacturers…
What Moneyball (both the book and movie) means for drones (and Cost-Per-(Flight)-Minute)
Moneyball. It’s a movie about statistics. And baseball. And neither of these is a recipe for a thriller or action-packed…
How To Tune A Drone: Part 2
First, as a quick recap of “How To Tune A Drone: Part 1,” we learned about Control Systems and the…
How To Tune A Drone: Part 1
We admittedly try to come up with nice click-bait titles all the time (mostly to prove that we are more…
Modovolo Secures Seed Funding in Record Time to Revolutionize Drone Technology
A Modovolo Lift Prototype (#42) on a test flight August 10, 2024 Utica, NY, August 26, 2024. Modovolo, Inc. is…
How do you get your drone business out of RTL Mode?
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?
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…
Why bacon is tastier and more aerodynamic than your drone (or alt title: How motors create drag)
We’re big fans of creating crazy click-bait titles – and the title for this post is no exception. Sure, bacon…
The Problem with Skinny Props (or alt title: The Beauty of Beefy Props)
If you’re like me, you often think about skinny drone propellers. Things like: All of these are important and compelling…
The Future of Data and Drones: Is a data breach or ransomware attack in your future?
Article Series: The Future of Data and Drones: Lessons from the worlds of big data, enterprise software, and private equity.…
How does the Ford Model T predict the future of drones?
Industries have very predictable life cycles. It starts with the “Pioneer Stage”: Dozens (if not hundreds) of manufacturers all try…
Why the ancient Romans had better drones than we do
The Ancient Romans. Over several centuries they went from a small collection of villages along the banks of the River…
BVLOS is coming but how do you comply with Part 107 now?
We have co-authored this article with DroneBlog to explore Part 107, the key FAA regulation for flying over people. Most…
The Future of Data and Drones: How do you avoid vendor lock-in and move your data between vendors?
Article Series: The Future of Data and Drones: Lessons from the worlds of big data, enterprise software, and private equity.…
The Future of Data and Drones: Do you own your own data about your drones and program? You’ll be surprised that you often don’t.
Article Series: The Future of Data and Drones: Lessons from the worlds of big data, enterprise software, and private equity.…
The Future of Data and Drones: How do you get the data you need to support the key metric, Cost-Per-(Flight)-Minute?
Article Series: The Future of Data and Drones: Lessons from the worlds of big data, enterprise software, and private equity.…
Should you buy a new iPhone each time you buy an app? DJI thinks you should.
Let’s go back to the dark ages of the computer. 1970s. This is when companies like Data General, Wang, and…
Toilets and Drones: Why toilet design and your current drone’s design are the same
Toilets are in many ways unsung heroes of the modern world. Yes, it’s true that antibiotics, vaccines, and other medical…
How did the Modovolo Lift come to be? A discussion with Erik, CTO of Modovolo, and another shameless pitch for the Modovolo Lift.
“I’m a commercial drone pilot myself and it was frustrating to me that flight time was so low for all…
More Shameless Promotion of the Modovolo Lift
“I lose money every minute my drone isn’t in the air”. We’ve heard that more times that we can count.…
Why Farting On Your First Date Is A Better Idea Than That Drone Battery Charging Room In Your Office
There are three important conditions here for this blog post. First, we think any fart qualifies for this. Silent-but-deadly. Loud-and-proud. …
Why every drone operator should be a finance freak and love Asset Utilization (aka Cost-per-Flight-Minute)
We’ve talked before about how Southwest Airlines keeps its planes in the air (and how this makes money for Southwest).…
Why growing a drone business is like the mafia sticking your private parts into a vat of lye…
Lye is one of the mafia’s favorite tools. Heat it up a few hundred degrees and in a few hours…
Why Your Drone’s Batteries Are The Equivalent To The Death Star
OK. In full transparency, the title of this blog post is about 70% click-bait. But the other 30% is a…
Introducing the Modovolo Lift: Amazing Flight Time, Extremely Low Cost, And Designed Like a Lego Kit!
We have one mission at Modovolo: to build a drone that could carry any payload, for hours instead of minutes,…
The Modovolo Lift: Taking Modularity, Flight Time, and Price to Another Level
How could we build a drone with long flight time and at price far below anything on the market? That’s…
The Future of Data and Drones: AI and Big Data are useless unless you have the Key Metric for your drone program or drone business
Article Series: The Future of Data and Drones: Lessons from the worlds of big data, enterprise software, and private equity.…
Why you are losing money when your drone is not in the air
We’ve shamelessly stolen this from the playbook of Southwest Airlines. You see, 40 years ago, Southwest figured out that people…
Why an anvil is better designed to fly than a drone
I know you’re thinking: “that’s a bat-shit crazy title.” But bear with me on this one. It’s not as (bat-shit)…