by Toglefritz | Jan 19, 2015 | Black Tie Aerial
An Introduction to FPV We all know humans can’t fly. Our bones are far too dense and flapping our arms does not produce adequate lift to overcome the pull of gravity, but luckily we can use technology to give us the experience of flying. I’m not talking...
by Toglefritz | Jan 14, 2015 | Fusion 360
Recently I was trying to 3D print a complex logo. My plan was to draw the logo shape in Fusion 360, extrude the logo into a 3D form, and then 3D print it. I had the logo in SVG format and, given its complexity, I did not want to try recreating the logo from scratch in...
by Toglefritz | Jan 8, 2015 | Black Tie Aerial
Adding LED Lights to Your Multirotor Almost everything looks more futuristic with multicolored LEDs attached to it. This is certainly true of multirotor aircraft. But putting LEDs on your multirotor will not only make it look really cool, but also it will serve a...
by Toglefritz | Dec 16, 2014 | Black Tie Aerial
Product Review: Rotor Bits As you probably know, there are many different types of multirotor. All multirotors share a similar set of parts: a flight controller, some motors, some props, a battery, and some ESCs. Different multirotor designs have different numbers of...
by Toglefritz | Dec 11, 2014 | Black Tie Aerial
Assembling the Rotor Bits Servo Mount If you have read The Physics of Quadcopter Flight, you know that one of the interesting issues with multirotor design and control is a phenomenon called induced yaw. Basically, when you have a bunch of propellers spinning while...
by Toglefritz | Sep 23, 2014 | Black Tie Aerial
Multirotors and the Law (Specifically the FAA) The past couple of years have seen a dramatic increase in the popularity of multirotor aircraft piloting as a hobby, as well as for potential commercial applications. The rapidly decreasing cost of multirotor flight...
