by Toglefritz | Jan 21, 2015 | Black Tie Aerial
Getting an FCC License to Fly FPV One thing most multirotor pilots interested in flying with FPV technology don’t realize is that one of the prerequisites to flying FPV is getting an amateur radio licence from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)....
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 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...
