Assembling off-the-shelf parts is commoditized. Owning the whole stack — airframe to cloud — is the only moat that compounds. The case for vertical integration.
I passed my FAA Part 107 commercial drone pilot certification on the first try. Here's how I studied, what surprised me about the material, and why it opens the door to flying drones commercially.
After years away from manual flight, I got back into FPV. Notes on the Pavo 20, DJI O4, and why I think manual flying still matters if you're building autonomous systems.