Mothership Aeronautics

06/11/2022

Of course this was going to happen.

Beijing has touted the crewless drone carrier, the Zhu Hai Yun, as a powerful maritime research tool, but experts suggest it has military potential.

09/02/2021

In this video, we go through an example of a preliminary multirotor drone design and sizing problem, showing some of the basic mathematics used to estimate multirotor performance.

In this video, we go through an example of a preliminary multirotor drone design and sizing problem, showing some of the basic mathematics used to estimate m...

08/27/2021

Learning to design drones or just wondering how drone designers choose their motors?
Jonathan Nutzati describes a method of using manufacturers published performance specifications to select the appropriate motors for your design.

Jonathan Nutzati of Mothership Aeronautics discusses how to use spreadsheets and manufacturer published motor performance specifications to inform the initia...

06/12/2021

Weird time to take a photo, but here's a 360 of Mothership Aeronautics' workshop reorganization.

06/12/2021

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05/29/2021

Stayed tuned for more flight test updates.

02/03/2021

Drone Swarms are coming.

The question really is not if, but when and where drone swarms, which is the next evolution of robotic warfare, will be utilised in real-time operations.

01/30/2021

It was a blast working with Joe from Hydrachute this morning and learning more about their hydropower technology.
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01/04/2021

With 3D printed airframes, it’s easy to combine ribs and skins for high strength-weight ratio.

01/02/2021

Solar Powered blimps are an essential part of a Solarpunk future. Listen to Abe describe this and more about the future of solar energy on his interview on RT.

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy spend Christmas Eve with Abe Cambridge of TheSunExchange.com as they deliver the opposite of coal in your...

12/29/2020

Since September 2020, Mothership Aeronautics has been pursuing a new direction with an attrittable, micromanufacturable quadcopter design.

What this means for most people is, it’s cheap and easy to make and repair and replace if you crash it.

We’ve set up another FB page for those who want to share their builds and customizations.

The Mothership Aeronautics ecosystem is intended to empower students, hobbyists, professionals and organizations to develop and integrate their own unmanned systems through configurable, micromanufacturable vehicle designs.

11/17/2020

Designing and building drones is now a widespread and common activity among both professionals and hobbyists from all walks of life. But designing drones that can actually go fast remains an art.

Mothership Aeronautics CEO and Aircraft Designer, Jonathan Nutzati sheds some light on these challenges in this post.

With multirotor drones, aerodynamic design is not often the highest priority in the minds of designers.