Concepts I built from years of flying.
Mental models for the parts of drone work nobody teaches you. Names are mine — feel free to use them, just don't pretend they're yours.
№ 01
The Pilot Stress Bar
Variables that raise pilot stress and, with it, the real difficulty of a flight. When stress goes up, decisions get worse.
№ 02
The 20-Flight Amortization Rule
A drone amortizes by flight, not by year. Treat it like a tool with a finite lifespan and the math gets clear: this drone has to pay for itself before it ends up in a tree.