KAPYAH / JOURNAL

Notes on flight.

A closer look at the decisions that shape unmanned systems. From aircraft fundamentals to mission-specific architecture.

Graphic treatment: KapYah tethered aircraft with ground power equipment

TETHERED TECHNOLOGY / Updated 06 August 2024

The case for staying above.

Understanding the continuous-power architecture of tethered UAVs.

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Graphic treatment: Six-arm airframe in the KapYah field archive

PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE / 27 July 2025

Six rotors. A broader payload brief.

The AeroHex-900 architecture, from KapYah’s engineering archive.

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Graphic treatment: KapYah quadcopter in flight against the sky

FLIGHT FUNDAMENTALS / 24 July 2025

Four rotors. A considered choice.

What a quadcopter architecture offers—and what the mission needs to ask of it.

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