I’m an electrical engineer, licensed pilot, and lifelong builder — and Sky Pirate Drones exists because I got tired of choosing between “off the shelf” and “actually right for the job.”

I hold a Private Pilot certificate and fly C152s and C172s when I’m not behind a drone controller. On the UAS side, I’m FAA Part 107 certified and spend as much time flying FPV. When I’m not flying drones, manned aircraft, or thinking of new designs, I enjoy downwind foiling — the latest sport of flying efficiently through ocean swells and using its nature to navigate a rough ocean for an exhilarating experience. It’s a different kind of flight, but it’s truly dynamic and challenging: reading a constantly changing open ocean and figuring out how to use its energy for lift instead of struggling with it. Having knowledge of flight dynamics plays a role in my professional and recreational life.

That crossover shows up in how I build. I design every frame with an engineer’s eye for structure and an actual pilot’s sense for how something behaves in the air.

Why I Build

I love photography and high-end cameras. I always wanted to fly the largest camera with the best lens possible. Being able to build something to achieve my dream has been very rewarding. Now I can apply this method to many different payloads across multiple applications.

What I’m Building Toward

My goal with every frame is the same: build something sturdy enough to trust, and accessible enough that it doesn’t matter if you’re a hobbyist experimenting in your garage, an engineer prototyping a payload solution, or a company that needs a heavy-lift platform that just works. No gatekeeping, no unnecessary complexity — just airframes built by someone who flies them too.