Episode 58 -- Dario Valenza from Carbonix
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In this episode, we hear from Dario Valenza from UAV builder Carbonix, which has its origins in Valenza's time working with composites on America's Cup racing teams.
Episode guide
1:16 – Origin story.
2:25 – Background in America’s Cup racing and why that’s important.
3:15 – Why linear infrastructure has become the priority.
5:10 – Relationship with Quickstep, and why they are a good fit as a contract manufacturer as volumes increase.
6:50 – The types of skills present at the company.
8:16 – Innovation at Carbonix. “The short version is innovation is really about questioning the parameters and testing and finding out whether your theories are correct or not.”
10:30 – The new airframe developed in response to a need for improved climb rates and remote communications.
11:40 – Moving to understand and answer customer considerations e.g. power lines, and then juggling engineering and design tradeoffs.
12:57 – The mission – operating drones at scale and how this is acted on.
13:40 – Hydrogen electric propulsion and drones, and why Carbonix is partnering with H3 Dynamics on this.
15:40 – Which industries UAVs will change, and the appeal of “remote one to many” applications.
18:20 – “There’s a tendency to undervalue manufacturing” and what this leads to. And why there are signs this is changing.
19:38 – Attracting and developing talent.
Relevant links
Carbonix's website
https://carbonix.com.au
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