We have started work on our first demonstrator: a small VTOL tailsitter with a 3D-printed airframe and a PX4 flight stack.

It is not a product and it is not for sale. It is a testbed for the method we want to apply to client projects: start from the requirements, size the configuration, verify in simulation, then fly it step by step.

What we want to learn

  • Hover/cruise transition — the trickiest part of a tailsitter: we want to characterise it properly, with data, not by feel.
  • 3D-printed airframe — how far we can push printed parts for a light, repairable structure, and where we need something else.
  • The test path — building the test and documentation templates we will then reuse on real projects.

Next steps

Configuration and sizing are under way; the first airframe parts are being prototyped. We will post photos, flight data and notes here as we go — if you want to follow the progress, subscribe to the updates.