The SkyHopper team has expanded and we are now in a new fabrication unit, beginning our first flight demonstrator build. We hope that, despite some restrictions on working closely, we will reach this important goal by the Spring of 2021.
With our new tooling and additional talent staff, we are also able to look forwards towards batch production in the future. However, our present goal as we complete this fight build is to begin collecting power system telemetry as soon as possible to prove our aerodynamic model and other performance data.
Inevitably, this next stage involves integrating composites, alloys, flight electrics and electronics and our flight control system. We have all the sub-systems ready in the wings for a final integration.
Work will commence on our operational safety case shortly and we will be working on this with the CAA to obtain our test flight permissions.