The Sky Hopper team has continued work (rather slowly) through Covid 2019. On the engineering side, we are finalising our structural analysis for our upgraded airframe and composite sub-assemblies. On the electrical and electronics side we are integrating our CANBUS ancillary control systems, preparing for further integration into flight control systems.
Progress is steady, with some uncertainties as to how we will work as an integrated team on final assembly ready for flight trials, but the team is positive and ready to work things out. The mood is positive.
Our next stage will be to re-affirm our intentions with the regulators; this is not a one-time clearance task, but a shared relationship between ourselves, our collaborators and the authorities.
We are inevitably having to retain a certain amount of confidentiality about our progress and plans, hence this rather generalised update.