“…we’re serious about this whole DarkAero thing”. Uh, yeah!!! We can see that!!! Rock on guys; American Dreaming in action.

Great to see you guys grow: a couple of comments/suggestions (I have setup several shops and labs): 1. Don’t put your whiteboard visible from the outside, anyone walking by can guess too many things about your business and your employees. 2. Wide open space are great but you have a mix or processes with different requirements (cnc, composite, assembly, packaging,..) and they all have different requirements. 3. Use more electrical tans air drop that you need to allow reconfiguration flexibility. Last but not least, add more lights, I was looking at your shadow when giving the tour and in many places you have no direct lighting above you and that will create unpleasant dropped shadows on your workbenches. Hope this help and good luck.

Fascinating to watch the evolution of your program guys. So well organized and planned! All the best!

I was not convinced until the last part of the video, but these guys are really doing it. Good sales pitch for a company.

Congrats. All of this shows what hard work can get you. Keep moving forward.

@joetroyner

2 жыл бұрын

A boatload of money doesn't hurt either..

This is a gorgeous space! Cant wait to see it when you’re officially moved in. 😍

Much luck and love from the left coast!

Good luck with the next phase of your project!

Занимаюсь карбоном в России ,слежу за вами,поражает прогресс .у нас такое невозможно.мечтаю о такой работе.красавцы удачи вам!

Awesome looking workspace to expand on the DarkAero processes, seriously you could film & share more & Aviation nuts like most who are here would love it! Really want to see this bird take to the skies!

Congratulations gents!

Awesome progress guys!

Awesome new shop! I hope you follow many other shops advice when it comes to hardware storage. [(clickbonds, inserts, standoffs, etc) for off the shelf storage, vaccum/ peanut packaging/s&h, creating a crate design for transport as well as an area to stow the fuseloges seats, inserts, helicoils, shearwire, safety wire, cooling fans for avionics, light controls, lights, position sensors, antennas, cockpit switches, circuit breakers, fadecs or ecus, as well as props, engine spares, fuel cell access panels, wing assemblies, landing gear, canopies, flight control surfaces, hazmat, (proper ventilation for carbon fiber sanding, etc.)] Separate pegboard layup tables for building the harnesses, connectors, pins. As well as separate hazmat cabinets for isopropyl, acetone, sealants fuel cell, fuseloge bonding agents, clicking glue, fuel, etc. Plan to build 10 in 6 months while you test this one. It's quite doable with (~ 4 people with an 8 to 10 hour day schedule.) Kudos on all the planning! I think there's a lot a potential for sister companies running production under part 135 on this aircraft in terms of it if you could make presumably 3k for every aircraft manufactured. Let's say each company manufacturers 20-40 aircraft and you have 4 manufacturers around the world to scale you could net 200-500k in 135 aircraft sales alone and a margin of 95-135k in part 145 service related revenue under the branding. You could continue with R&D and experimental aircraft designs releasing a new aircraft every 3-5 years and maintain the simplicity of things by not doing every single aspect on each aircraft. Not sure about the longevity of your actuators for your landing gear. It seems that there is quite a bit of torsional load on the fixed point gearing. I hope you cycle the gear quite a few times with the fuseloge at different angles. I would recommend installing a seal at the bottom of the shop door into the offices as a separate room just for structure moldings and processing would be best. Also try to break everything down into build sheets. I would also consider the shop eventually segmented with taped out control areas for safety and safety glasses, ear plugs, eye wash/ first aid station. Plan to tour people in and out of your facility. It's gonna be busy, so, you could easily overlook something. As always, take a tour of a few manufacturers facilities and go from there. You're on the right path!

What a huge step! Congratulations. The teaser shot of the bird on her LG was tantalizing.

Come on guys it’s been Three years let’s get this thing airborne already chop chop

I have not seen any statistics for the speed / range / efficiency. but would love to hear that information. You have a fantastic airplane in the DarkAero.

No better feeling then a new, well lit, and bigger shop!

Congrats! So excited for you guys, you've worked really hard to get to where you are!

Big congrats to you guys! So nice to see your progress since you first began!!

Amazing progress guys! New location looks great!

Looks good guy! It's exciting to watch your journey and I can't wait to see the final setup!

Looks really nice! Good luck with the engine start

like the building! As an IT guy, i noticed there are no network jacks. might want to see to that before you move in. wifi will not cut it.

Excited for you guys! Can't wait to see it fly, and hear what the final weight, useful load, cruise and service ceiling are. You guys are amazing.

Bro! I'm so excited for this. You guys are on it!

AWESOME! Congrats.

Everything you guys do is impressive, well done! 👌🏻😀

Looking very good, mouving fwd !

Love following your project, thanks for sharing

My manufacturing business started with 1,000sqft and now consumes 30,000sqft. Production requires good flow! Raw material in to finished goods out.

Heck yeah! Congratulations on reaching another milestone 👏

Wow it's great to see yall progressing, very nice to move into a larger workspace too!

awesome, fantastic progres, thes best for you guys

This is awesome. Congrats guys

good luck, excited to see a finished plane, but enjoying watching the process

Congratulations on the new space! We have loved watching your journey... Way to turn your dreams into reality!

Awesome, one of a kind! 👍I love how the engineering kicking in….

Looks great, must be an exciting time for you guys! :)

I was JUST thinking about where to buy composite panels for the next project I had in mind! Great timing!

Congratulations !!!

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Claude!

Very very nice setup fellas. You really ought to have a carbon fiber refrigerator 😎

It has been fun watching you through your travels. Plane is beautiful. Just watch costs, so you can survive.

Lightweight steel framing nice this is the best choice fast and clean finishes👍

Great to see you progress and keeping the dream ( for all of us GA enthusiasts ). Just a thought - you might want to give some thought about protecting your IP if you have your engineering desks/"huge white board" in the front entrance. IP includes DarkAero designs, manufacturing tooling/processes, etc. Thanks as always for sharing !!

Looks pretty neat, can't wait to see more aircraft being built there, side-by-side :)

Congrats.

Exciting stuff lads 👍🏻

you guys are awnsome !

Congrats from Portugal

Nice space!!

Awsome guys:)

You guys never fail to impress. Eyes on the prize as always!

Wish you the best

great !

The sky's the limit, gentlemen! Best of luck to you.

Looks AWESOME !.....(paint the brick)

Awesome

although it's kind of obvious that your plan is working out, I allways had that small thought of the delay of revenue for kits putting a stop on everything, before you could finish it. glad it was without reason

I remember a reality series where the guys would make desk out of old airplane wings.. one of those would give a nice touch to the entrance

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Were these the guys by chance? www.motoart.com/

I work in a maintenance shop, you need more light.. because there is always dark areas under or around the area you are working on. It's easier to put in the lights now than later.

Brilliant progress! Where I live.....that kind of space would be about $1,000,000/month so it looks even more impressive.

Congrats on fulfilling the NEED to expand! Further expansion for builder Build Assist?

Great shop. Maybe consider the means to obscure your plans, strategy, progress information from view from “the street”

congratulations to Dark aero for starting a new phase.

USA needs more gentleman like you boys.

I wish you the best💛

Put a decent sized scale model on a pedestal in the center of the foyer so that people can gawk at it. Maybe 2 feet long? Working gear and canopy and control surfaces that slowly cycle only when someone is nearby.

G,day Reilly, Keegan and River from Sydney Australia. The new manufacturing, office and training center looks fantastic. I was always interested in: * Noise dampening treatment * Ergonomics * Productivity of every square feet of floor space. (In other words) material only going in one direction. 🌏🇦🇺

@UncleKennysPlace

2 жыл бұрын

*damping. The other word means "to make wet".

Good luck guys with the next steps in realizing all your aircraft dreams.

Put a darkaero logo in back also. For the delivery drivers.

Looks great. Do you have 3-phase power in the suite?

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Just single phase to start since we only have single phase equipment. We will upgrade the power to 3-phase once we get some bigger CNC machines.

On Wisconsin!

This space it legit! Can’t wait to see it come together!

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We will keep sharing the journey!

Wow☀️👍

I think it is great that you are going to be selling panels as well. Do you have any idea on ballpark pricing yet?

恭喜恭喜

Contrats guys !

Any plans to get it certified?

Congrats, guys! I've been following each step of this endeavor. Wish y'all success and accomplishment. Can't you use the top of the office as a second floor (e.g., storage, expansion, etc.)?

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

It would be possible to add a "loft" area for storage, but fire code dictates that a sprinkler system would have to be added under the floor of the loft. Between the loft and the sprinklers, it ends up being more cost effective to expand outward.

@richardvisscher2626

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAeroInc Storage racks don't require a sprinklers system.

@richardvisscher2626

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAeroInc In our part of the world, you are allowed to add a mezzanine (loft) that is 10% of the total main floor area, without sprinkling underneath!

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardvisscher2626 I’ll have to check if our local code is the same, so we can build a tower in the shop to watch over the kingdom from.

How do you make a small fortune in aviation, start with a large one!

Awesome progress! If you're not still using lean in your workshop, I highly suggest that you employ lean in your new factory. It is such an amazing technique that saves not just money but time and mental health) Started using it in my mini metalworking factory and would never want to go back. Look for "Pierson workholding lean" on YT, or "Fastcap factory tour"

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Phil, the lean approach is a great strategy. Pierson has definitely done a fantastic job with it. We've enjoyed following his work as well! :)

6:50 is that a flame thrower?

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

:) Maybe...

Beautiful place. What is the rent if I may ask? 30k?

Very very Nice build, glad you Three Can Be Able to Grow, Hope you Have a very Sweet air collection system when you bring More CNC aboard. Take a Look at this Company, They may help you Guys out. TRION Indoor Air System they are the Best for your Work. Greg

You three boys, Must make your father proud! Great to see success stories the yours. I was on the Raptor train for many years deposit #68. I guess I placed a deposit with the wrong team. How long is the list to take delivery of a kit?

Considering a "long wing" version, with perhaps a lower stall speed?

Growth and progression critical to an up and coming company. You guys are nailing it, congratulations. BTW, stay away from Shark Tank! ;-)

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Agreed, we aren't the right type of business for Shark Tank. :)

What airport are you located at?

Absolutely awesome what’s the address going to be coming through town next week Renn

Where ur new office located ?

did I miss the flight testing?

Trust me you are going to need at least twice that amount of light. We made the mistake of not putting enough in our factory and had to go back and add more.

out of curiosity what will be general cost of a kit?

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video! We keep all the latest details about kit pricing on our website here: www.darkaero.com/aircraft

What are you guys building?

Retired ATP/LR-JET here... Lost my medical. Are you guys hiring?

Factory before flight ?????

This looks expensive. How do you fund the company?

@RM-el3gw

2 жыл бұрын

they found an old bitcoin wallet from 2010

I wish you were in the north east, Id apply for a job. Love what you’re doing, totally up my alley!

How is a venture like this funded? Seriously the risk is gaging me. Good luck