This project combines all my years as an aircraft electrician in the Air Force and an RC airplane builder. What a dream project.

Sweet setup , I like the care and consideration and time you guys take. It's pretty impressive with such a small team the quality you engineer too. Great job

@tylervanorman492

2 жыл бұрын

Do it right, do it once

The Dark Aero team is absolutely KILLING IT! I would love to be a part of a team so dedicated to their careers/passion. The team has clearly put much effort into documenting the process through youtube and elsewhere. Keep it up. Great job!

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cody, and thanks for checking out the video. We are hoping to ramp up the composites team as we get through flight testing and ramp into production.

Something I am very envious about is what seems like a mastery of the 5S methodology. But the one I always struggle with is “Sustain” your team is on a level that is just so impressive.

I'm sure you guys are excited, getting into your new production facility. I'm happy to see you all doing so well. I know it's a lot of hard work now, but your dedication is obvious and I know it will pay off. Imagine 5 and 10 years from now. You'll have a substantial business built, building fantastic aircraft. Go DarkAero!

How Exciting! Setting up a new shop is so much fun...but you'll be packed to the gills in no time flat (I promise). Keep up the good work, love seeing the progress.

SO ready to see this bad boy fly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Three of the sharpest engineers out there, and none of you thought to measure the roll-up door opening on the truck? I laughed out loud *WITH* you on that one!

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Eyeball measurement but the eyeballs are out of calibration.

Very excited to see new hardware/content coming out of this clean new integrated facility! I also envy how y'all kept the last shop so clean and organized, can't wait to see the larger new setup in this new space!!

Looks beaitiful and great. Good luck guys and wish you many happy customers.

It's very enjoyable watching your super professional setup guys.

Digging all the b-roll at the end😎

Looks great! I love how well organized you are. It also looks like you are having a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see these planes fly!

Great work, keep it up guys! It’s smart how you’re branching out with training. Double value as revenue plus a learning environment for your customers.

Well done, guys. VERY exciting. Can't wait for the engine startup.

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick! We are excited as well!

just wanna say thats one of the cleanest UHauls ive seen in a while

Hello Dark Aero guys it is sweet to see you Grow Each Day. And a Team that Does/Just to do it Right the First Time. Thanks to the One Great Boy that share a little time for Me. 👍🏻 Hope to See your The first Start up. Has anyone been Chosen to be Test Pilot? Well hope the Move to go Great. Just aFan Gory

Definitly a great project that will succeed. Can't wait for test flights!!

I work in Professional Drag Racing on mainly Funny Cars some time Dragsters. I have done a lot of composite work with Areodyne in INDY. I would love to take a Aero Space composite class

Love it guys… I hope to see a whole fleet of DA1 coming out of your shop and really really hope that one might be mine🤞🏼. I have a degree in yacht building so composites is my area… combining that with aviation would be golden!!! Keep it going guys, epic journey I am following with your design, fabrication and channel 👍🏼

AWESOME to see you guys expanding into a new space. 😀 Congratulations! Can't wait to see Dark Aero fly. I saw you guys were teaching the aerospace composites course on your website. Great Idea

Can’t wait to see it fly

Exciting times the new building looks great. I can't wait to see the future of the Dark Aero.

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

This is looking good !

Getting exciting!

Saw you featured on a tech website. Good job lads!

That's awesome! Thx for making these videos, I have enjoyed every one of them. "Little mess". LOL! That's professional planning.

Awesome as always! I make large aviation wall art and would love to help you guys fill in some of that blank wall space!

Before everything gets too firmly embedded, have you had a "lean" production expert look at your process flows, just to ensure you're not wasting any effort? Apologies if you already brainstormed it to an optimum, but an extra set of eyes can sometimes help.

nice webinar classroom and all thing around 👍👍👍

Waited to long already for this plane

Great job.

Moving gear and assembling furniture, isn't that intern work? :) Very exciting progress report!

Great progress. Two unrelated to this video items: How does one board the aircraft from the ground? That step up distance motivates the question. Trusting any hydraulic cylinder to hold position under load could result in a problem. I saw the engine/prop hanging from an engine hoist, unsupported. Just an observation.

I just want to see the thing fly :)

Nice chairs in the classroom :-)

I highly recommend a acoustic treatment in your class room. Easily done by absorber panels hanging from the ceiling. Your studends will thank you for better concentration and less headaches.

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Kirk, agreed! We are currently researching some acoustic paneling options. Thanks for checking out the video. :)

@dougw860

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAeroInc In our training rooms we noticed a dramatic drop in reverb once we hung framed posters. The void behind the poster dampens sound waves. We also found some cheap canvas art that really does absorb well. I think we even put some batt insulation behind some of the canvases. And human bodies will also cut echos.

Do you have a quantified sense of how production complex your design is vs other 2 seaters?

Nice update. Equipment seems to be very robust. Will aircraft assembly remain at the hanger?

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Wing and fuselage assembly for pilot production will be at the new shop. The prototype will remain at the hangar as we finish up remaining tasks before flight testing.

I live in Indy and I would love to visit the factory. Is that even possible?

7:55 heat tests! cool! Have you tried aerogel solutions for heat isolation? I'm not an expert but i think it would be awesome if you use it in your project. The coolest stuff for the coolest airplane! Also aerogel sounds similar to DarkAero.

Wow, big move. Make sure it flies the way you can it too. Full flight test before making more parts just in case you need to change stuff, which I would expect.

Very impressive. If I was about 20 years younger I would be reserving a kit! 😟

@abel4776

Жыл бұрын

Never too late :)

Perhaps I missed it but do you have a date in mind for FIRST FLIGHT?

Ya'll got big balls, building and setting up that whole production set-up before ever flying your prototype. Or even starting it. And by "big balls", I'm guessing I mean committed, deep pocket investors? Either way, mad props! 🤣

Wow, your fuel is still way too cheap there if you "move" with an empty truck ;) Hehe - love the progress.

Congratulations and best wishes for the new big workshop. Hopefully soon we will see the serial production. I have watched almost all your videos, available on KZread. I have a passion for aircraft manufacturing and Composites. I am building flying models since 1990's and my highest achievement till date is the manufacturing of Burt Rutan 2 place manned aircraft Long Eze. I am interested to join a Composite aircraft manufacturing setup like DARKAERO.

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thank you for watching the videos as well! Also, congrats on the Long EZ build - building a plane from plans is a big undertaking.

0:04 So were you rolling around with a running go pro in the back of an empty Uhaul, or did you open that door twice for "dramatic effect?"

When will the next update on your progress on your aircraft

How exciting! Nice oven too - i need to build one for powder coating, any suggestions for resources to reference?

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Louis! How big of parts do you need to powder coat? If it’s small enough, the quickest and cheapest option would probably be picking up a used commercial oven. If it’s big, then you might want to explore building your own. We can give you some direction on how we built ours if that’s the path you want to take.

@louisnoel3170

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAeroInc thanks for the help! My parts are 0.063” sheet aluminum and 16”x16”x36”. I’d like to cost out building an oven vs buying one. I have a box and pan brake, welder, and many tools I can use. I can search online and be aokay I’m sure, just wondering if you have some blueprint recs to jump start me. Thanks again!

I find myself wondering how you’ll move the oven. Is it a bit like moving a large boat? Sling and gantry into or into a truck or tailer?

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the easiest solution would be using a forklift and a side load trailer or perhaps leveraging a moving company.

@niio111

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAeroInc Flatbed trailer would handle that easily.

Make sure u insure ur tooling. If that’s a thing I have no idea lol. But I would check.

@georgel5308

2 жыл бұрын

And amazing work

80/20 everywhere :)

When can we order kits?

Great video but how much should whole build cost ??????????????????

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! More details on the kit can be found on our webpage: www.darkaero.com/aircraft

When is this thing going to fly?

Did you fly it yet?

when can i order a kit

@DarkAeroInc

2 жыл бұрын

Scott, thanks for checking out the video. We are currently taking pre-orders for the DarkAero 1. More information can be found on our website: www.darkaero.com/aircraft

i have tried my best to follow althrough

NASTY 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 I am going to come for the Composites course in 2024 (if i can afford earlieir so be it) ... by the way ... I am from India

😱🥳💜😱🥳💜😱🥳💜

Production molds before the prototype flies.... Hmm.

“Mold Pattern” aka Plug

😊😋💕😜🤪🤗

First step to building a factory? the classroom. Its so incredibly refreshing to see american manufacturing start to take this shit seriously.

Is this thing ever going to fly? Seems like it is mostly to experiment with construction methods not t fly.