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Founder, COO @HermeusCorp (Mach 5 airplanes for defense and commercial) | hypersonics, autonomy, logistics, startups
Mar 10, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Developing the tech for the fastest airplanes in the world is obviously hard, but that's not where it ends. We must also align the capital and business roadmap with our technical roadmap. This funding enables @hermeuscorp to achieve a necessary first step in accelerating the future: flight testing of our first aircraft Quarterhorse, powered by our TBCC engine Chimera.
Feb 19, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
No one wants to crash, but doing so at the edge of the design envelope, safely, is the right place to do it.

Every modern aviation startup should take this approach to RnD: 🧵

newatlas.com/aircraft/joby-… 1. Design to be remotely piloted. Why would we risk human life when we don't need to anymore?