Building RAPD Aircraft 001
Assembly of the first non-soldered 450 mm kit, filmed end to end.
Build log
Progress published as it happens.
Entries go up as work is completed — including the tests that did not go as planned. No entries have been published yet; the first arrives with Aircraft 001.
From the bench
Where the hardware stands today.
Photographs of actual work in progress. These airframes have not been flight-tested yet; results will be published here as testing begins.
Planned series
What we will publish first.
Registering a Physical Build in the Tracker
Turning real components into tracked records with history.
Testing One Component at a Time
Isolating variables so results mean something.
Designing a 450 mm Wooden Frame
Experimental material work with honest weight and strength data.
What Failed and What Changed
Publishing failures alongside the design responses they caused.
Moving From Parts to a Complete Frame
Bringing validated components together into a full airframe.
Entry template
Every entry answers the same questions.
A repeatable structure keeps results comparable across builds and makes the log useful to engineers, not just followers.
- Objective
- Aircraft or part involved
- Configuration / version
- Hypothesis
- Test method
- Result
- Failure or unexpected behavior
- Maintenance action
- Next change
- Photos / video
- Safety notes
We do not publish sensitive operational details, private customer data, unsafe testing instructions, or personally identifying operator records.