SF0 evolves to…. the new SF1!

The SF0 (the mock-up) mechanical design is almost ready. The landing gear, the ducted fan, the motor and the rails into the fuselage for the electronics are ready to be mounted altogether during this weekend.

But we don’t stop here, the SF1 is already built, with only a 1.9Kg of mass! It will be a copy of the SF0 but ready to fly. We hope to be ready to flight it during the next two or three weeks. The next model, the SF2, is under construction, it will be built lighter (1.2Kg expected) with some ribs to add the parachute deployment system. The SF2 model will be without landing gear, ready to experiment with our balloon, and it will be the first candidate for fly in the BEXUS campaign.

The SpaceFish team with the new SF1

We will have the tests videos ready soon, we had a busy week testing and validating all our electronics and software successfully. And we are so proud of announce that our 3D cockpit is nearly complete.

Also, we want to present you our testing jet, it shares the same electric motor and ducted fan with the SF1. It is an alpha-jet with enough space for our electronics inside the cockpit.

SpaceFIsh Testing Jet

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