My OG post now has a completely false community note that claims I did not design this plane, so I would like to clear some things up. This plane is my design. The body shape is similar (not identical) because that’s what’s optimal for these design constraints. Rockets are all tall and pointy. I’m sure Niels is an incredible engineer, and his plane is amazing. But this is my plane, designed by me from scratch (you can see a full 5-month building in public series on my LinkedIn, posted in realtime) and I’ve been building RC planes continuously since I was 10 ( Took a closer look at Niels' video now, and here’s just a couple of the most obvious engineering differences I can reveal: > Niels’ plane design is literally not available online. There were no build plans to copy from, but from photos it looks like he used foam+fiberglass overwrap. My plane is fully custom carbon fiber (internal structure CNC cut + skin, which I designed molds for and laid up myself). > My fusion file has 1480 operations. I pulled dozens of all nighters (in my dorm!) to make it fully myself, from scratch. > Fully custom inlet design with a bled boundary layer (not pictured in the OG post CAD, I iterated on it later. Pictured here) > Fully custom DMLS 3D printed titanium nozzle (looks like Niels uses a stock nozzle? either way looks nothing like mine, feel free to look at photos of my nozzle + dev process on my LinkedIn) > FPV (mine) vs line of sight (Niels) > Launch method: I use a completely different custom 30ft aluminum extrusion catapult There’s several more innovations that I can’t reveal right now to protect IP. The design is mine, and I’ve had no problem proving that to any VC who has asked. You don’t have to take my word for it: more to come, stay tuned.