Elon Musk's rocket undergoes a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly while my own efforts to launch a mannekin vertically continue. While I await a firm date for the test-flights I take the opportunity to tweak the design to make it ever more functional. Instead of fixing the motors direct to the airframe I revert to a four-poster arrangement so as to mount the motors to removable outriggers. They're shown here in aluminium, but are set to be replaced by plastic to reduce their weight.
The same arrangement suits upper and lower drones so that they appear identical, and the outriggers themselves form an ideal location for the battery-packs and speed controllers. In the case of this prototype, however, the packs will be fastened to the mounts already fitted to each prong of the centre-section.
