Here's a nice top-view of the battery-bay. Not wanting to waste any precious lengths of extrusion I've used metre lengths for each upright, and the tube-connectors add a further five centimetres to those in terms of height. Though we could fit the standby mannekin in the transporter 'as is' we've selected the unarticulated one for the lunar mission and in fact I'm tempted to call him Neil Armstrong for that reason. I've had to make a cut-out to accommodate the crown of his head within the confines of the bay, and the CAA have kindly provided an exemption from use of the firewall in the event he's dead already. We shall though be providing a baseball cap as a mark of respect.
The battery-bay incidentally is simply supported four-square by brackets along each of the shorter extrusions that you see in the photo. Accordingly it can be removed so we are able to drop the mannekin in place, with him being unable to step inside, love, as Cilla Black was oft known to sing. All four six-inch footwell panels have been riveted to the box prior to all of this, in order to render the space-frame suitably rigid for the handling required.
Battery-packs sit proud of the frame by around a half-inch, so that lugs are required in order to raise the drone clear of the box during the pre-flight manual docking. The gap will be used to route those cables up to each speed-controller (ESC) situated on the adjacent cantilever. We just need to add the TELEDRONE panels round the top-side prior to the airframe going down the line to the paint-shop.
I've omitted both flying-boots and underlay from the base of the transporter, settling for a simple plug that engages with Monty's left foot to secure. He's as unhappy about launching in 'Woodstock' footwear as he is to have no helmet tho' I point out it could be worse. Until recently he'd be flying in the buff, and as it stands he'll still be going commando.
Nothing new either about tailoring safety-cell to pilot like this. F1 driver Nigel Mansell used to need the toes of his shoes cut off to fit inside the cockpit, and I suspect he's not been the only one.
