We Spent $2M Drawing Our Airplane. Now We Have to Build It.

We spent 12 months and $2M designing an airplane that only exists on our screens. In a few weeks, we move into a hangar at Torrance Airport to find out if it can survive the real world. Assembly is about to begin — subscribe to watch it happen. But before the build starts, this video is the story behind the design: why our plane looks different than the small airplanes you're used to seeing. It started with two friends, a whiteboard, and four promises: Safe enough for our wives — small planes are 10x more dangerous than cars, so we chose two digitally controlled Rotax 916iS engines. If one fails, the computer keeps the plane flying safely on the other. Comfortable for the whole family — we shifted the wing back so you climb straight into a roomy cabin (no walking on the wing), with storage for strollers, skis, and surfboards. Propellers in the back mean better views, less noise, and no spinning blades near the kids. Range to reach real destinations — LA to Colorado to ski, or south to surf. Cruising around 180 knots with 700+ NM of range. It needs to look rad — pusher props, a racecar-inspired fuselage, and a V-tail. General aviation deserves a facelift. Those four promises determined every line of the shape. Then 10 engineers spent a year testing it on screens — CAD, stress, aerodynamics — the modern version of what the Wright brothers started with a wind tunnel in a Dayton bike shop in 1901. Now the screens have taken us as far as they can. The hangar is waiting. So is physics.