<div><strong>Who I am</strong>
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<div>I've been building remote-controlled airplanes since I was 10 years old. That obsession carried me to Georgia Tech, where I'm now a senior in aerospace engineering, and through hands-on engineering internships in propulsion, launch vehicle structures, and autonomous aircraft. I've spent my whole life learning how to make things fly, and then making them fly faster.
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<div><strong>The first aircraft</strong>
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<div>Earlier this year, while taking a full course load, I designed, built and successfully flight tested a composite, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTJVMp71yqlZ0QCFFJMPQuePR3Q_9LR-/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jet-powered RC aircraft</a> capable of flying 500 mph. There was no lab and no budget behind it. I did the composite layups myself, assembled everything by hand in my apartment, and cold-called farmers around Atlanta until one of them offered me a field to fly from.
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<div><strong>What happened next</strong>
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<div><a href="https://x.com/tomas_salvo22/status/2072538257351745882" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">I posted the story online</a> and it took off: 5 million views, a "nice" from Elon Musk, and venture capital firms reaching out to fund whatever came next. Then Blake Scholl, founder of Boom Supersonic, announced an $800,000 <a href="https://boomsupersonic.com/prize" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">prize for the first amateur team</a> to fly an RC aircraft past Mach 1. Since its amateur, venture money can't pay for it. So I'm funding this aircraft the same way I funded the first one -- directly, with the help of people or companies who want to see it fly.
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<div><strong>The plan</strong>
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<div>I'm leading a team of Georgia Tech students to design, build, and fly a supersonic RC aircraft -- Reaper-M1 -- targeting a maiden in November/December. The total budget is around $70,000. I've already raised about $20,000, so I'm raising the remaining $50,000 here. <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/181-3BKCtCIxTZ2GmqVFzR1SrnJqwOiMR/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=109005227108349000085&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">See the full cost breakdown</a>.
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<div><strong>Supporter perks</strong>
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<div>Anyone who contributes $500+ gets added to a private email list with frequent build updates as Reaper-M1 comes together. Contribute $5,000 or more and you'll be invited out to the supersonic test flight in person.
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DAVID TRIMBOLI

Stephan  Leakos

Stephan Leakos

Grzegorz Dubiel

Braille Capital

James Belosic

John W. Turner

Kevin Darcy

Oliver Roup

Anonymous

Stephen Fleming

James Lloyd

Reaper-M1: The Supersonic RC Project

Reaper-M1: The Supersonic RC Project

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