TECHNICAL NOTES
Work shown, not inflated.
Short engineering notes from the current Starshot programme. They explain the questions under study, not finished products.
01 / S-211 / CONFIGURATION
Why a box wing?
The S-211 study uses a joined-wing arrangement to ask a practical question: can a high-speed civil aircraft package lifting surfaces, structure and control authority more intelligently than a conventional layout? The answer depends on analysis, not on the render.
02 / EVIDENCE STANDARD
The difference between a number and a result.
A target, an estimate, a simulation output and a verified test result are different things. Starshot records them separately because engineering progress becomes easier to see when uncertainty is not hidden.
03 / PROPULSION / EARLY RESEARCH
Herald begins with instrumentation.
For early propulsion work, the first product is not thrust. It is a safe and traceable method: requirements, modelling, sensors, procedures and a test plan that makes future learning useful.