Milestones
Oct-Dec 2018
• Recruit to Core Team
• Recruit to Board of Advisors
• Form Charity Board
• Form Grant Board
• Commercial & education partnerships commence
• MVP of Platform Private Launch
• Secure primary integration & testing lab
• Begin construction of testing capabilities
• Recruit to rBridge
• Commercial partnerships commence
• Subsystems Test Readiness Review
• Scaled Model Control Demonstration
• Full Test Readiness Review
• FAA Airworthiness Obtention
• Tethered Take-off & Landing .
• MVP of Platform global launch
• Target: 2,500 contributing members
• Launch rLoop Network Competition #1
• First Charity distribution
• Grant distribution window announced
• Global on-boarding of new commercial & educational partners
• Commercial use cases & pod designs tested
• Component manufacturing begins
• Component and subsystem testing begins
• Minimal Awesome Product private launch
• Focus: Connect
• Features: Sign up, Profile, Quote, Offer, Training, Tracking
• Target: 25 Makers
• Area of study: VR Design Review, Expert Review, VR Maker
• Collaboration, Trends & Analytics
• Flight Transition Demonstration (Unmanned)
• Phase 2 Design Report Submission
• Unmanned Full Cycle Flight
• Phase 2 Fly-Off Invitation Issued
• Project ideation process launch
• Target: 5,000 members
• Test facilities & rLoop Exhibition Family Centre opens
• Defined business model for each commercial use case of the pod
• System Safety Review
• First Piloted Flight
• Launch new community-driven project
• Target: 7,500 members
• Demonstration of subsystems begins
• System design optimisation
• Minimal Awesome Product public launch
• Focus: Collaborate
• Communication via WebApp
• Target: 500 Makers
• Area of study: VR Design Creation, AR Maker Collaboration
• Flight Readiness Review Complete
• Fly-off at GoFly
• Competition #1 Major Milestone
• Achieve minimum of 1 ‘Graduate’ project per annum
• Target: 15,000 members
• Half-scale prototype pod tested
• Detailed design review
• Testing & certification process begins
• Commercialisation of peripheral technology begins
• “Full” version of WebApp release
• Focus: Co-create
• Extend with first rShop (Smart Factory) location
• Target: 10,000 Makers
• Detailed design review
• Testing & certification process begins
• Commercialisation of vehicle and peripheral technology begins