KYON AIRCRAFT · IN PROCESS
One quiet wing over the same sky, for as long as the sun comes back.
Cells in the wing charge the batteries while the sun is up. That charge is what flies the aircraft after dark. It stays aloft as long as the day keeps refilling what the night spends. No tanker, and no recovery every few hours. The advantage is time: one quiet wing over the same sky, sensor ball underneath, for as long as the sun comes back.
Public description of a Kyon Dynamics aircraft. It is not a fielding statement, a performance claim, or controlled technical data. Released dimensions stay with the build, not on this page. The drawing board below is the same article as the live picture: same gear, same tails, same nozzle, same wing.
LINE PLATE · NORTHSTAR · SIDE · PLAN · FRONT
IN PROCESS
LINE PLATE · NORTHSTAR · SIDE · PLAN · FRONT
KYON DYNAMICS INC.
Northstar
One quiet wing over the same sky, for as long as the sun comes back.
NTS · FOUR VIEWS · NOT RELEASED
Sheet
Side, plan, front, and a three-quarter, on one sheet. Same article as the live picture. Not a released drawing.
- Energy
- Wing cells charge the batteries while the sun is up
- Night
- That charge is what flies the aircraft after dark
- Persistence
- Aloft as long as the day refills what the night spends
- Logistics
- No tanker, and no recovery every few hours
- Payload
- Sensor ball underneath
- Advantage
- Time — one quiet wing over the same sky
- Build
- In process
D5 layers in this model
Structure
The long spar the quiet wing is built on.
Materials
Wing skin over the spar. Public model, no released stackup.
Systems
Cells in the wing, batteries, and the sensor ball underneath.
Signature
One quiet planform. The advantage is time, not noise.
How the article is being built
One floor. Six disciplines.
One floor. Six disciplines. Nothing is farmed out that the building can do itself. Paint and metalwork sit beside the six. They are not a seventh product line.
Design & Engineering
Surface models, inner structure, and the analysis that says a part is light enough and strong enough before anyone cuts a tool.
- CATIA V5 and SolidWorks
- Autodesk Alias, sketches, and renderings
- Finite element analysis
- Surfacing and tooling design
- Manufacturing feasibility
- 3D printed studies before the metal tool
Laser Scanning
A tracker on the part, not a guess in the model. Edges, spars, and tools get measured where they actually sit.
Reverse Engineering
Customer models arrive unfinished. The scan is closed into surfaces the floor can tool.
5-Axis Programming & Machining
Bulkheads, hard points, molds, and fixtures. Programmed on that floor, cut on that floor, in metals, plastics, composites, foam, and tooling board.
Composite Tooling
The mold is the part’s first assembly fixture. Soft tools, production molds, and tooling sets leave that floor, not a subcontractor’s.
Composite Parts
Wet layup and prepreg. Skins, spars, radomes, fuselage elements, and the repair when an article comes back.
Floor support, not a seventh line: Large downdraft paint booth, color match, and aerospace finishes. MIG, TIG, plasma, shear, slip roll, and brake. Large surface plates.