KYON AIRCRAFT · IN PROCESS
Forty hours on station, and built to carry a payload.
Forty hours on station, and built to carry a payload. The multi-gimbal camera rides with whatever else the mission hangs on it. Gear down, prop turning, long enough to watch and enough airplane to bring the load 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 · VIGIL · SIDE · PLAN · FRONT
IN PROCESS
LINE PLATE · VIGIL · SIDE · PLAN · FRONT
KYON DYNAMICS INC.
Vigil
Forty hours on station, and built to carry a payload.
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.
- Role
- On-station watch with a payload
- Design target
- Forty hours on station — in process, not a released endurance claim
- Sensor
- Multi-gimbal camera, plus whatever else the mission hangs on it
- Configuration
- Gear down. Prop turning. Enough airplane to bring the load back.
- Build
- In process
D5 layers in this model
Structure
Spars, frames, and the gear backbone the skins close over.
Materials
Skins and the wing. Public model only — no released laminate.
Systems
Propeller, extended gear, and the multi-gimbal camera.
Signature
What a looker sees first: the prop disc, the gear, and the sensor ball.
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.