Aerospace work

In this post I’ll go over some of the work I’ve been involved in within the aerospace industry.

Evolito electric flight

Evolito is a fascinating company. Their vision to create electric flying vehicles for passenger transport is a risky one. A charming idea, but risky.

It seems like something that would start on a very high price, only allowing the very wealthy to take advantage of.

I guess the argument is that all of the technology we use today on a daily basis has started its life in a similar fashion.

Mobile phones, cars, airplanes etc.

As for my involvement, I spent about a year between 2024 and 2025 working on various contracts at Atlantic Precision engineering.

I created CMM programmes and Inspection plans for a bunch of Evolito products, from motor housings to bearing carriers and so on.

Evolito’s website: https://evolito.aero

I created many CMM programmes and Inspection plans for a number of these motor housings and other components supplied to Evolito.

Martin Baker ejector seats

Similarly, through the contracts with Atlantic I have worked on a range of components for Martin Baker ejector seats.

Structural elements, side panels, all sorts.

Martin Baker’s designs had given me a lot of headaches. Some of their specifications are ancient.

Where modern designers would use a single GD&T call out, a True position or a surface profile, their drawings still use coordinate dimensions.

Some drawings are massive with hundreds of dimensions for a single part. Where a True position would suffice, they have 3 coordinates and a diameter callout.

It did make me appreciate GD&T all the more.

Some other projects

Some other projects included parts for the Eurofighter Tempest fighter jet, Safran helicopter engines, Airbus, BAE and so on. For obvious reasons there isn’t much I can share about these projects, but they worth a mention.

The Tempest Stealth fighter jet