Dylan Small

I've been building cool things with my AI CEM using the @leap_71 open source stack from their GitHub. Ranging from abstract aircraft prop blades and rocket engines RDREs to full lunar lander designs. Experimenting with different AI.. @AnthropicAI Opus and @cursor_ai composer 2.5 are the best at building so far.

My AI CEM is designing a rocket engine tonight using the LEAP 71 open stack and so far the regen cooling channels are going really well. Still lots of work to do on the powerhead

Liftoff of Starship on its twelfth flight test

Had my CEM run a hypersonic aircraft design in ANSYS and had positive data. Vertical stab and wingtip areas need some work.

Tonight my AI CEM designed a Lunar Lander on the Leap 71 open stack.

Tomorrow we go to Space.

My CEM on the Leap71 Stack is starting to design very interesting things tonight after hours of research. This has become a hobby and I love it!

@kate_tice Miss everyone, Good luck on launch day! 🍀

Obligatory Booster transport selfie… Can’t wait for Starship Version 3 debut! #starship #starbase

SPACEX: Booster 19 rollout past SpaceX HQ.

@VITOUFO76 @SunOfAbramelin 💯!!!!

@SunOfAbramelin You’re about to trigger so many fucking people. I’m here for it.

Engines racking up time on both test cells. Vehicle turned on and about to start testing...things are happening!

@misspatsycline2 @leap_71 @LissnerJosefine @linkayser This is awesome!

@leap_71 @LissnerJosefine @linkayser I've printed two copies of your Tesla Valve model for engineering students to manipulate and visualize the flow paths. Thank you for them - I watch the lights come on in their eyes when they hold them.

Our founders @LissnerJosefine and @linkayser

@leap_71 @LissnerJosefine @linkayser 👌

@JohnGolf_CA Precisely!

@_DylanSmall_ That aerospike is wild. Designed by code, printed in metal. This is the future. Same shift I'm seeing in medical device design. Talk to the model, not the drafting table.

Engineering is becoming a function call. Hardware is becoming a query. The companies that learn to speak to the model and design with code instead of draw for the model using old CAD are going to leave everyone else on the ramp. Take note 📝

Youre making 0 sense... Have you done any actualy research? The geometry is the output of physics-driven logic. Their published rocket engine work at Airborne Engineering in late 2023, embeds thermal, structural, and fluid reasoning into the generation itself. The geometry comes out of constraints, not the other way around........ Haha

I’m not saying LEAP71 and other like companies are fake. Code-generated geometry is real and impressive. My point is that geometry generation alone is not engineering validation. Modern computational engineering needs the full loop: analytical first principles thinking, numerical simulation (extremely important), parametric sweeps, optimization, fabrication, and experimental characterization. “Hardware as a query” only becomes serious when the query is tied to physics, constraints, failure modes, manufacturing limits, and test data. From what I have read about leap71, they only do the CAD and rely on empirical and analytical validation for their actual design loop which isn’t competitive in modern computational engineering.

@KYKYPY3A_B 🤡

I’m not trying to be smart here, but this story is quite old. Promoting emerging companies that are chasing the next funding round with a bunch of renders and trade show models is not “engineering”. Maybe only as investor rich money combustion cycle. For example LEAP71 is now older than some newcomers with flying hardware, and still they haven’t even left the ground in terms of basic demonstrations. They’re buying production services from other suppliers for hardware that doesn’t have any real world purpose, yet they still haven’t shown any capability to design basic turbomachinery. Show us a working gas generator, not another weirdly shaped pressure-fed bucket with a sprinkle of AI. What’s the purpose of this “engineering” if it’s not being utilized by existing customers in real-world applications? For research? Cool, then what’s the deal with yet another planned reusable vehicle? That’s a very long stretch to say the least. Actually it’s a borderline vaporware at this stage. Engineering is great when it has a purpose, not just an addition to shareholder value. I wish all those companies to succeed, but let’s now fool ourselves.

@KYKYPY3A_B Wait what do you mean leap 71 isnt being used in real world applications? Dude.... have you spent longer than 10 min even looking into what they are doing and whos saying what? This conversation is over haha.

Im laughing so hard rn because leap 71 isnt a rocket company its a engineering company. You have absolutely no idea what youre talking about lol. You can keep. Responding all you want but just gonna mute you. I refuse to talk to anyone about this who is like this. Cant even get basic facts correct. Yikes

Sorry for the bad render folks. Here's the complete stack.

@KYKYPY3A_B Hmmm missed that Good catch That aside did you read? You can go look at their actual renders like a adult. :D Thanks for being soooo smart and catching that. 🌟

@_DylanSmall_ Let’s first learn how to use photoshop