Project 01
The Bracket
Mechanical · Beginner45 min
Load paths, fillets, and why geometry matters under force.
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High school STEM
First-year engineering
Robotics teams
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Future aerospace engineers
The problem
Learning engineering alone
is broken.
01
“CAD tutorials teach you buttons. Not engineering.”
You learn where to click — but not why a rib goes there, or why that wall thickness is too thin.
02
“YouTube doesn't answer your question. It answers someone else's.”
Students spend hours hunting for a tutorial that matches exactly what they're stuck on. Most never find it.
03
“Nobody tells you why a design is good — just that it works.”
A part that prints isn't the same as a part that works. Without feedback, bad habits compound.
The Cadet17 system
Ask. Build. Debrief.
Learn to think like an engineer.
Cadet17 closes the gap between watching someone build and knowing why they built it that way. Every feature works together in one feedback loop.
Ask the tutor. Pick a project. Build in your CAD tool of choice. Submit it for a debrief. Get smarter. Repeat.
What you get
Four tools.
One learning loop.
AI Engineering Tutor
A mentor that doesn't get tired of your questions.
Ask anything — from 'what's tensile strength?' to 'why does this design fail?' Get answers grounded in real engineering, at the level you're at.
Guided Projects
Real builds. Real reasoning. Real finished parts.
Structured projects take you from a blank sketch to a working part — bolt, bracket, phone stand, drone arm, first wing — with the why behind every step.
CAD Lessons
A curriculum that assumes you've never opened it before.
Sketching, dimensions, constraints, extrudes, fillets, patterns, assemblies. Short, visual lessons you actually finish.
Design Debrief
Feedback that teaches, not just grades.
Upload a screenshot or describe your design. Get a beginner-friendly read on what's working, what to fix, and what to learn next.
Guided projects
Build real parts.
Learn the engineering behind them.
Each project is a full loop — lesson, step-by-step CAD, engineering reasoning, and debrief.
Project 04
Drone Arm
Structures · Intermediate2 hr
Stiffness, weight, and the strength-to-mass trade.
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Project 07
First Wing
Aerospace · Intermediate3 hr
Lift, lightness, and aerospace thinking from airfoil to rib.
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How it works
Three steps.
One loop.
1
Pick a project
Choose a build that matches your level — from a first bolt to a drone arm.
2
Build with your tutor
Follow guided steps while the AI coaches you in real time on the why behind each move.
3
Get your debrief
Submit your design. Get beginner-friendly feedback on what's strong and what to fix.
Why Cadet17 is different
It’s not a video.
It’s not a chatbot.
It’s a flight instructor.
| Capability | Cadet17 | YouTube | Generic AI chat | CAD software |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaches engineering reasoning | — | some | — | |
| Guided end-to-end projects | some | — | — | |
| Beginner-friendly | hit or miss | — | ||
| Design feedback | — | shallow | — | |
| Aerospace-inspired | — | — | — |
Aerospace-inspired learning
Engineering the way
engineers think about it.
Load paths. Weight. Precision. Reason. Every project pulls from the same toolkit used to design things that fly.
You don’t need to become an aerospace engineer to benefit from how they think. The discipline makes you better at every kind of design.
Load paths
Weight budget
Margins
Trade studies
Ready for takeoff
Your first project is
waiting, Cadet.
Be first in when Cadet17 opens its hangar doors. No cost. No commitment.