ungerik

347 karmaJoined October 5, 2007101 submissions

My mission in life is to build systems and infrastructure for millions of people and to help expand humankind into space.

As son of a commercial pilot involved in aviation since childhood. Attained glider and motor-glider license as teenager. Avid builder of RC model planes. Professional software engineer with over 15 years of experience. Largest project in aerospace was the 3D graphics engine for mission planing and the cockpit map display of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet.

@ungerik http://erikunger.com

Recent submissions

Iceberg Research Report on Lilium EVTOL (opens in new tab)

(iceberg-research.com)

2ungerik4y ago0

Quasi Solid-State Lithium Sulfur Aviation Batteries with 450Wh/Kg (opens in new tab)

(futureflight.aero)

1ungerik4y ago0

The young centre of the Earth (2016) (opens in new tab)

(arxiv.org)

121ungerik6y ago71

Ask HN: When has big $$$ before product-market-fit ever worked out?

While it's always usefull to be great at fund raising, it seems not always wise to raise big $$$ before achieving product-market-fit. When such a startup fails, it always makes for great headlines and 20/20 hindsight commentary.

What are good examples of where it did work out great? And what can we learn from it?

47ungerik7y ago25

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