The approved direction is to make MF-01 the first tangible Metric Flight research program. Its initial milestone is a defensible force measurement with a stated uncertainty, rather than a vehicle-performance claim.
The proposed sequence has three campaigns: recover a known force, learn how ordinary disturbances appear in the apparatus, and test one prediction under a frozen protocol. The predicted signal and uncertainty target will determine the apparatus requirements.
This entry records a program-design decision. No MF-01 apparatus specification, completed construction, calibration result or force measurement is reported. The next deliverable is a reviewed requirements and uncertainty plan.
Research basis: Paul Williams, 2021 · Jon R. Pratt, 2006.