Very Cool Project! Man that is a serious project you have there....you said you are in school...right? Keep that up man.
I can't tell you how much I wish I would have went to college.
In hindsight I don't know how much it would change where I'm at now in my career. (machine shop manager) but I think I would have cut out about 15 years of every hour of overtime and scraping just to survive. You get that degree and doorways will open! Maybe not immediately, but you will have an edge on the competition. Keep us posted on the build!