Dr.Zooch
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Again, there will be an MDRA launch this weekend and I'll be testing lots of new stuff. I hope not to repeat the demolition durby of last month. I have extra stages and interchangable SRBs just in case. Also, I've obtained more cams from boostervision.com so most flights will have onboard video. I also hope to walk away with a lot more video than the 3 seconds worth that I got last month. Cams will be onboard, inside- outside... you name it.
This month's testing will involve the final development of the Alti series. This is a really cool concept because they change configuration during the boost phase of flight- starting ot as high drag low speed and going to very low drag very high speed using dynamic pressures to do a lot of the work. I'll also be testing an upgrade concept to my Space Shuttle kit- this concept is way, way out there but if it works- it'll be highly cool. From my SDLV line "The Stick" will be re-flying it's test. It had a small stability issue that I did not like- so we'll look at it again. Likewise the Thor will be re-flying it's test (my luck was so bad last time that I did not dare to fly it a second time for fear something weird would happen) And from the strange-O part of my being, we'll take a ride aboard a rocket with 2 ants... well... at least with two F4-B ant space suits. I have a cam mounted inside a T-60 nosecone and two ant spacesuits from my 1970's weirdest kid on the block days and we'll watch what happens to them during several flights. I always wondered what it would be like to ride along on one of my rockets- now I'm gonna find out (see the attached photo)
I won't be at the launch on Friday, but on Saturday and Sunday, we'll be conducting some flight test.
This month's testing will involve the final development of the Alti series. This is a really cool concept because they change configuration during the boost phase of flight- starting ot as high drag low speed and going to very low drag very high speed using dynamic pressures to do a lot of the work. I'll also be testing an upgrade concept to my Space Shuttle kit- this concept is way, way out there but if it works- it'll be highly cool. From my SDLV line "The Stick" will be re-flying it's test. It had a small stability issue that I did not like- so we'll look at it again. Likewise the Thor will be re-flying it's test (my luck was so bad last time that I did not dare to fly it a second time for fear something weird would happen) And from the strange-O part of my being, we'll take a ride aboard a rocket with 2 ants... well... at least with two F4-B ant space suits. I have a cam mounted inside a T-60 nosecone and two ant spacesuits from my 1970's weirdest kid on the block days and we'll watch what happens to them during several flights. I always wondered what it would be like to ride along on one of my rockets- now I'm gonna find out (see the attached photo)
I won't be at the launch on Friday, but on Saturday and Sunday, we'll be conducting some flight test.