Aevum unveils smallsat-launching drone aircraft - SpaceNews
Wonder if this could be done on the hobby scale with a quad copter?
Sounds like a challenge.
Wonder if this could be done on the hobby scale with a quad copter?
Sounds like a challenge.
Was done 6 years ago. A custom-built quadcopter that seemed to be very well designed as a "flying launch pad". I had nothing to do with this, ran across the video years ago, and took a bit of searching to find it now.Wonder if this could be done on the hobby scale with a quad copter?
Sounds like a challenge.
Was done 6 years ago. A custom-built quadcopter that seemed to be very well designed as a "flying launch pad". I had nothing to do with this, ran across the video years ago, and took a bit of searching to find it now.
I would be tempted to someday convert the old Estes "Bigfoot" launch pad into a quadcopter launch pad. Those four feet stick out almost like a quadcopter arms. Just need four motors to be mounted face-up on the feet. And, well, also a big battery, and a flight controller and R/C gear, and.......
Since a QuadraCopter has rotors that rely on air density, are they more altitude limited than either airplanes or balloons (which also rely on air density but are more efficient?)
IOW, if your goal is to get above most of the atmosphere, seems like quad would be much less efficient than balloon or plane. The plane definitely has the advantage as, assuming you are seeking orbit, it provides potentially significant horizontal velocity.
NOTE - Anti-satellite missiles do NOT go into orbit. They fly sub-orbitally, intersecting the path of an orbiting satellite.EDIT: The anti satellite missile was an ASM-135 launched from an F-15 in 1985, not a Pegasus. It successfully destroyed a gamma ray spectroscopy satellite in orbit 345 miles high.
Yes, I know. Never said ASATs went into orbitNOTE - Anti-satellite missiles do NOT go into orbit. They fly sub-orbitally, intersecting the path of an orbiting satellite.
Unfortunately there are IMHO too many people just taking up SPACE that I wish we could PUT into ORBIT.Again, the massive difference between going into "space" , and orbit.
Since we added aircraft/missile combos to the thread.....
Enter your email address to join: