Oooh ooh I want one of these!

Justin Peer wrote:

So, do you think Rutan's going to start offering kits of these things.
Now that would give you something to do in the garage of a Sunday
morning.

Well, it's pretty useless without the "mother ship" to get it to the launch point.
That might make a good EAA chapter project, though. :-)

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

Justin Peer wrote in message ...
So, do you think Rutan's going to start offering kits of these things.
Now that would give you something to do in the garage of a Sunday
morning.

You should get a group together, the local EAA chapter can build one
mothership, and members can build multiple space ships to be carried
up. Kinda like a very high altitude glider tow operation.

Hm. I wonder what kind of boost could be gotten with the mothership
towing the space ship and not dropping it? You know, with some kind
of super bungee cord or something. Slingshot it upwards a bit.
grin

-Malcolm Teas

On 2004-06-18 15:55, Malcolm Teas wrote:
Justin Peer wrote in message ...

So, do you think Rutan's going to start offering kits of these things.
Now that would give you something to do in the garage of a Sunday
morning.


You should get a group together, the local EAA chapter can build one
mothership, and members can build multiple space ships to be carried
up. Kinda like a very high altitude glider tow operation.

Hm. I wonder what kind of boost could be gotten with the mothership
towing the space ship and not dropping it? You know, with some kind
of super bungee cord or something. Slingshot it upwards a bit.
grin

-Malcolm Teas

This cert could perhaps be used as a preparation for Mars flights?
I know of one simulator (X-plane) playing with designs for that atmosphere.

So when the little green guys wants to fly, FAA are ready...

/Rolf

You should get a group together, the local EAA chapter can build one
mothership, and members can build multiple space ships to be carried
up.

ROTFL! From anecdotes I've heard about the arguments in an EAA builder's group
that shall go unidentified, I can only imagine that a project of this magnitude
would lead to an uproar that could only end in lasers at dawn, ten paces.