From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:29:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Fwd: X-Prize
> --- Brian Fuchs <FUCHS001@Comcast.NET> wrote: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/xprize_ap_030927.html > [quoted text omitted]
From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:31:35 +1000
Subject: Re: X-Prize
From: "Brian B" <greywanderer987@yahoo.com> > > BTW, did I send you this update before? Says two http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/xprize_ap_030927.html I think so. See
From: ShldWulf@a...
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:24:32 EDT
Subject: Re: X-Prize
Realizing this is a bit off topic, I thought some might like to hear the update. Burt Rutan's Space Ship one had 'mishap' on the last flight, (Sep 27th) in which it entered an "Un-commanded" pitch up during a stall test. Full stick, AND full trim tab failed to correct the problem and the pilot ended up rolling with the ships rudders and aiming the nose at the ground to gain enough speed to abort and land. During the landing, a new set of "space worthy" landing gear doors were used. Though it was expected the new doors would cause drag, they caused so MUCH drag that the ship landed almost 1000 feet short of the pilots intended touch down point. Scaled has not announced yet if the fixes for these problems are going to be 'big' or 'small' but the general consesus is that any plans for doing the 100km flight by the Wrights aniversery in December are out the window. More can be had by reading the RLV news entry for October 7, and following the links to the Scaled Composits page. > http://www.hobbyspace.com/Links/RLVNews.html< Randy