At 10:16 AM 8/13/02 -0700, Bill Clawson wrote:
>One question that might arise out of all this nose spike discussion is if
>we've come up with a nosecone
>geometries for SPIKE and PROBE. I might assume, for instance that we are
>leaning towards a KISS variant
>with a supersonic nose configuration, which could be tricky as that would be
>one big nose cone.
I assume that SPIKE will have a straight conical nosecone, like
most supersonic rockets.
-p
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Alex Fraser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:03 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [ERPS] Variable geometry rockets
>
>Right on!
>
>-What are the current issues with gizmocopter ;-)
> A quick visit to http://www.gizmocopter.org/elj-contest-200108/ was
>helpful, you should brag more about that page, it is very nice. BTW Have you
>considered buoyancy? I mean like a balloon filled with helium?
>
>-Any preliminary drawings of an aerospike engine? Any that can be
>distributed
>on the net?
>
>-What was the verdict from the machine shop on the fabricating of parts
>using
>Hasteloy?
>
>Michael Wallis wrote:
>----------snip------------------------
>
>What spike? Why put a spike on something and worry about all this when
>
> > there's no demonstrated need. We're spending a lot of energy fixing a
> > problem that doesn't exist.
> >
> > The problems we need to solve are things like how to get POGO flying,
> > how to get the cermet catalyst tested, how to build and test an
> > aerospike engine, etc.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Michael Wallis KF6SPF (408) 396-9037 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Michael Wallis:
> > "The difference between theory and practice is much greater in practice
> > than in theory."
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