Tripoli also allowed Dave Griffith to fly his tribrid, a motor that begins as a nitrous oxide/plastic hybrid and transitions to N2O/alcohol liquid. This will likely become Tripoli's first Certified liquid biprop motor.
-Dave McCue On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Randall Clague wrote: > Richard Speck reports on the CATS Board (formerly the CATS Prize > Board) that > > >Micro-Space, Inc. successfully launched and recovered a > >bipropellant rocket Sept 22, 2002 at the TRA "BALLS" event in the > >Black Rock Desert. Hydrogen Peroxide and Methyl Alcohol were the > >fuels used for the sustainer motor in this CRUSADER IV rocket. > >A leaking check valve reduced the motor thrust and flight time for > >this flight. The four inch diameter rocket cleanly exited the launch > >tower, flew an accurate vertical trajectory, and descended under > >parachute as planned. Telemetry data was received throughout the > >flight. The high mass ratio offered by this technology will be > >essential for later space launch efforts. This version of the rocket, > >fully fuled, would exceed 3.5 mass ratio. > > This is very good news for ERPS. As far as I know, this is the first > time a biprop has flown at a Tripoli launch. It's specifically > prohibited by both the Tripoli Safety Code and the Tripoli Research > Rules. Exemptions have to be approved by the Tripoli Board. > > So evidently Micro-Space got an exemption out the Tripoli Board. And > for a bi-prop. If they can get one, we can get one, and we could fly > at BALLS next year. > > -R > > -- > "Sutton is the beginning of wisdom - > but only the beginning." > -- Jeff Greason > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list > _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
