If you want to rent a helicopter to drop POGO, then you could also get a 50' or so cable between the helicopter and POGO, then drop POGO off of the end of the cable at altitude. I think this would allow a significant safety factor for the helicopter and pilot. If there was a catastrophic failure of POGO's tankage, all of the peroxide et all, would be blown downwards by the rotor wash.
This, of course, has nothing to do with what I believe is the current plan for testing POGO. Just my 2 cents worth. > A drone helicopter would make hazmat a lot easier to > deal with, although building one would defeat the > cost savings if you can't buy a RC model off the > shelf powerful enough to lift the rocket. > Separation > could be handled with a simple claw grip, no? > (Maybe > two or three, if you're worried about the rocket > wobbling about the grip.) > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
