On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:17:08 -0400, Alex Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>If people are working on both Gizmocopter and POGO and now some folks
>are modeling the testing device (GizmoCopter is a model, right) then I
>think it would be quicker and cheaper to build POGO and crash it a
>couple of times (or maybe you get lucky!). It would probably be more
>fun too!
I find it hard to believe that in your years, you have never witnessed
a crash. If you had, you would know that they are not fun. Crashing
an amateur rocket, be it Prospector or POGO, is equivalent in money
and emotion to crashing a restored Model T. It wrecks thousands of
dollars of hardware, and hundreds of hours of work. It is NOT fun.
> Just saying your wiring will work because you will follow some set
>rules just ain't real.
Physics is physics. If Pierce is using MatLab, I'm sure it's up to
the task. (Pierce scares me a little. He's as bright as I am, and he
doesn't just think outside the box, he chops it up and has it for
lunch.)
>You have enough space at the ranch to build a
>safe tethered test device.
Great, send one out. I'm sure the crew will be happy to assemble it
and use it.
-R
--
"SEAL training is just like Ranger training, except
it's three weeks longer. It takes that long to teach
them how to balance the balls on their noses."
-- Doug Jones
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