On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 15:32, Jonathan A Goff wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I was glad to hear about the truce between AVR and AST. Pierce
> mentioned that it might be
> possible to do VTVL testing with an experimental waiver under the same
> Powered Lift Normal
> category that Moller uses. If this is possible, at what point would it
> cross the boundary from
> AVR to AST?
200k lbf-sec total impulse, more or less. Possibly, it doesn't make
much difference at all. A VTVL vehicle with that kind of impulse flying
unmanned is clearly exempt under the rules as written. Build your
vehicle to fly both manned and remote operated, and you are clear to do
at least some of your flight testing within the amateur exemption even
if you can't get it in as a PLN experimental craft.
> Also, I found it amusing that Randall's post about this news, in spite
> of being one of the most space
> policy related posts on sci.space.policy hasn't garnered a single
> response yet (at least according
> to google). Maybe somebody ought to rename it sci.space.simberg or
> something.....
Usenet hasn't been a useful medium since around the time I left high
school. What precisely were you expecting?
-p
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