Hey all, Sorry, but i have to cancel the parachute test this Sunday.
One of the pusher elements was slightly under built and broke during testing. I'll need to make another piece which is a couple hours work, and on top of that i'm working through a cold virus this weekend. -- (The video was really cool :) (2009.03.05) nathan.ber...@gmail.com: > I'm going to try to be there. And just to get us all exited here is a > link to the video of NASA's recently completed parachute test for > their new Ares rocket. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ0oKhV8f1A > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Andrew Greenberg <and...@psas.pdx.edu> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > We're looking for a few people to help out this Sunday with three > > separate tests of the recovery system. > > > > First, we're meeting at 11:00am in the lobby of the PSU Engineering > > Building ("EB") to run two tests of the parachute by tossing it down the > > 5 story atrium. > > > > Second, we're going off to Tim's house in Tigard to do a pull test on > > the main bag to make sure the chute properly deploys at high speed. > > > > We could use help, so if you have some spare time, drop by and give us a > > hand. We'll be coordinating by my cell phone (listed below). > > > > Thanks, _______________________________________________ psas-team mailing list psas-team@lists.psas.pdx.edu http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/psas-team This list's membership is automatically generated from the memberships of the psas-airframe, psas-avionics, and psas-general mail lists. Visit http://lists.psas.pdx.edu to individually subscribe/unsubscribe yourself from these lists.