Wow, I mean,... it seems crazy but kewl!!?

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/star-wars/rocket+powered-21+foot-long-x+wing-model-actually...

..

Kind of surreal seeing the X-wing in a parking lot with some cars.
Sends my tiny little mind into context conniptions.

Why didn't they lay it up in fiberglass and use polypropylene for the
wing hinges? 50 or 60 lbs for a wing?

TOP

Yep, from a design point of view, this is one poor example of
engineering!
Although, as others have noted... it most likely will go down in a
flame of glory!?
I can't help or hope it will may somehow work..?

..

On Oct 2, 7:53 pm, TOP cbd.net> wrote:

i think those 4 rocket engines will even make my bicycle fly...;)

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No doubt, just about anything within the load range will be moved into
some trajectory/altitude.
How far or with what sustaining grace before the chutes deploy,.. we
will have to see?
BTW, I should not have been harsh,.. they obviously put a lot of work
in this and I do hope it works!

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/star.wars.anniversary/clips/star.wars.xwing.33.5.0...

hmm,.. for more drama, maybe they should have a interceptor rocket on
hand to shot it down?

.. 8^)

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On Oct 2, 11:12 am, zxys zxys.com> wrote:

If it even gets off the ground it's got more promise then the 63
million taxpayer dollars spent for the DP-2:

http://www.kusi.com/home/10185051.html?video=YHI&t=a
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont_Aerospace_DP-2
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/06/hunters_folly_6.html

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2007/07/spend-a-littleo.html#comment-76366100

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I was wondering how they plan to control pitch and yaw, but then I
realized this is probably not meant for horizontal flight, it's a rocket.

The first thing that worries me about this as a rocket is yaw stability.
Estes had a rocket kit of the X-Wing that was about a foot long. That had
4 vertical stabilizers added to each (dummy) engine tube, with a single
rocket engine in the center of the fuselage. This thing has 4 rockets,
pretty widely spaced. When I was a kid we "experimented" with multi-
engine designs, and excitement ensued. The engines on this thing will
need to be very closely matched in output, and started at just about
exactly the same time.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/boom/xwing-rocket-launches-disintegrates-midair-307945...

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