Re: Mojave airport is not a spaceport

From: Pete Lynn (pete_at_peterlynnkites.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:51:23 +1200

"Earl Colby Pottinger" <earlcp@idirect.com> wrote in message
news:G72dnUeAmLeo_EHdRVn-uw@look.ca...
> "Pete Lynn" <pete@peterlynnkites.com> :
>
> > I am making some progress on the tethered wing thing, though
> > initial commercialization will be elsewhere, (where the money
> > is). I am hoping that maybe five years from now I will be able
> > to make one for rocket landing. Hopefully for around 1%
> > landing weight I can build one that provides a glide rate of
> > around five, if desired, with soft vertical landing, perhaps
> > without the need for any landing gear. This should be
> > lighter than any of the alternatives, it could also be easily
> > powered.
> >
> > Pete.
>
> Good Luck. URL?
>

Not yet, nor can I talk about specifics. But basically you throw away
everything but the Roton rotor tip and fly it similarly as a kite with
lines back to the hub. This cuts your weight to about a tenth for the
same overall performance. The scary problem will be deployment through
the vehicle wake, this will be a long term project.

I pretty much agreed with everything you said so felt no need to comment
further.

Pete.

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