REFLECTOR: Rocket Racing in a Velo

[Dave Dent]

They got a hold of me about two months ago wanting our Cozy IV.   But they 
were late by one week.  The offered more money but didn't help.  they still 
wanted to measure the plane and I talked them into wanting a Standard Velo 
for the job.  They want to put rockets into most anything with a canard they 
can.  They know good plane forms when they see them.  We never got down to 
them.  They offered me a paid trip down to Mojave to watch the EZ rocket be 
flown but to busy on the up grades of the Cozy.  The Cozy is now in Texas.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michalk" <michalk at awpi.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Rocket Racing in a Velo


> Al Gietzen wrote:
>>
>> The guys from X-cor came by a few weeks ago to take measurements on my 
>> fuselage as part of a plan to test a rocket on a Velocity.  Picture a 
>> large, spherical, liquid O2 tank in the back seat.
>
>
> And then to make it fast:
> A retractable canard to lose all that nasty lift.
> A really thin main wing.
> Smaller winglets, aligned for more speed.
>
> Better yet:
> 1: Buy a tube, say something that looks like a rocket tube.
> 2: Put some bigger tailfins on it .. maybe wing sized, and move to just 
> aft of CG.
> 3: Add small flying canard, no hinged surfaces ... suitable for supersonic 
> flight.
> 4: Profit.
>
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