Tag Archives: Conceptual Design

Long Endurance UAV Design

Posted on Tue, 2010-03-09 by gravityloss

Karoliina has some thoughts on plane design, looking at High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAV:s as inspiration for high L/D craft, to ultimately cruise at fast speed with little power. I disagree somewhat, and I’m sketching out why, below. Probably … Continue reading →

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SpaceX's Third Attempt

Posted on Sun, 2008-08-03 by gravityloss

The first stage worked flawlessly but the staging malfunctioned. I wasn’t watching, but went to bed at 4 am local time after waiting through some launch delays, thinking that it’d take forever anyway, and of course the launch was right … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Design at NASA

Posted on Mon, 2008-07-14 by gravityloss

The Constellation program has been going on for about 3 years. Kicking off with the ESAS study of a few months, it still hasn’t settled very much about the architecture. Even the number of solid segments and liquid engines on … Continue reading →

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