Initially, I had my doubts about this one... Intriguing as it is, when I watched the video, I was struck by how similar their "just build it" approach is to my own. You know, build first, design later... Well, we have seen the results here, and I wouldn't want my life to depend on it! But who am I to judge? And the rockets they have produced are really impressive. Check it out. And there is an amateur radio homebrew connection.
Thanks Lars!
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Hi Bill
I thought that you might be interested in following the guys at:
http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/
It is an amateur group with the mission of sending a human into space - I guess that there are quite a few knack victims among them ;-)
They are about to launch a test rocket in a few days, and they are quite serious about what they are doing!
Actuallly you have come across one of them, their electronics guy is OZ2CPU who has the picture of the opened SBL-1 DBM on his website http://webx.dk
Vy 72/73 de Lars OZ1CJX / OZ9G / 5Q5RP
I thought that you might be interested in following the guys at:
http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/
It is an amateur group with the mission of sending a human into space - I guess that there are quite a few knack victims among them ;-)
They are about to launch a test rocket in a few days, and they are quite serious about what they are doing!
Actuallly you have come across one of them, their electronics guy is OZ2CPU who has the picture of the opened SBL-1 DBM on his website http://webx.dk
Vy 72/73 de Lars OZ1CJX / OZ9G / 5Q5RP
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Yes, I will be following their endeavor, and in fact there is one more radio amateur involved, though he has not designed any electronics for the project, OZ1EJK, Claus.
ReplyDeleteI went to see the rocket (and the launch platform) last year before their first launch attempt. An impressive project, and given a bit of support I think they will succeed.
There is a support association for anyone wanting to support this at http://raketvenner.dk/
72/73 de Jan PA9QV/OZ9QV.
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ReplyDeleteNo problem. After all, they didn't say a LIVE human.
ReplyDeleteSure, just build it.......a carboard tube, a little black powder.....
"Let's light this candle!" Alan Shepard, 1961.
73 from somewhere southeast of Vandenberg AFB.......Steve Smith WB6TNL "Snort Rosin"