NERRF and Ed Miller's J to J to K monocopter or........

Zoom out? Have your little helper tape it too so maybe between both of you, you get it all as you like it. I'm guessing - compared to me, you're an expert.

in looking at the video repeatedly, I noticed that the dammage seems to have happened at the very end. I think your main problem was a too short launch rod, which caused a portion of your engines trust to push the copter along a horizontal vector.

Also, You did a good thing by zoomming out at the last second, and being a bit back. when you look at the cameras used to track saturns (real ones, not models) you'll see they got HUGE lenses and are real far back.

I'd say much more testing is needed :) fly and fly and fly and fly and fly and fly and fly some more.

and post the videos

I can only get audio using windoze media player (9)! Why?????

You need to download quicktime.

probly need to upgrade to Windows Media Player 10.

waow!

Did you have a bunker or was everyone wearing an helmet?

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Sorry to hear about the damage, but that looked like a cool flight... :-) How about some more info - size of the thing, staging methods, etc.?

Eldred

One file is Quicktime 6, the other is Quicktime 7......they are bascially both the same, but most will have to upgrade QT to see the 7 file.....I'm still up in the air as to whether I like 7 or not

Chuck

On my new Mac G5, there is no comparing the, the 7 is much nicer looking.

-Rich

Chuck Rudy wrote:

They both work great on my Mac G7 (aka Intel powered PC) 8-)

The monocopter belongs to the infamous ( I mean that in a good way ) Ed Miller from near Hershey PA. It boosted on a J 135, 4 second air start to a J 135, another 4 second air start to a K 185 using timers. What kind? I forgot to ask.

Since it did not take off vertically as it did in it's first launch two years ago, it appears the damage which broke it in half may have started early in the launch. A loss of torsional rigidity may have allowed the motors to move away from level (y axis) and push the mono away from it's normal flight path. It flew anything but level on most of it's flight making it appear the design had been compromised.

To see the first flight at NYPOWER X 2 years ago, go to

Chuck

Oh and it's 9 feet long.

Chuck

That's pretty cool... The last motor fired WAY late, didn't it?

Eldred

That's damn big...

Eldred

ach! "*.mov" -- it is a quick time file. Maybe try the new QT7? It played fine here.

Yes it was.....when he told me his sequence was Start, then +4 then +16 then parachute at +32 I figured there could be a little problem.....I was glad the last air start went off when it did, and as level as it did.

Though I did have a place to hide behind Ed's van. ;-)

Chuck