the ULTIMATE carbon fiber ride

[MadRocketSci]

www.xprize.org

click on "X1 flight video"
update: click on "Program begins 6 am pdt" under "live webcast"

choose SpaceShipOne X Prize 9/29 Flight (300K for best viewing)

enjoy the 330,000+ feet of climbing, done by a designer who really knows composites, for only the price of about 27 Ottrots! :)

to cut to the chase, put the slider at about 60% of the full video...

i'm off tonight for the prize winning flight...cross your fingers for no more "unscripted" manuevers!

:beer:
-MadRocket

[MadRocketSci]

flight 2 for all 10 million marbles

pic 1: taxi for takeoff
pic 2: candle lit: straight and true
pic 3: history made

5 g's of re-entry acceleration, aero-buffeting, supersonic shocks and heating...carbon fiber giving a good showing in the right hands :beer:

-M

[Lost Weekend]

Nice pics- thata got to be the ultimate ride!!!! I want one, how much are they?

[zap]

Congrats to Rutan and team.

Rutan has been and is in the forefront of developing the super material, carbon composites. Great to see a small team in the US reach the frontier.

Cost for one of those spaceships. More than all the Ottrott's built to date. But $250,000 should buy you a ticket to space in the next few years :banana:

[Spinner]

Hello Mr. Mad!

What a cool site. Thanks for making us aware of it.

[Spectrum Bob]

Many Thanks MadRocketSci

I had the pleasure of meeting Burt Rutan an Oshkosh in the late 70s. I have such respect for his accomplishments. He is a brilliant designer who has done so much for aviation.

I have always wanted to build a Long EZ.

Spectrum Bob

[MadRocketSci]

Paul Allen funds for 25 million total...ottrott costs what, about 7500?

25,000,000/7500 = 3333.3 ottrotts :) so looks like zap's right!

that's for the 1st one....to build another one would be cheaper. but still more than all the ottrotts ever built (how many are there, anyway?)

price for a seat on virgin galactic is under $200,000 according to richard branson

-cheers!
madrocketsci