Enjoy!
onsdag 3 mars 2010
Update from Esrange!
Hi!
An update from Esrange, Kiruna:
LAPLander is assembled and mounted in the Rexus 8 rocket. In the photo you can see the LAPLander team in front of the rocket. To prepare for the launch a test countdown was performed today. The preliminary time for launch of the rocket is tomorrow at 9. 30. A recovery helicopter will search for the rocket and LAPLander after the launch. If the helicopter fails to find it, the backup plan is to search for it with a snow mobile.
By the way, here is a clip from the launch of Rexus 7!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhKTRb1YsM
An update from Esrange, Kiruna:
LAPLander is assembled and mounted in the Rexus 8 rocket. In the photo you can see the LAPLander team in front of the rocket. To prepare for the launch a test countdown was performed today. The preliminary time for launch of the rocket is tomorrow at 9. 30. A recovery helicopter will search for the rocket and LAPLander after the launch. If the helicopter fails to find it, the backup plan is to search for it with a snow mobile.
By the way, here is a clip from the launch of Rexus 7!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhKTRb1YsM
torsdag 25 februari 2010
You may not now it but we are in Kiruna sweden at Esrange for the Rexus 7/8 Launch Campaign. It's a bit hectic with a lot of tests and test deadlines so I don't have time to write a lengthy post. But we have been recording some short daily videos.
We love comments. :)
Yesterdays update. Click the video so you can see it full size.
/LAPLander
tisdag 23 februari 2010
Helikoptertestet genomfört / Helicopter test performed
På grund av rådande väderförhållande, så sköts falltestet upp tills den allra sista tillståndsdagen. Resultatet kan ses på bloggen av vårt uppföljarprojekt SQUID. Stöd SQUID-projektet genom ett dagligt besök till deras blogg (www.kthpainsidan.se/blog4).
Due to weather conditions the drop test was postponed to the very last permission day. The result may be seen at the blog of our follow-on project SQUID. Support the SQUID project by a daily visit to their blog (www.kthpainsidan.se/blog4).
Följ dessa länkar för resultatet / Follow these links for the result:
Helikoptersläpptestet genomfört!
Rapport från helikoptersläpptestet
Bilder från helikoptern under släpptestet/Pictures from the heli during the droptest
Rapport från fredagens helikoptersläpp-letande/Report from drop-test searching
/Christian Westlund
Due to weather conditions the drop test was postponed to the very last permission day. The result may be seen at the blog of our follow-on project SQUID. Support the SQUID project by a daily visit to their blog (www.kthpainsidan.se/blog4).
Följ dessa länkar för resultatet / Follow these links for the result:
Helikoptersläpptestet genomfört!
Rapport från helikoptersläpptestet
Bilder från helikoptern under släpptestet/Pictures from the heli during the droptest
Rapport från fredagens helikoptersläpp-letande/Report from drop-test searching
/Christian Westlund
tisdag 9 februari 2010
Falltest av LAPLander / Drop test of LAPLander
På fredag kommer LAPLander att kastas ut ifrån en helikopter. Detta kommer att ske över ett militärt skjutfält några mil utanför Stockholm. Syftet för testet är att utvärdera hur LAPLander klarar av den slutliga inbromsningen och nedslaget. För tillfället utför vi de slutliga förberedelserna inför testet. Må vädergudarna vara med oss!
The coming Friday, LAPLander will be thrown out from a helicopter. This will be done over a military firing range a few miles outside Stockholm. The aim for the test is to evaluate the final airbraking and the impact for LAPLander. At the moment we are making the final preparations for the test. May the Weather Gods be with us!
/Christian Westlund
The coming Friday, LAPLander will be thrown out from a helicopter. This will be done over a military firing range a few miles outside Stockholm. The aim for the test is to evaluate the final airbraking and the impact for LAPLander. At the moment we are making the final preparations for the test. May the Weather Gods be with us!
/Christian Westlund
LAPLander på Wikipedia/LAPLander on Wikipedia
Nu kan även våra kinesiska vänner läsa om LAPLander på Wikipedia. Artiklar finns nu på engelska, franska, kinesiska, spanska och svenska.
Klicka på länkarna ovan för att läsa de olika versionerna.
Now may also our Chinese friends read about LAPLander on Wikipedia. There are articles in English, French, Chinese, Spanish and Swedish.
Click on the links above to read the different versions.
/Christian Westlund
Klicka på länkarna ovan för att läsa de olika versionerna.
Now may also our Chinese friends read about LAPLander on Wikipedia. There are articles in English, French, Chinese, Spanish and Swedish.
Click on the links above to read the different versions.
/Christian Westlund
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