tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36913768.post3635583146525297062..comments2024-03-28T23:08:14.827-07:00Comments on Unreasonable Rocket: Notes and VideoPaul Breedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11024641086551653462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36913768.post-70768778928674045442008-10-06T18:34:00.000-07:002008-10-06T18:34:00.000-07:00Hi, What's this 'Purple Menace' thing I keep heari...Hi, What's this 'Purple Menace' thing I keep hearing about?<BR/><BR/>Is it something to do with the dark-looking plume that comes out of your motor?<BR/><BR/>I'd love to know what causes the dark plume. Mono-prop engines surely should have pretty uniform exhausts while running.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01016809824786035379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36913768.post-22772480863959092832008-10-03T14:04:00.000-07:002008-10-03T14:04:00.000-07:00God bless.-Adam GreenwoodGod bless.<BR/><BR/>-Adam GreenwoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36913768.post-58336074346656666312008-10-02T09:33:00.000-07:002008-10-02T09:33:00.000-07:00I've been quitely following your endeavour since t...I've been quitely following your endeavour since the start of this blog. Have to say that is a real blow. But you mentioned just a few days ago John M's comment about not getting too attached to any one vehicle, and I suspect this will really help with that.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing the biggest danger now for most people would be the temptation to improve something whilst rebuilding. Getting back to you're last known good point and moving forward from there has to be a better plan.<BR/><BR/>Whatever path forward you choose, just want to say you're an inspiration. Thanks for sharing this with us all, and I hope you can continue toamphletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041190176718753123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36913768.post-14438601561997283892008-10-02T08:57:00.000-07:002008-10-02T08:57:00.000-07:00Good news we got data right up the the end of the ...<I>Good news we got data right up the the end of the flight, the remote commanded shutdown of the vehicle works, the tethers and vehicle structure worked as designed , and the peroxide cleaned most of the spilled purple menace off of the pad.</I><BR/><BR/>You, sir, are an incredible optimist! :)<BR/><BR/>I wish there were something incredibly motivating I could say about this entire thing. I can't. I just wanted to write saying thank you for including us on this journey--even the bad parts. No matter what happens, it has been amazing to watch, even from a distance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36913768.post-41744213535769313182008-10-02T08:33:00.000-07:002008-10-02T08:33:00.000-07:00Ouch, that was sad to watch. But it doesnt look _t...Ouch, that was sad to watch. But it doesnt look _too_ bad, your airframe is still in one piece.<BR/>Hope it works out for the best !<BR/><BR/>I was about to ask in a previous post comment about whether it would be wise to have a simple small winch reeling the tethers in and out during the flight so that there would be only a slight slack, according to the flight profile ?<BR/><BR/>But then, one does not really expect to do a lot of tethered testing, so that would maybe overcomplicating things.telexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546884838263786497noreply@blogger.com