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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Burt Rutan’s one of a kind. So are his designs. Scaling up the original test bed isn’t as easy as some thought.


57 posted on 10/31/2014 2:51:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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He is a genius.

That said those tail fins hanging out in the supersonic wind seem to me to be susceptible to oscillation that would put incredible stress on pivoting parts.


58 posted on 10/31/2014 2:56:22 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Stop the Stupid)
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