[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunters
From: Rob Wesel <Nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:07 2004 Message-ID: <007c01c23e9e$313dbe00$4e9fe70c_at_GOLIATH> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C23E63.8459D780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I recently met up with a guy that builds Battle Bots, for the TV show, = and we got talking about meteorites. He felt that ~ $40k could bankroll = a state of the art flying machine, ultra lightweight, programmable = search patterns, electromagnetic and heat sensors and many other bells = and whistles right down to occular guided direction and snap-to = GPS...and his team could build it. I will shake his tree and forward his = ideas to you all upon reply.=20
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Rob Wesel
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We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Willy Wonka, 1971
----- Original Message -----=20
From: John Reed=20
To: Mark Langenfeld=20
Cc: mafer ; meteor central=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunters
Mark can you send me a link to the gyro copters
Thanks John=20
Mark Langenfeld wrote:=20
Unfortunately, there have been more than a few gyro-copter =
fatalities. Most were the result of a hard push over, which unloads the =
rotor and causes a negative "coning angle" that gets your rotor blades =
into the pusher prop or vertical stabilizer. Either way, it's not =
pretty. On the other hand, if you keep the Gs positive and otherwise fly =
prudently, gyro-copters can be pretty benign. Mark=20
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As far as 100k for a kit chopper, popular mechanics has run =
they're gyro-copter a couple time over the last 40 years and would cost =
way less than that kit and is a proven design (gyro-copters have no =
fatalities that I know of because of the design, the rotors are free =
running and not driven so provide a rough, but surviable landing if the =
push prop motor stalls).
-----Original Message-----=20
From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com =
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of John Reed =
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 7:15 PM=20
To: James_TOM Knudson=20
Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunters=20
=20
Hey tom what do you think of a mini chopper (helicopter) they =
sell in kits you put together yourself for right around 100k plus some =
thing you could shine at the ground that would give a signal when you =
shine it on metal , is there anything like that does any one know?=20
Thanks John
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I recently met up with a guy that =
builds Battle=20
Bots, for the TV show, and we got talking about meteorites. He felt that =
~ $40k=20
could bankroll a state of the art flying machine, ultra =
lightweight,=20
programmable search patterns, electromagnetic and heat sensors and many =
other=20
bells and whistles right down to occular guided direction and snap-to =
GPS...and=20
his team could build it. I will shake his tree and forward =
his ideas=20
to you all upon reply. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>--<BR>Rob =
Wesel<BR>------------------<BR>We are=20
the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams.<BR>Willy =
Wonka,=20
1971</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Djohn_at_findalltrades.com =
href=3D"mailto:john_at_findalltrades.com">John=20
Reed</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dmlangen_at_execpc.com=20
href=3D"mailto:mlangen_at_execpc.com">Mark Langenfeld</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A =
title=3Dmafer_at_domafer.com=20
href=3D"mailto:mafer_at_domafer.com">mafer</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20
href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteor central</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 07, =
2002 10:20=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] =
Meteorite=20
hunters</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Mark can you send me a link to the gyro =
copters<BR>Thanks John=20
<P>Mark Langenfeld wrote:=20
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<FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Unfortunately, there have been =
more than a=20
few gyro-copter fatalities. Most were the result of a hard push =
over, which=20
unloads the rotor and causes a negative "coning angle" that gets =
your rotor=20
blades into the pusher prop or vertical stabilizer. Either =
way, it's=20
not pretty. On the other hand, if you keep the Gs positive and =
otherwise fly=20
prudently, gyro-copters can be pretty =
benign.</FONT></FONT> <FONT=20
face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Mark</FONT></FONT>=20
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><SPAN=20
class=3D430231302-08082002><FONT face=3DArial><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff><FONT=20
size=3D-1>As far as 100k for a kit chopper, popular mechanics has =
run=20
they're gyro-copter a couple time over the last 40 years and would =
cost=20
way less than that kit and is a proven design (gyro-copters have =
no=20
fatalities that I know of because of the design, the rotors are =
free=20
running and not driven so provide a rough, but surviable landing =
if the=20
push prop motor stalls).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff =
2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader><FONT face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><FONT=20
size=3D-1>-----Original Message-----</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D-1><B>From:</B>=20
meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com [<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com">mailto:meteorit=
e-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com</A>]<B>On=20
Behalf Of</B> John Reed</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D-1><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, =
August 07,=20
2002 7:15 PM</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><FONT=20
size=3D-1><B>To:</B> James_TOM Knudson</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D-1><B>Cc:</B>=20
meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D-1><B>Subject:</B> Re:=20
[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunters</FONT></FONT> =
<BR> </DIV>Hey tom=20
what do you think of a mini chopper (helicopter) they sell in =
kits you=20
put together yourself for right around 100k plus some thing you =
could=20
shine at the ground that would give a signal when you shine it =
on metal=20
, is there anything like that does any one know? <BR>Thanks=20
=
John</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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