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knight42
06-20-2003, 12:10 PM
A friend and I have come up with a candidate vehicle for the "X-Prize", which requires the launch and retrieval of a space vehicle into low-Earth orbit. Naturally I am carrying out the design work with C4D, so I thought I'd post a pic here.

We are currently looking for sponsors, if anyone's interested in supporting us.

J
twilight
06-20-2003, 12:12 PM
LOL

Good luck guys!! You'll need it!


:applause:
smoke
06-20-2003, 10:52 PM
Very, uh, insteresting design.
Would certainly be one heck of a ride...:argh:
pit
06-20-2003, 11:07 PM
Thatīs cool - if you need a test pilot just PM me!

So - how much beer did it take to come up with that design? And be honest now!

:beer:

Cheers
prayas
06-20-2003, 11:13 PM
funny box. need to see some bigger image to see all the details you put in there.

P..:
Wilson-3d
06-20-2003, 11:14 PM
I looove the design! Very good execution of it too. :thumbsup:
knight42
06-21-2003, 12:19 PM
Rather worryingly we weren't drunk, we were at work at the time, discussing the X-Prize instead of highway maintenance like we are supposed to.

We initially came up with the "coiled spring" propulsion method and went on from there.

I'll post a bigger pic when it goes on the website this weekend. I might actually send it to the X-Prize site, too, see what they think... :-)

J
knight42
06-24-2003, 07:19 PM
Here's a larger image, if anyones interested, showing a bit more detail.

http://www.knight42.fsnet.co.uk/c4d/x-prize/x-prize.jpg
flingster
06-24-2003, 07:26 PM
heh heh....so who gets to take a test flight first....?
you or your friend!!!!:argh:
knight42
06-24-2003, 07:31 PM
Both of us. There has to be two astronuts...sorry, astronauts :)

Having a job finding a suitable spring, actually...
flyingP
06-24-2003, 08:56 PM
do I dedect a touch of Monty Python here?

like it!
flyingP
06-24-2003, 08:59 PM
sorry 'detect', normally I just draw spelling is not my strength.
basilisk
06-24-2003, 09:41 PM
I guess the inspiration is Heath Robinson? (for the non British members here, William Heath Robinson is an illustrator of demented genius famous for his impossible inventions. See sample here --> http://www.basilisk.co.uk/various/heathrobinson.jpg

By the way, I think the spring is a bit too highly engineered looking. Couldn't you make it a bit more wonky like the one in the image linked above?
Kirl
06-24-2003, 10:00 PM
Nah, obviously his inspiration came from Apollo 13. :p

Great job, I love it...!
knight42
06-25-2003, 01:08 PM
LOL! Great Heath Robinson pic. I'll look at doing that, it should look good. Yes, I suppose is it pretty Pythonesque. It helps that both of us are as mad as a bag of badgers.

I'm working on an animation of the launch... :thumbsup:

J
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