It is essentially a modern version of the German V2 rocket...

[Joseph S. Barrera III]

Rainbows never die

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Subject: 	Canadian Arrow Completes Drop Test
Date: 	15 Aug 2004 22:26:02 -0000
From: 	brian-slashdotnews at hyperreal.org
To: 	slashdotnews at hyperreal.org



Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/15/1723259
Posted by: michael, on 2004-08-15 20:15:00

   from the look-out-below,-eh dept.
   [1]hpulley writes "The Canadian press is reporting that X-Prize
   entrant [2]the Canadian Arrow [3]made its first successful crew
   compartment drop test on Saturday. It is essentially a modern version
   of the [4]German V2 rocket. This test was just a drop of the crew
   compartment to test the parachutes. Next comes a launch abort test to
   see if the crew can be safely sent away from the vehicle. No word yet
   on when they might launch the consecutive flights in two-week
   turnaround for the prize. Fellow Canadian entrant the da Vinci Project
   will [5]try to launch October 2nd. In the fall, venerable model
   company [6]Estes Rockets will have a new model of the [7]Canadian
   Arrow along with models of other entrants like the [8]Rubicon." Oddly
   enough, I saw the crew compartment being driven around in Toronto on
   Saturday morning (towed behind a white pickup truck), but I didn't
   know what they were up to.

   IFRAME: [9]pos6

References

   1. mailto:hpulley4 at nOspaM.yahoo.com
   2. http://www.canadianarrow.com/
   3. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Space/2004/08/14/583240-cp.html
   4. http://www.v2rocket.com/
   5. http://www.davinciproject.com/beta/index.html
   6. http://www.estesrockets.com/
   7. http://www.estesrockets.com/canadian_arrow185.html
   8. http://www.estesrockets.com/rubicon187.html
   9. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4780&alloc_id=10190&site_id=1&request_id=705897






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