The team was down in Byron Ca. on Sunday for the open house of the Patriots foundation. The Patriots are on jet aerobatic team. We were there showing off PongSats and MiniCubes for their new education foundation. Our own Ed is not only one of the pilots but is also the director of the Patriots Foundation’s aerospace academy.
JPA with the Patriots
June 25th, 2012First of the New Propellers
June 18th, 2012Now begins the work of filling flaws, filling the millions of microscopic pin holes and finishing.
Trust me, helliptical, hollow molded parts are tricky!
Horror of the Heights
June 17th, 2012You can’t have Star Wars without monsters. Our epic space battle from the Away 66 mission provided one.
Our hero thought he was getting the upper hand but didn’t realize the threat was from above.
The creatures tendrils reached out for the starship.
Even locking the s-foils down didn’t break the X-Wing free from the monster’s malevolent latex clutches.
Carbon and Copper
June 17th, 2012It was all day with two elements Saturday. We’ve started on our forth generation Hall MHD unit. All these units are one off’s for they ended up being hand made. Paul and Kevin spent yesterday cutting out the twenty copper parts for the electrodes. We also joined the halves of the first new propeller. It looks so cool in its raw carbon form I almost want to just leave it that way.
Propeller Halves
June 12th, 2012We’ve made enough for two sets of propellers and one backup blade. They’ve all been rough trimmed and one pair is ready for assembly.
New Blades
June 10th, 2012Kevin is pulling an airship propeller blade half out of the mold.
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