[simpits-tech] Major New Project

[Roy Coates]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > For more details (or to donate to the cause!) see
> > http://jetstream-club.org
> >
> Cool!

Huge!


> Roy, I was watching a show last night from the History Channel called
> "Ancient Mysteries" and the topic was cars & planes.  They had a segment
> on a little wooden bird/glider that was found in an Egyptian tomb.  They
> did a simulation of it and "flew" it using that yellow bubble of yours at
> the University of Liverpool.  Were you involved with that?  It was kind of
> a neat segment.

Ah, the 'pod'.  Yes, that's in my dept although I have nothing to do with
it generally. It's got a neat motion base but sweet nothing in the way of
instruments/switches etc etc.  I think they're saving for the Mk.II
version  ;-)

More info here: http://www.flightlab.liv.ac.uk/

Roy.

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Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862
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