Re: X-Prize Screen captures!

At 2:06 PM -0400 9/29/04, Nicholas Caldwell wrote:
>Yeah, especially when SS1 appeared to go into an uncontrolled roll 
>and one of the commentators said "Uh-oh!"!

Yeah, I was watching Miles and one of the Scaled Composite dudes 
commenting and both were concernd about the same time I was. The 
initial roll moments was odd but controlable. The repeated rolls was 
scary. I started to expect something to crack or break and then for 
the airframe to fail. It was a bit nerve wracking.

>I'd like to know what happened since it didn't appear to affect the 
>success of the flight.

Control system again. Probably the same gremlin that got them off 
course last time. I'll bet a sensor or something is a bit wonky.

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