Monday, March 10, 2008

Delivery System

I have had a few questions about, how we are going to drop the bomb. First we are going to drop it out of a Cessna 172 that I will be flying. Yes I have my pilot license and yes this is legal (see to the right FAR 91.15). Second we are going to build a delivery system that is essentially like two rails that the bomb will roll down and out the bay door in the aft part of the cockpit. As you can see the door is below both the Wings and the elevators in the back of the airplane(it is actually on the left side of the plane). Also it is behind the landing gear, propeller, and wing spars. Which means its highly unlikely that after we drop the bowling ball(or cantaloupe) that it will damage anything, and it most certainly won't damage anything important. Also it is important that the rail system has a stop at the end that prevents any side to side motion when the bomb leaves the aircraft. We want to make sure that the path of the bomb is the same as the path of the aircraft. I also plan to have a safety bar that will not be removed until we are in a safe zone.
More coming later this week about an alternate site that may allow us to actually drop bowling balls.

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