ARCA Stabilo News

[bolun]

Interview with Dumitru Popescu

http://explorersweb.com/space/news.php?id=21224

[RanulfC]

My "major" (but by far not the ONLY one mind you ) question would be: "If you're going to make it a sea-plane carrier aircraft why NOT put the payload/Upper-stage ontop instead?"

It would make the hydro/aerodynamics so much easier as well as reducing your second-stage/payload water-logging issues

Then again... it does LOOK cool

Randy

[RanulfC]

OMG: YF-23 and SS1 had a love child! 

You forgot one: The YF2Y-1 had a genetic "hand" in there somewhere
http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Convair-SeaDart.html

Randy

[kevin-rf]

My "major" (but by far not the ONLY one mind you ) question would be: "If you're going to make it a sea-plane carrier aircraft why NOT put the payload/Upper-stage ontop instead?"

But Randy, this would way it would be more fun than delivering a Nuke using a LABS profile in a SkyRaider.

Knowing this groups history, the SkyRaider mission might be a tad safer