Today I spend a couple of fantastic hours with my co-founder and partner Peter Madsen, designing the launch escape system (LES) for Tycho Deep Space II. The reason why I am eager to get a preliminary design for the LES, is to be ready for the vertical wind tunnel stability test of 1/10 scale capsules.
While having fun in Solidworks, working the design and numbers, we suddenly found ourselves sketching up the entire Ø1600 mm booster as well, for a complete configuration overlook.
My intension to give you all the first LES data and design-specs in this blog failed. I ended up spending my evening on the illustration below.
The bi-liquid (alcohol and LOX) launch vehicle is approximately 12 meters high and the entire rocket, including LES-tower and engine, 20 meters. The launch vehicle still does not have a name. I am sure Peter will come up with something crazy.
Stay tuned for LES data and a complete change in capsule hatch/seat-design. I have to get back to Solidworks immediately!
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Kristian von Bengtson
