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[Dan Nachbar]

On May 8, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Malcolm McLeod wrote:
> Hi Dan
>
> How about updating us on "Alberto."   Refinements... propulsion...
> production?

I haven't said much because there really hasn't been much
interesting to say. I spent most of the winter and
spring (so far) writing business plans and hustling
for investor money.

On the technical side, we're been working on a bunch
of little stuff -

  - adding an oxygen level sensor inside the envelope
  - adding a load cell on the cable that connects the nose
	and tail of the ship
  - converting the pair of toggle switches used to control
	steering and throttle to a spiffy little joystick
  - reworking the fuel gauges for the propane tanks
  - adding a more fine grained steering position indicator
  - adding a moveable weight for longitudinal trim

Larger items such as upgrading the engine from 24 to 80 hp
and building a more cleverly designed envelope will start
once we get back in the air.  Hopefully we'll take the
ship back to the field next week and start flying
shortly thereafter.

Dan

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