Instrumentation engineer Otto Schnarr at left and principal investigator Jim Murray assist operations engineer and model lab technician Robert "Red" Jensen (partially hidden) in assembly of the DROID-3.
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Instrumentation engineer Otto Schnarr at left and principal investigator Jim Murray assist operations engineer and model lab technician Robert “Red” Jensen (partially hidden) in assembly of the DROID-3. The modified Super Flyin’ King model aircraft was flown to evaluate its ability to tow a sub-scale sailplane to release altitude to validate systems and procedures and to reduce risk en route to a full-scale demonstration of the innovative Towed Glider Air-Launch Concept demonstration.
Jan. 16, 2014
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