Comments on: Mr. Big Stuff

By: dr.hypercube

dr.hypercube — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:08:36 +0000

R – the model I built, way back when, had a pod you could connect to it – that’s as close as I ever got. Must have been a wild ride (the Hueys too).

P – wow – I did not know about the MSL mission, let alone the skycrane component! Thanks.

By: Pacian

Pacian — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:33:34 +0000

The skycrane inspired NASA’s quite simply insane design for the Mars Science Laboratory, which is going to be lowered to the surface from a hovering rocket platform.

By: Reid Farmer

Reid Farmer — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:44:21 +0000

During my time in the Army I got to fly in the “people pod” under a CH-54, at Grafenwoehr, Germany IIRC. Unbelieveably loud – you had to wear earplugs during the ride.

We used to ride in Hueys a lot – showing my age! I’m not the greatest with heights, and flying without doors on the outward facing benches wasn’t a treat for me – especially when the pilot would bank in my direction. One fellow dropped his M-16 out of a Huey during a banking manuever and our battalion spent a day in the field looking for it.