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Assembly

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Have started assembling the craft, and hope to bring it to it’s first race towards the end of June. Read More

Rush rush rush!

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Doesnt seem to be enough time to get everything done but we will see!

We have been assembling the duct with its stiffening ring and flow straighteners, which are now on their way to being a complete unit. The honeycomb has come out very stiff and the stators have connected in nicely. Read More

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Moving along with the new craft

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

First post on the new website, thanks to Chris for doing another amazing job- just upto me to fill it in!

We have been busy, too busy to post anything on here and its only going to get worse as we try to get it ready for the World champs in August! Read More

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Orange Peril Build Update

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Various moulds have been built and foam cores sanded to shape for parts of the thrust duct assembly. Read More

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Orange Build update

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

The skirts for the new craft will be made at Cameron Balloons in Bristol, the largest hot air balloon manufacturer in the world. Read More

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Round 7- Last of the season at Towcester race course

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Before Towcester I had time to give the craft a full once over and managed to change the chipped thrust blades for a set of cleaned, balanced blades.

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Round 6- Jake’s Place near Leicester

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

This was my first time racing this course with a faster craft and in practice i was pretty scared by the jumps going in and out of the water. After a few laps i got into it and the craft felt really stable when it was jumping.

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New Beginnings

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

The new hull is being moved to Bristol where it will be assembled. Many parts are yet to be designed and the team will be helped by Bristol University engineering department and the Motorsport club. Read More

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Round 5- Southampton

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

In Southampton there was some great racing and i took my first meeting win. Every race was incredibly close with Rick and I taking 3 wins each and there was no decider until the last race. The craft performed faultlessly throughout the weekend apart from the endless repairs on the worn out skirt. Read More

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