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Touch but no go On February 1st, XCor’s team of test pilots continued pushing the envelope of the world’s first general aviation rocket plane. Dick Rutan, also known for his non-stop around the world flight with co-pilot Jeanna Yeager, was at the controls.
The purpose of this test was an attempt to touch and go; however one engine failed to relight after touchdown so Rutan allowed the aircraft to roll to a stop.
Such problems are no big deal for EZRocket. The engineers will work on it, fix the problem, learn from it… and they could have flown again the next day if they had chosen. Test flights, from rolling EZRocket out of the hanger to rolling it back in again take about an hour.
With a small amount of investment, perhaps $10M or so, XCor could build a general aviation craft capable of several suborbital hops a day. They are also prepared to build flyable rocket powered reproductions of the Me163 and the Bell X1A using their now well proven engine.
So if any pilots out there have a yen for the unusual…
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