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Falastur-VSEC Aerial and Space Research

Falastur
25-06-2004, 20:07
Falastur-VSEC Joint Aerial and Space Research and Development

"Dedicated to a better tomorrow"



Falasturian Researchers, in unison with their counterparts from VSEC, (the "Victoria Space Exploration Centre", a Division of the Victoria Alliance), are pleased to announce to the world some of their greatest research projects, to be put on sale henceforth to the International Community and to individual Corporations. Their work over the last few years has been dedicated to the production of technology which will revolutionise extra-terrestrial vehicular travel, both in improving the efficiency of craft and improving the safety measures. While aircraft are known to be some of the most safe vehicles in existence, they are still prone to mishap, and it is that which this Research Department is aiming to correct.



In-Flight Damage Control and Adaption System (IFDCS)

The IFDCS system has been adapted for usage in cockpits of air-borne craft, along with an array of gadgetry designed to fully monitor the craft is inhabits. The system acts secondarily as a warning system, working in combination with its various probes and other non-affliated systems to inform the pilots of the status of the various areas of their craft, particularly with regards to structural integrity.The system will give readouts and holographic overlays of the various areas of the plane, indicating hull strength and other vital signs. At the sign of malfunction, the system acts as would be expected, providing the pilots with data concerning the type and depth of malfunction.

But the system doesn't stop there, and here it comes into its own. At the sign of anything from a hull breach to a coolant leak, the system then calculates damage, reporting to the cockpit, and then takes measures of its own. It calculates possible countermeasures to the problem - ways of primarily rebalancing the ship to cope with the problem, and then secondarily fixing the problem itself through any of a range of devices. The system "learns" from any mistakes, remembering critical data, and how both to control the problem, and how to avoid making any mistakes again. Most interestingly, the system also inspects damage, and how it affects control of the craft, and then adjusts the control in order that the pilots can fly as they would usually - compensating for tilt or roll etc without realising it, and stabilising the craft automatically - until the damage has been repaired or the craft has landed.

This system can be adapted for use in any air- or space-craft, having first been configured and programmed with a graphical and statistical overlay of the craft in question. Because of the complicated proceedure to set up the system, Falasturian engineers trained for this task will set it for any craft requested, or train the personnel required, as part of the price of the package.


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An F-15B Jet testing the system over the skies of Falastur


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Flight TRL2571, which suffered critical engine troubles over the North of the Kalaman Desert (in a Equatorial Falasturian Territory) was saved from disaster by the IFDCS package, suffering only a prop strike during its emergency crash-landing. No passengers were killed or seriously wounded, thanks to the system.



Anti-Ignition Non-Oxidated Fuel System (AINOFS)

The AINOFS is a revolutionary system to potentially eliminate the chances of accidental fuel ignition in the wings of jets and rockets. For many years, one of the greatest threats to aircraft stability and safety has been the possibility of fuel ignition while still in storage in the tanks in the wings of their carrier vehicle. Such explosions are hard to prevent, extremely violent, and often fatal, and as such have been top of the research list for some time. However, such threat could soon be dramatically reduced with the latest in technology, being a fuel storage system known by the prototype name of the Anti-Ignition Non-Oxidated Fuel System (AINOFS). The system works via the use of rods in the fuel tank along which air can flow. Nitrogenated air is allowed to travel along the rods with the fuel, however the instable oxygenated air is expelled from the rods at regular intervals through valves in the side of the tube, using a complex and ingenious system to filter the air. Thus, dangerous oxygenated air cannot access the fuel nearly so readily, preventing accidental ignition, and the fuel becomes much safer during storage. The possibilities for use of this system mainly extend to aircraft using small engines fed by pipes, such as Jet fighters and passenger Jets, however the system can be adapted for larger craft such as shuttles. Because of the complicated proceedure to set up the system, Falasturian engineers trained for this task will set it for any craft requested, or train the personnel required, as part of the price of the package.

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The basic design of the rod-based fuel system. Red arrows denote air flow, the cross-section indicating the differences in journey between the oxygenated and nitrogenated air



Epsilon VI Heavy Booster

One of the newest and certainly the biggest project of the Joint Research Department, the "Epsilon VI Heavy Booster" propulsion system, has been developed for the general launching of manned shuttles. Whereas before, for several decades the conventional cryogenic engine has served space agencies across the world for use in their manned missions, a new propulsion system, named the 235ft "Epsilon VI Heavy Booster", has been designed, looking set to increase the speed and efficiency of booster rockets by up to 30%. The booster rocket system, provisionally known as the "Common Booster Core", employs a powerful oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine designated "RS-68" to power the booster rocket. The system is capable of flying almost 30,000 pounds of payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit, and a little over 50,000 pounds into low Earth orbit, which makes it one of the most powerful expendable launch vehicles ever created.

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The Epsilon VI Heavy Booster engine viewed from the nose, in Prototype Hangar 5, in the Falasturian VSEC Research Centre, shortly before being attached to the nose cone and transported for testing to an Experimentals site, also in Falastur.



Cabin Pressure Altitude Monitor (CPM)

Considerably smaller than the other projects in size and pricing, the very latest project lies in the simple invention of a personal monitor originally designed for use in aircraft cockpits, but broadened to many other fields of endevour. This device is a small monitor, used to monitor air pressure and warn its user in case of dngerously low oxygen levels - a problem leading to the potentially fatal syndrome of hyproxia. With reduced air pressure, oxygen becomes less available to all those in the area of the loss of pressure, causing oxygen deprivation, loss of mental capacity, and then the fatal oxygen starvation. The symptoms are often covered in the most critical period by a brief moment of euphoria, taking the mind from the problem. By the time the euphoria has worn off, the mind is severely affected, and incapable of clear thought, rendering those affected incapable of taking action to prevent oxygen starvation. By simply monitoring the oxygen levels around it, the "Cabin Pressure Altitude Monitor" (CPM) can detect dangerously low levels of oxygen, then functioning like a pager or electronic messenger, issuing the warning:

Oxygen Levels Low!
Get On Oxygen!

This system was first created for use in any air- or space-craft, but has since been expanded for use in many more areas, such as deep-sea diving and parachuting. The system requires little calibration, and comes with a small manual - its thickness of only 25 pages is testament to its ease of use and adaptability.

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The CPM, in its entirity

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The CPM, as deployed in an aircraft cockpit



Prices:

In-Flight Damage Control and Adaption System (IFDCS)

Per item - Full package (includes core computer program, displays for cockpit, craft sensors, and others) - $250,000
Per item - Basic package (core computer program) - $5,000
Bulk (per 1000 items) - 10% reduction
Production Rights - N/A (Not for sale)

Anti-Ignition Non-Oxidated Fuel System (AINOFS)

Per item - Full package (includes core computer program, displays for cockpit, craft sensors, and others) - $250,000
Per item - Basic package (core computer program) - $5,000
Bulk (per 1000 items) - 10% reduction
Production Rights - N/A (Not for sale)

Epsilon VI Heavy Booster

Per item - Full package - $20 billion
Bulk (per 10 items) - 20% reduction
Production Rights - N/A (Not for sale)

Cabin Pressure Altitude Monitor (CPM)

Per item - Full package - $500
Bulk (per 1000 items) - 10% reduction
Production Rights (entitles to produce, but not sell) - Full package - $1 million


All systems are Patented. All system names are Copyrighted. All patents and copyrights are jointly owned by Falastur and VSEC. Any breach of these legal measures will result inproduce the product in question, but do not grant permission to sell on schematics, unique parts, or complete items of this product, except under special exception. Special exceptions can only be gained by the permission of Falastur, on behal legal issues. Production rights entitle the owner to f of itself and the Research Department of VSEC. All profits are to be divided equally between VSEC and key members of the Victoria Alliance.
Camewot
26-06-2004, 08:32
Bump
Camewot
26-06-2004, 09:52
Bump
Pedaphiliac
26-06-2004, 10:25
Perhaps if i got my space program really going

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=155997

coughcoughdonationscough

i would have some use for this equipment. ;)
Camewot
26-06-2004, 10:27
If you want help join our Alliance, the link is in youre other thread.
Pedaphiliac
26-06-2004, 10:30
I wont join an alliance with Hamptonshire in it, sorry.
Camewot
26-06-2004, 10:30
Why not?
Pedaphiliac
26-06-2004, 10:32
quote Elvis Costello:

"I gotta name for you, but it's stuck in my throat."
Camewot
26-06-2004, 10:34
WTF?
Edit: this is a good way to keep our VSEC Storefronts on the top of the list :P
Cam III
26-06-2004, 10:34
Nice shop, who are 'key members' in the VA?
Camewot
26-06-2004, 10:35
Cam you can check VA for that
Camewot
26-06-2004, 11:58
Bump
Camewot
28-06-2004, 09:14
Bumpy
Camewot
28-06-2004, 09:47
Bumps head on the table
Camewot
19-07-2004, 10:38
Bump for jolt, buy buy buy buy buy buy
Camewot
19-07-2004, 12:58
Buy I Say [ Secret Bump, Mwouhahahahahaha]
Camewot
15-08-2004, 21:00
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