{"id":7119,"date":"2014-03-27T23:32:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2014-03-27T23:33:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:33:54","slug":"jp-aerospace-update-on-ascender-airship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7119","title":{"rendered":"JP Aerospace update on Ascender airship"},"content":{"rendered":"

JP Aerospace<\/a>\u00a0makes progress on their latest Ascender airship prototype:\u00a0Ascender 26 – JPA Blog<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

The Ascender 26 airship is moving forward in leaps. We\u2019ve built a external stiffener frame out of carbon tubing. We did an inflation last weekend to verify it\u2019s position.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Paul_Ascender26\"<\/a>Larger image<\/a><\/p>\n

And\u00a0Building Away – JPA Blog<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

Last night we continued sewing frame sleeves on the Ascender 26. The team also repackaged our main flight controller into the Ascender 26 configuration. We did two shock tube firings, both at mach 2.2 and lastly we flipped over the submarine in order to mount the magnetic drop weight system.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JP Aerospace\u00a0makes progress on their latest Ascender airship prototype:\u00a0Ascender 26 – JPA Blog\u00a0– The Ascender 26 airship is moving forward in leaps. We\u2019ve built a external stiffener frame out of carbon tubing. We did an inflation last weekend to verify it\u2019s position. Larger image And\u00a0Building Away – JPA Blog\u00a0– Last night we continued sewing frame … Continue reading JP Aerospace update on Ascender airship<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-near-space","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1QP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16624,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16624","url_meta":{"origin":7119,"position":0},"title":"JP Aerospace Ascender airship granted FAA Airworthiness Certificate","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"For over 20 years, JP Aerospace\u00a0of northern California has carried out a wide variety of balloon and airship activities ranging from stratospheric advertisements to taking student\u00a0PongSat experiments\u00a0to the stratosphere The\u00a0Ascender airships aim to provide controlled flight to near space and perhaps even beyond. 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