IKAROS solar sail

[RocketmanTan]

I'm sure quite a few of us have heard of the IKAROS solar sail that was recently launched. I'm quite surprised that no one has made a model of the spacecraft yet. I guess I'm just too impatient to wait for a model to come out sign1 So instead I'm currently designing my own model. I'll post pics and stuff as the design progresses.

--Bryan "Opposite over Adjacent" Tan

 

[RocketmanTan]

sail pattern done!

here's what I've spent the past hour on:

 

[mchale]

cool hey what about the valkyrie from titan ae

 

[RocketmanTan]

cool hey what about the valkyrie from titan ae

I'll see what I can do with it. Right now, I'm kinda swamped with other backed-up projects as well as final exams.

 

[RocketmanTan]

Test build pics!

The model is VERY simple, yet quite accurate:

 

[Retired_for_now]

Very nicely done! It's an important mission, but somewhere along the line people have lost interest (or the space agencies need to do some serious promotion). The really radical impact is the spacecraft's unlimited range - given enough time, it can go anywhere!
Yogi

 

[SAustin16]

Cool model of a very cool concept. Can't wait to see it actually fly.

 

[ovation]

Cool model of a very cool concept. Can't wait to see it actually fly.

If you mean the real spacecraft .. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10328584.stm

Awsome :thumb:

JJ-UK