DaVinci Wildfire

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The daVinci Project is an attempt of the canadian Brian Feeney to win the X-Prize. It consists of the air launched Wild Fire rocket and a balloon to reach achieve an high altitude launch. The vehicle is powered by an hybrid rocket motor (earlier concepts featured liquid fueled motors). The Wild Fire Mk.6 has a spherical crew cabin, which separates from the booster after burn out. Both components land by parachute.

A X-Prize attempt has been announced for October, 2. 2004, but this was postponed for a some weeks, as some hardware parts are not ready in time. Then a first unmanned test flight was planned for December 2004 with a manned flight following in 2005.

Finally the project was cancelled in 2006.

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Launch Sites

Ki    Kindersley, Canada