{"id":22379,"date":"2021-11-25T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-vs-drone-fpv-drone-races-arcaspaces-ecorocket-video\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T17:00:07","slug":"rocket-vs-drone-fpv-drone-races-arcaspaces-ecorocket-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-vs-drone-fpv-drone-races-arcaspaces-ecorocket-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket vs. Drone: FPV Drone races ARCAspace\u2019s EcoRocket [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-1148802292313187&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=712772469&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783324575&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2021%2F11%2F23%2Frocket-vs-drone-fpv-drone-races-arcaspaces-ecorocket-video%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783324575752&amp;bpp=3&amp;bdt=2591&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dee20989454fe3a9b%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783324492%3AS%3DALNI_Ma_zHTC64Egiec_8HQYi2Rx5xEg8w&amp;gpic=UID%3D000014159597bb56%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783324492%3AS%3DALNI_MaDaRPwkK2fSZM7WKlqA_MSZIQskQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3De1bb4dd402f9f648%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783324492%3AS%3DAA-Afjbi-FNlbfsUQCZWSNVtf2-j&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=2258271326874&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=1125&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95394903%2C95395661%2C42533294%2C95394424%2C95393484&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=2860096359504103&amp;tmod=1406418961&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;pgls=CAk.&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=29\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"COK5rc7JvZUDFRrBTAIdjskyFQ\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-25067\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arcaspace\">ARCAspace<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARCAspace(Romanian Cosmonautics and Aeronautics Association) is a rather controversial aerospace company based in Romania. The company was founded back in 1999 by Dumitru Popescu. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has attempted a few different designs, including a suborbital space vehicle for the Ansari X Prize and multiple rockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current rocket under development by ARCA is the EcoRocket. The three-stage EcoRocket (initially planned as a two-stage rocket) uses hydrogen peroxide and kerosene in the third stage, but the first two stages use an even more unique approach to propulsion.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-25067',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stage one and stage two of the rocket use water and a stabilizing agent. In addition to the water\/steam-based propulsion, the rocket moves away from the traditional nozzle design in favor of a circular aerospike engine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normal engines are designed with a nozzle optimized for a specific altitude. Typically, a rocket will use a sea-level optimized engine on the first stage and a vacuum optimized engine on the second stage. Aerospike engines, in theory, are much better at producing thrust at a wide variety of altitudes \u2013 so one engine is optimized for any pressure, from sea level to vacuum. Despite the theoretical advantages, aerospike engines have not seen wide success. They typically run into issues as a result of the high pressure all along the surface of the engine, resulting in difficulty cooling them, leading to overheating. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"Site default logo image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the lower overall temperature of steam, compared to kerosene or hydrogen in other rockets, will make an aerospike more practical in this case. ARCA is set to use a typical nozzle in the third stage that uses a more traditional hot propellant. <\/p>\n<p><ins data-ad-format=\"auto\" class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1148802292313187\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; background-color: transparent; height: 0px;\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_3\" name=\"aswift_3\" style=\"left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; border: 0px; width: 775px; height: 0px; min-height: auto; max-height: none; min-width: auto; max-width: none;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"775\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-1148802292313187&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=1821075794&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783324575&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2021%2F11%2F23%2Frocket-vs-drone-fpv-drone-races-arcaspaces-ecorocket-video%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783324575752&amp;bpp=2&amp;bdt=2590&amp;idt=2&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dee20989454fe3a9b%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783324492%3AS%3DALNI_Ma_zHTC64Egiec_8HQYi2Rx5xEg8w&amp;gpic=UID%3D000014159597bb56%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783324492%3AS%3DALNI_MaDaRPwkK2fSZM7WKlqA_MSZIQskQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3De1bb4dd402f9f648%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783324492%3AS%3DAA-Afjbi-FNlbfsUQCZWSNVtf2-j&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280%2C775x280&amp;nras=3&amp;correlator=2258271326874&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=2441&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95394903%2C95395661%2C42533294%2C95394424%2C95393484&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=2860096359504103&amp;tmod=1406418961&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;pgls=CAk.&amp;ifi=4&amp;uci=a!4&amp;btvi=3&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=30\" data-google-container-id=\"a!4\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"COfQrc7JvZUDFR-HuQUdDEsflg\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is certainly an interesting concept, and the idea of a reusable rocket (yes, the first two stages of the rocket are set to be reusable) that works primarily off of a clean propellant is intriguing, but whether this rocket will ever manage to reach orbit remains in question \u2013 due to both technological and bureaucratic reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first orbital test of the EcoRocket was supposed to take place in early October out of the Black Sea, but the company said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Romanian Civil Aviation Authority wrongfully declined ARCA the launch clearance, ridiculously claiming their lack of authority in the Romanian-managed airspace and now the EcoRocket\u2019s first flight is rescheduled for January 2022.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the company may not be launching its full rocket yet, it conducted a test flight of the second stage earlier this month. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drone vs. EcoRocket<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On November 12, the company conducted a tethered test flight of the EcoRocket second stage in order to gather more data on the vehicle\u2019s flight characteristics and increase confidence in January\u2019s flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARCA had many cameras around the launch site, but perhaps the most interesting of them was a view from an FPV drone. The drone was flown by livyu_fpv.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"post-youtube-video-1\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KW-NTS61Roc?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KW-NTS61Roc?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"Race: Drone vs. Rocket. It Was Close!\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, the rocket was able to out-pace the drone, but this mobile camera view from up-close to the rocket is something we don\u2019t get with more typical and established rockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARCAspace ARCAspace(Romanian Cosmonautics and Aeronautics Association) is a rather controversial aerospace company based in Romania. The company was founded back in 1999 by Dumitru Popescu. The company has attempted a few different designs, including a suborbital space vehicle for the Ansari X Prize and multiple rockets. 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