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Snake River Canyon Jump Twin Falls, Idaho September 8 th, 2014
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RFQ Process City has taken a very different approach from the state Not to find the highest bidder Find the best Applicant RFQ asks questions in 3 important areas How will this impact the City and it’s public safety resources? How will this help the City of Twin Falls and it’s image? How will you accomplish the jump?
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RFQ Responses Most of the RFQ questions fall into first 2 categories: How will it impact City? How will it help the City? Understandable since they are the items of biggest concern Applicants have either replied with detailed plans of their own Or like us intent to hire a professional event management company All of this is moot without a viable plan to make the jump
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Jump Description All applicants, without exception, have the same basic plan: Launch from the South Rim of the Snake River Canyon Rocket powered flight to a safe altitude Climbing through controlled airspace Deploying a parachute or parachutes Landing on North side of canyon This is exactly the same plan as Evel Knievel’s jump
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Jump Requirements To do this stunt the following is required: Launch site Rocket to get to Altitude FAA approvals, waiver, or exemption Parachute recovery system(s) Landing area for Jumper and/or vehicle With exception of Big Ed, at this time can not use State land
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The Launch Site Historic Knievel Launch site Launch Ramp Similar in size Positive Rail Guidance
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The Rocket Rocket designed the way Knievel would have built it today Solid Rocket motor More Reliable More powerful Lighter Composite Construction Aerodynamic control surfaces
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Design Testing Our team has already begun sub-scale proof of concept model testing The design uses proven technologies We don’t need to ‘invent’ anything
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The Airspace Everyone is planning on flying through Class E Airspace Starts 700’ above canyon floor (200’ above rim over canyon) Only Adrenaline Nation and one other applicant has contacted Boise FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) The office with jurisdiction over the jump airspace
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The Parachute Ram Air Parachute Reliable Glide long distances Land softly Pilot Scott Smith has over 12,000 ram-air jumps
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Design Expertise Design team includes engineers experienced deploying ram- air recovery systems in horizontal flight
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The Landing Area We are the only applicant that doesn’t require Idaho State Endowment Trust Land to do the stunt. In the canyon is part of state land Landing a jump vehicle on State land with or without the pilot requires approval of State and/or Ed Beckley X
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FAA Federal Air Regulations (FAR) Section 1.1, page 1, definitions… Aircraft means a device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air Every applicant, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, by the definitions in the FARs, is planning on flying a manned, rocket-powered aircraft flight, though FAA controlled airspace The FAA, not the respondents to this RFQ, will determine what if any certifications and/or authorizations will be required The FAA will make that determination when plans are submitted
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FAA Certification We are planning to get an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate in the Experimental Category for the purpose of Exhibition in Group 6, as a Rocket Powered Aircraft. We believe all applicants proposals will fall in this category and require the same certification, whether or not they have some type of motorcycle as part of their vehicle The FAA Office of Commercial Space Flight has informed one applicant he will not require a Commercial Space Launch License. This does not exempt him from getting required approvals from the Boise FSDO We have already started drafting our Program Letter to submit to the Boise FSDO and are confident we will receive the required certifications and authorizations to do the jump September 8 th, 2014
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Spectators Everyone agrees Spectators will be good for the event Spectators are not required for a viable jump However a viable jump plan is required to have spectators Evel Knievel900,000 Live viewers via CCTV 20,000,000 on Wide World of Sports 20,000 live spectators Nik Walenda12,000,000+ Live viewers on Discovery200 live spectators Felix Baumgartner 8,000,000+ Live viewers on YouTube 300,000,000+ online viewers after event 0 live spectators
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Adrenaline Nation is the only applicant that doesn’t require State land to do the stunt The only other bidders with landing areas dream of inventing flying motorcycles to cross the canyon Adrenaline Nation has a REAL plan based on proven designs and technology to accomplish the jump.
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The State of Idaho awarded their lease to the bidder that offered the most to the state without any regard to whether they could accomplish the stunt. We trust the City of Twin Falls won’t make the same mistake and will choose a team with a viable plan to successfully accomplish Knievel’s stunt and fly a rocket across the canyon to a safe parachute landing.
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Who Meets All Requirements? ApplicantLaunch Site Rocket Design FAA*Parachute System Landing Area (W/O State land) Adrenaline Nation ✔✔✔✔ Ed Beckley ??No way ✔ Mad Mike ? ✔ ?no Omega Point ✔✔✔ no Ping Pong ✔✔✔ no REO no ✔ * This slide is our opinion based on information provided by applicants to the City
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