sevenperforce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 42 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: Oh that's pretty. 1 hour ago, RealKerbal3x said: Also, a Raptor has been removed from SN8 for some reason (sorry for small image, I screenshotted it from the LabPadre stream) I wonder if they are removing two of the Raptors to do a static fire test fed from the LOX header tank, once the nose cone is attached. If something goes wrong they don't want to lose all three Raptors. Or they may even remove all three Raptors just to pressure-test the header tank, for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 If they were smart they would have a way to get inside the white nosecone, and build in floors (whatever material that would support people), then stage it to look like some sort of interior to get a sense of the available volume. Just now, sevenperforce said: I wonder if they are removing two of the Raptors to do a static fire test fed from the LOX header tank, once the nose cone is attached. If something goes wrong they don't want to lose all three Raptors. Or they may even remove all three Raptors just to pressure-test the header tank, for the same reason. Excellent observation. I bet you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute ago, tater said: If they were smart they would have a way to get inside the white nosecone, and build in floors (whatever material that would support people), then stage it to look like some sort of interior to get a sense of the available volume. Who's to say they won't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute ago, sevenperforce said: I wonder if they are removing two of the Raptors to do a static fire test fed from the LOX header tank, once the nose cone is attached. If something goes wrong they don't want to lose all three Raptors. Possible. We'll just have to see what they do. 2 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Or they may even remove all three Raptors just to pressure-test the header tank, for the same reason. It looked to me like they did a pressure test on the nosecone header tank this morning alongside the RCS tests, as we saw what was definitely venting. It makes sense, they wouldn't want to install the nosecone only to find that the header tank doesn't hold pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Who's to say they won't? They might. If they are smart or not and do so we will find out soon enough I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 They could troll and build another Dynetics lander mockup to scale, it should fit into the cargobay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute ago, RealKerbal3x said: Possible. We'll just have to see what they do. It looked to me like they did a pressure test on the nosecone header tank this morning alongside the RCS tests, as we saw what was definitely venting. It makes sense, they wouldn't want to install the nosecone only to find that the header tank doesn't hold pressure. Ah, good point. Yeah, so it's more likely they only remove 2 engines and leave the third if they want to do a header-flow static fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Nose lifting jig OTW to the pad (from NSF). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Yeah, so it's more likely they only remove 2 engines and leave the third if they want to do a header-flow static fire. I just thought about this - wouldn't they want to keep all 3 Raptors if they were doing a header tank static fire? Wouldn't they want to see how the plumbing handles 3 engines drawing propellant at once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: I just thought about this - wouldn't they want to keep all 3 Raptors if they were doing a header tank static fire? Wouldn't they want to see how the plumbing handles 3 engines drawing propellant at once? My guess is that the plumbing from the header tank flows into a common entry point in the thrust puck plumbing along with the plumbing from the main tank, so testing one tests all of them. However they may keep all three Raptors if they want to test the flow capabilities of the header tank. For all I know they're just swapping this Raptor out for a different one for other reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: For all I know they're just swapping this Raptor out for a different one for other reasons. Yeah, I guess. Looking at the LabPadre feed, we saw an engine come out and get lowered out of view, then another Raptor (or possibly the same one and they just removed it for inspection) went in a while later. I'm not sure why. Edited October 22, 2020 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 NSF is doing a nosecone mating stream if you want to watch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricktoberfest Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, RealKerbal3x said: NSF is doing a nosecone mating stream if you want to watch: Risque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ricktoberfest said: Risque Oh, so *that's* why the nose cones kept multiplying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1319377675492954113?s=20 Edited October 22, 2020 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RCgothic Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) Beautiful. Edited October 22, 2020 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 It's such a beast, it's like nothing we have ever seen in spaceflight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 This could be one of those ultimately historic days that’ll never be remembered... the last sunset without a complete Starship in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) Edited October 23, 2020 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 So we are not very long from seeing something that cannot help but be spectacular. Either an epic proof of concept, or the most kerbal thing seen in real life since... a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) itshappening.gif Just now, CatastrophicFailure said: This could be one of those ultimately historic days that’ll never be remembered... the last sunset without a complete Starship in the world. Yeah, I hope so, unless it RUDs 1 hour ago, RCgothic said: Beautiful. Even the airliner part? Wow. Anyway, I can't help but cringe at that forced "mission control" pseudo-pun. Edited October 23, 2020 by Clamp-o-Tron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 We would still get a spectacle though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 8 hours ago, tater said: I'm late to the party but... *excited screaming* IT'S TIME TO BELLYFLOP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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