RCgothic Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 SN8 has been fully scrapped: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 This is interesting: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: This is interesting: Interesting indeed. Now weld 4 of those panels to a skeletal sub-structure, and there’s your cargo bay doors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Fewer welds means fewer potential points of failure...and fewer parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, cubinator said: Fewer welds means fewer potential points of failure...and fewer parts! The framerate gets pretty bad in LEO, so they're taking steps to reduce the number of objects the universe has to run physics simulations for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Clamp-o-Tron said: The framerate gets pretty bad in LEO, so they're taking steps to reduce the number of objects the universe has to run physics simulations for. It's all the pretty visuals they've got, have you seen those high-res pictures from orbit? If they ditched the fancy clouds and scattering they could launch much more complex ships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 1 universe restart later... Edited January 5, 2021 by Clamp-o-Tron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Where'd you get that? Did you make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 No, it's someone's Orbiter 2016 mod. https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=d12991b8-6daa-4541-a338-98c8d04f4655 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Cool. Cool, cool, cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 TFR for flight! https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_1073.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 To unlimited altitude! :-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 minute ago, RCgothic said: To unlimited altitude! :-O SN8's TFR was unlimited altitude as well. It doesn't necessarily mean SN9 is going to go any higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: SN8's TFR was unlimited altitude as well. It doesn't necessarily mean SN9 is going to go any higher. Yeah, I got ahead of myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 If SN9 is intact after the 12.5 km flight, they should do a 100 km flight with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Just now, cubinator said: If SN9 is intact after the 12.5 km flight, they should do a 100 km flight with it. I doubt they'll reuse any Starships until they've stopped rapidly iterating on it. By the time a prototype flies, it's already been made obsolete by the next one. Seeing SN10 do a 100km flight would be awesome though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: I doubt they'll reuse any Starships until they've stopped rapidly iterating on it. By the time a prototype flies, it's already been made obsolete by the next one. Seeing SN10 do a 100km flight would be awesome though. Since when did "obsolete" have anything to do with "fun to watch soaring into the sky"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: I doubt they'll reuse any Starships until they've stopped rapidly iterating on it. By the time a prototype flies, it's already been made obsolete by the next one. Seeing SN10 do a 100km flight would be awesome though. You can still learn a lot from obsolete prototypes, especially aerodynamics, as there probably aren't a lot of changes to the tried-and-true (at least once!) control scheme. A 100km flight would be tremendously useful in determining the flight characteristics in thin atmosphere and long-term Raptor firings, even if it wouldn't replicate orbital reentry velocities. Worst-case scenario they lose a landing pad, which as we see with SN-8 wasn't much of a big deal. Edited January 5, 2021 by Clamp-o-Tron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, cubinator said: Since when did "obsolete" have anything to do with "fun to watch soaring into the sky"? Obviously watching SN9 fly to 100km would be mind-bogglingly awesome. I just don't think it would make sense to reuse it with an improved prototype almost ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Yeah, I got ahead of myself. Think once you reach 10 km attitude they make it unlimited as this is the attitude of commercial and private jets. Air traffic control don't regulate attitudes above 60 K feet as its just a few military and research planes so high. SR71: QQ requesting clearance to flight level 600 ATC: QQ, climb and maintain flight level 600... if you can get there. SR71: Roger, descending to flight level 600 from 850. 4 minutes ago, Clamp-o-Tron said: You can still learn a lot from obsolete prototypes, especially aerodynamics, as there probably aren't a lot of changes to the tried-and-true (at least once!) control scheme. A 100km flight would be tremendously useful in determining the flight characteristics in thin atmosphere and long-term Raptor firings, even if it wouldn't replicate orbital reentry velocities. Worst-case scenario they lose a landing pad, which as we see with SN-8 wasn't much of a big deal. This, you can also take risks with an obsolete prototype you would not with the top line unit, stuff like engine out during landing burn tests as an example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 A reflight would also be good for durability testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Static fire alert for tomorrow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 "At a minimum, you must exit your home or structure and be outside of any building..." ... laying on ground with face down and feet to the flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Time to dig bunkers in backyards! Or at the very least foxholes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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