tater Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 15 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: It looks absolutely accursed. LOL. Will be interesting. Actually, wonder what the cross sectional area in the airflow is folded vs deployed. You'd need to take average angle of attack into account for deployed, but they are pretty thick folded, and most of the cross section is empty space deployed. The min value being the sum of the metal thickness they used (1/2 steel? times the grid pattern). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, tater said: wonder what the cross sectional area in the airflow is folded vs deployed. You'd need to take average angle of attack into account for deployed, but they are pretty thick folded, and most of the cross section is empty space deployed. My intuition is that the drag will be higher in this configuration BUT the weight will be lower and so the overall penalty will be negligible, if anything. They are pretty thick folded, but in the folded config the airflow would end up going around them pretty smoothly. There’s going to be a lot more overall shock drag from the large extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: My intuition is that the drag will be higher in this configuration BUT the weight will be lower and so the overall penalty will be negligible, if anything. They are pretty thick folded, but in the folded config the airflow would end up going around them pretty smoothly. There’s going to be a lot more overall shock drag from the large extension. True. These are tighter to the tank than previous renders—the sort of squashed hexagon version—perhaps for that reason (also easier to fabricate). I have to assume they have a metric ton of data on gridfins at this point, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, tater said: True. These are tighter to the tank than previous renders—the sort of squashed hexagon version—perhaps for that reason (also easier to fabricate). I have to assume they have a metric ton of data on gridfins at this point, though. One advantage is that if the arms were to miss the catch/lift points, they would likely still snag on the grid fins. Would probably still cause serious damage but would at least prevent RUD and pad FUBAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 It's all coming together.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 According to insiders on r/spacex, 21 of the 29 raptors for B4 are already at Starbase! Assuming will carry them the way they did these last ones (4 per truck), 2 more trips to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CatastrophicFailure Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, sevenperforce said: It looks absolutely accursed. Oh come on, we ALL know Elon plays KSP, such an arrangement isn’t even lightly hexed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, sevenperforce said: One advantage is that if the arms were to miss the catch/lift points, they would likely still snag on the grid fins. Would probably still cause serious damage but would at least prevent RUD and pad FUBAR. I thought the grid fins were the catch/lift points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, tater said: Nostalgia am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewie Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, The Doodling Astronaut said: Nostalgia am I right? They say the moon is made of cheese, Gromit SpaceX won the hls contract since they can bring the most moon cheese home (dang I got Kerbiloid vibes writing this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 28 minutes ago, Deddly said: I thought the grid fins were the catch/lift points. The load points where the tower catches superheavy are, at least the last time we heard about that, supposed to be right under the grid fins. But since Starbase videos have started to get outdated on average less than a day after they are out, this could as well have changed. Crossed fingers for Tim revealing more news about that in the interview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 58 minutes ago, The Doodling Astronaut said: Nostalgia am I right? In reference to this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 5 hours ago, tater said: Well it can not rotate so photo shot, also external ribbing. Well its the un-pressurized top of the first stage so it need more reinforcement to hold the +1000 ton starship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 22 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Well it can not rotate so photo shot, also external ribbing. Well its the un-pressurized top of the first stage so it need more reinforcement to hold the +1000 ton starship. So from what I heard it can't move at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, The Doodling Astronaut said: So from what I heard it can't move at all? that was the thought, but elon's posts since seem to imply that they are functional, which would require that they at least rotate in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Deddly said: I thought the grid fins were the catch/lift points. The catch/lift point is just barely under the grid fins: It’s the thing that looks like a bathtub faucet. 48 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Well it can not rotate so photo shot, also external ribbing. These could be just for a fit check, but how can you be sure these cannot rotate? The rotating actuator could be inside and thus concealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 35 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: It’s the thing that looks like a bathtub faucet. It looks like it's literally gonna have an arrestor hook. They could also avoid anything that needs deployment, and add a wide, curved guide. 100% passive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brotoro Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I thought they moved pairs of the grid fins closer together (not 90 degrees apart) to facilitate catching the booster by the grid fins. But why do that if they're going to snag the booster by hard points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, Brotoro said: I thought they moved pairs of the grid fins closer together (not 90 degrees apart) to facilitate catching the booster by the grid fins. But why do that if they're going to snag the booster by hard points? There could be hooks that deploy, or a wide metal guide, wider than grid fins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JoeSchmuckatelli Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 1 hour ago, tater said: This level of straightforward honesty is unbelievably refreshing from someone in the Aerospace industry. Oh wait. 8D ... (It's why we forgive the failures - tell people up front that it's hard, might not work, and yet is worth doing??? Brilliant) Others should copy his style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 44 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: This level of straightforward honesty is unbelievably refreshing from someone in the Aerospace industry. Oh wait. 8D ... (It's why we forgive the failures - tell people up front that it's hard, might not work, and yet is worth doing??? Brilliant) Others should copy his style. As the dad of the kid on the spectrum, I am inclined to think it has a lot to do with Elon being on the spectrum as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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