darthgently Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Tonnage to orbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Haven't seen a speculation post in a while. There still a chance B7 will push SS sometime in December? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Haven't seen a speculation post in a while. There still a chance B7 will push SS sometime in December? Yeah, I'd say there's a chance. Oh you mean this year? Um.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Yeah, I'd say there's a chance. Oh you mean this year? Um.... Your mother smells of elderberries. Edited November 28, 2022 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 5 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Haven't seen a speculation post in a while. There still a chance B7 will push SS sometime in December? There is a chance, but personally i don't think it will. I'd put my bet on february-march Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 hours ago, tater said: Fair Skies and Smooth Sailing, Boys! (Is there a Japanese equivalent to that old saw?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 7 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Fair Skies and Smooth Sailing, Boys! (Is there a Japanese equivalent to that old saw?) 順風満帆 (junpuumanpan) is the equivalent of the latter, literally meaning may your sails be full with tailwind. 晴天 (seiten) literally means fair weather or fair skies, but I don’t know if it alone is used as a message of encouragement in the same way “fair skies” is. What is likely used is less of a phrase and more of a proper sentence, either 晴天になりますように or いい天気になりますように (may you/we have clear skies/good weather). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, SunlitZelkova said: 晴天になりますように or いい天気になりますように 晴天になりますように (seitenninarimasuyouni) いい天気になりますように (iitenkininarimasuyouni) For those who can't read kanji/kana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I'm not here to say I told you so. But I did bloody tell you. Spoiler Stiff armor-like pieces to constrain ballooning and provide additional MMOD protection; soft underlayment similar to the existing IVA suits. Master Chief meets Iron Man meets Clone Trooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Siren! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Static fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Expected 20s, more like 12-14s. Early shutdown? Also number of engines unknown at present, awaiting confirmation. A full tank would only need low autogenous pressurisation, so wouldn't need that many engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 55 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Expected 20s, more like 12-14s. Early shutdown? Also number of engines unknown at present, awaiting confirmation. A full tank would only need low autogenous pressurisation, so wouldn't need that many engines. Could have been an early shutdown or maybe Elon just got it wrong or the plans changed. I believe he previously said that the second static fire would be 16 engines but they ended up doing 14 instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 6 hours: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Pushed back a day: 2 minutes earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Nice recap of yesterday's static fire, with different angles and a timelapse of the prop loading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) On 11/29/2022 at 6:15 AM, SunlitZelkova said: 順風満帆 (junpuumanpan) is the equivalent of the latter, literally meaning may your sails be full with tailwind. Curiously, a sailor needs a good side wind. Sailing directly downwind, unless in a hurricane, is typically slow and prone to grindy sail issues as the wind switches sideward bias causing jibes. With the wind on the beam (side), one can sail faster than the wind. Somewhat analogous to a fan blade traveling faster than the airflow it is pushing Edited November 30, 2022 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Naval sayings are more applicable to square riggers—for European navies anyway (since such sayings date to that period). Unsure what the best point of sail is on a junk rig, but for a square-rigger it's probably a broad reach (running puts the foresails behind other sails so they aren't doing anything). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 hours ago, darthgently said: Curiously, a sailor needs a good side wind. Sailing directly downwind, unless in a hurricane, is typically slow and prone to grindy sail issues as the wind switches sideward bias causing jibes. With the wind on the beam (side), one can sail faster than the wind. Somewhat analogous to a fan blade traveling faster than the airflow it is pushing 1 hour ago, tater said: Naval sayings are more applicable to square riggers—for European navies anyway (since such sayings date to that period). Unsure what the best point of sail is on a junk rig, but for a square-rigger it's probably a broad reach (running puts the foresails behind other sails so they aren't doing anything). Aren't square rigs better for ocean travel? I've read that latteen sails are better in seas like the Med. Although Asian navies seemed to prefer junk rigs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Aren't square rigs better for ocean travel? I've read that latteen sails are better in seas like the Med. Although Asian navies seemed to prefer junk rigs... Square rigs still go faster cross wind than downwind. The square sails are trimmed to an angle to the beam wind. No different than the angle of attack of a windmill blade. Common misconception. Square rigs were not limited to downwind only. Though they don't point into the wind nearly as well Edited November 30, 2022 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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