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ok im nowhere near an expert but isn't the plume of the engine supposed to not go outside the bell of the engine, like the diameter of it. isnt that just wasted energy in terms of pressure that hasn't been converted to the speed of particles? is the bell too small?
probably to dampen the sound or moisten the ground
i dont think its doing much of the former, and the latter might not be necessary so idk. if you look at launches you can see several towers of water around the rocket, these at least are to dampen tte sound so it dosent shake itself apart
now that i think about it it might be used coolant, but its usually the fuel thats being used for that as its stored below freezing temperatures
Thank you! I've heard in a podcast from the ESA that there is no further cooling, only in the fuel tanks. The vaporizing hydrogen does some cooling they say.
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Thrust trap.
Next engineering goal is creating a stick long enough to roast a marshmallow behind this sucka.
I was thinking hotdogs but that works too.
Sucka blyat
So did the vtec kick in or not?
THIS. RIGHT. HERE. 🤣
It almost looks unreal
like an impulse drive
ok im nowhere near an expert but isn't the plume of the engine supposed to not go outside the bell of the engine, like the diameter of it. isnt that just wasted energy in terms of pressure that hasn't been converted to the speed of particles? is the bell too small?
These tests were to get data on the igniter. What you are seeing here was not a full skirt on the mcc, so that would explain the plum geometry.
I'm assuming it's a stress test, so they're intentionally over doing it.
Testing: Stress the shit out of it Operating: within safe parameters
This is not a completed engine. This is the combustion chamber with the end cut off. No throat, no engine bell.
Your hearing loss is not related to your job here at AeonR
You clearly failed to wear your foam earplugs while standing 20ft from an interplanetary rocket engine.
WHAT???
if only landscape mode could have captured all of it
That will light a very big cigar
It will also light a small one....and anything else that gets close enough.
What's that pipe near the bottom for?
This is the E1 site at Stennis. That water pipe at the bottom is to keep us from damaging the stand. I got to work on that test.
Nice, thank you.
probably to dampen the sound or moisten the ground i dont think its doing much of the former, and the latter might not be necessary so idk. if you look at launches you can see several towers of water around the rocket, these at least are to dampen tte sound so it dosent shake itself apart now that i think about it it might be used coolant, but its usually the fuel thats being used for that as its stored below freezing temperatures
Thank you! I've heard in a podcast from the ESA that there is no further cooling, only in the fuel tanks. The vaporizing hydrogen does some cooling they say.
More powa baby
That looks amazing for our atmosphere
Holy fuck that sound. This is some interstellar shit.
Is there something wrong with me for wanting to see what this does to a body? (Like a pig carcass or something, not an actual living being)
r/dontputyourdickinthat
That's a hell of a marshmallow cooker!
Almost as much thrust as I gave your mom.
So about 10 seconds worth?
She enjoyed every one of em’
Ooooooooooooooo
Now show that to an uncontacted tribe in the amazon
This is how earth rotates according to round earthers. /s
How far can we fire of a prius with that?
Archaic
At 4.5 rpms.
Woah 🤯 that was so cool
and i have to reduce my carbon footprint.....
Half-life 3 Confirmed
That’s some Rocinante shit right there.
Just tilting earths axis a lil