how hard would it be to land it on an old ship with a concrete decking?or to build a floating landing pad?
Here is a picture of the leg attachment points on the CASSIOPE flight, where the points are circled in red. Those points appear to serve no other purpose, and they are in the right place, but I could be wrong.
Looks like the mounts are integrated with the hold down system.. this image frame-grab from SES-8 launch.Looking back at the video they are covered by the hold down system
...we are not very far away from CRS3 and not one GH2 hop at all yet. I find that surprising, I was SURE they would want to test a few things so every day without a GH2 makes CRS3 landing on land a bit less likely, IMHO.
Quote from: Lar on 01/11/2014 11:38 pmQuote from: Lars_J on 01/11/2014 11:32 pmYes, they might do RTLS but with a target in the ocean a few miles out from the shore - before going for a land landing.Perhaps, but Musk was quoted saying they were seeking permission to land back at the Cape for CRS-3.He was saying that a few months ago, yes. But without any GH2/F9R-1 test flights in McGregor or NM, I think that is a very remote possibility at this point. A couple of GH2 hops will of course change that if they happen.
Quote from: Lars_J on 01/11/2014 11:32 pmYes, they might do RTLS but with a target in the ocean a few miles out from the shore - before going for a land landing.Perhaps, but Musk was quoted saying they were seeking permission to land back at the Cape for CRS-3.
Yes, they might do RTLS but with a target in the ocean a few miles out from the shore - before going for a land landing.
Quote from: Avron on 01/12/2014 04:03 pmLooks like the mounts are integrated with the hold down system.. this image frame-grab from SES-8 launch.Looking back at the video they are covered by the hold down systemIf the mounts are covered by the hold down, then I would wonder if the hold down would work unmodified with the legs attached to the mounts... presumably the legs would stick out a bit farther. Or did you mean just visually blocking the view rather than in close prox?I can't imagine they would deploy a hold down that would need to be modified so soon though, so it's probably just view blocking.
It would still surprise me if they aimed for land before two or so first stages had been brought back to off-shore targets and demonstrated precision navigation.
Hold down points and leg attachments are parts of the octaweb.Additional points could be used as octaweb handling attachments during assembly.See colored circles in the pic.
Close up with details.@Lar: the leg should be where I've put the black area.
Quote from: cambrianera on 01/12/2014 05:45 pmClose up with details.@Lar: the leg should be where I've put the black area.think your off on your black areas...sorry Everyone seems to be focused on the bottom parts. I'm more interested in Parts B & D in this photo.
Everyone seems to be focused on the bottom parts. I'm more interested in Parts B & D in this photo.
Close up with details.
Quote from: Prober on 01/12/2014 06:29 pmQuote from: cambrianera on 01/12/2014 05:45 pmClose up with details.@Lar: the leg should be where I've put the black area.think your off on your black areas...sorry Everyone seems to be focused on the bottom parts. I'm more interested in Parts B & D in this photo.I have looked for (B).. just don't see it in images ( assuming we are talking of the top mount/lock point for the legs)
Quote from: Prober on 01/12/2014 06:29 pmEveryone seems to be focused on the bottom parts. I'm more interested in Parts B & D in this photo.Yes, D is for the telescopes...