Facebook group, will get the picture.EDIT: here is the link to the post and pic. (Link is long)Link
Quote from: RocketLover0119 on 05/27/2018 02:23 amFacebook group, will get the picture.EDIT: here is the link to the post and pic. (Link is long)LinkFacebook is not a primary source for confirmation.
Quote from: mlindner on 05/28/2018 09:33 pmQuote from: RocketLover0119 on 05/27/2018 02:23 amFacebook group, will get the picture.EDIT: here is the link to the post and pic. (Link is long)LinkFacebook is not a primary source for confirmation.It is, and has been in the past.
On the Facebook group there are some members which live in viewing range of the McGregor facilities. They some times post photo's of a test fire happening or a core being on the test stand, but they never mention (because they do not know) which core number it might be.
Quote from: RocketLover0119 on 05/28/2018 11:20 pmQuote from: mlindner on 05/28/2018 09:33 pmQuote from: RocketLover0119 on 05/27/2018 02:23 amFacebook group, will get the picture.EDIT: here is the link to the post and pic. (Link is long)LinkFacebook is not a primary source for confirmation.It is, and has been in the past.None of the comment there confirm it is 1048...How do you get to your bold statement?!As far as we currently know it still is 1047. No reports about a new core leaving Hawthorne (they almost always get spotted there). Also no reports of 1047 leaving McGregor, or it arriving anywhere!And with the now much smaller CoreNr it is almost impossible to determine which core is actually on the test stand, unless some really good photographer can make a serious close-up photo of the part where the grid fins will go.
One thing that makes me wonder however, is the tower over the test site flaring off something--that tends to be used for light gasses, like CH4.
Quote from: The Vorlon on 10/22/2018 11:16 amOne thing that makes me wonder however, is the tower over the test site flaring off something--that tends to be used for light gasses, like CH4.Thinking out loud: Those flares are suspiciously regular for the first portion of the test only. Given recent announcements, would they (back in October) have been testing active cooling with CH4 for the 1st portion of the test and the performance of their alloy when cooling was removed?
Might be stupid but I was thinking they might be firing a Merlin into a test article w.r.t. the SS windward tanks alloy/active cooling. The cooling would be the convective type with the high temp/pressure Methane cause the flare periodically. Could've been as simple as a section of the SS Windward Tanks stuck in the Merlin flame trench at the appropriate place to experience the desired heat load. Probably a million things wrong with that SWAG but that's what I was thinking.
Quote from: AC in NC on 12/26/2018 09:49 pmMight be stupid but I was thinking they might be firing a Merlin into a test article w.r.t. the SS windward tanks alloy/active cooling. The cooling would be the convective type with the high temp/pressure Methane cause the flare periodically. Could've been as simple as a section of the SS Windward Tanks stuck in the Merlin flame trench at the appropriate place to experience the desired heat load. Probably a million things wrong with that SWAG but that's what I was thinking.Given the side entry and the role that g's play in keeping the fuel to the "bottom" of the tank. I would think that the SS windward tank would need to placed horizontal so fuel goes down to the midline of the tank. So you would need a rocket blast upwards to fully test the system. If they are just spraying LCH4 and not testing pooling of coolant then this could be done horizontally in a flame trench.
Boca Chica... Are you ready??! For, @ 5:10:16 pm CDT, a roar was heard from @SpaceX McGregor possessing such captivating strength it could only be the mighty Raptor SN3! The deep, earth-rattling rumble lasted a full 40 sec!! 5:10:56 hard stop. 🦅✨🔥🚀🌴#spacextests #starhopper
Ok... the excitement of the moment got the best of me I strongly believe it is SN3. But... perhaps this is the newest SN4? ...Or a refreshed and reinvigorated SN2? ...Or a highly miracle-touched SN1?? -But it was definitely a Raptor! 🦅✨🚀#Starhopper #TeamRaptor
Please forgive my [over]eagerness... but was that indeed the Raptor SN3 heard from SpaceX McGregor yesterday? (For an incredible 40 sec)
Yes