Does the new "Falcon Transport" allows the core to be carry with the legs extended? Is there enough ground clearance.
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 08/05/2016 01:38 amDoes the new "Falcon Transport" allows the core to be carry with the legs extended? Is there enough ground clearance.Using the pick-up truck for scale, almost certainly not. The overall top of steel is maybe a meter higher than the height of the truck. The side of the core can't be more than 3 meters off the ground.So post-landing Ops could be:1. Jack up stage on hold down points2. Remove legs3. Use crane to rotate and place on transporter4. Tow stage on transporter to HIF5. Use HIF crane to remove from transporter
Agreed. This doesn't look at first blush like a "derector" - just a carrier.
Quote from: meekGee on 08/05/2016 03:52 amAgreed. This doesn't look at first blush like a "derector" - just a carrier.Yes but it looks massive enough to add one later when the landing frequence justifies it.
Quote from: guckyfan on 08/05/2016 05:34 amQuote from: meekGee on 08/05/2016 03:52 amAgreed. This doesn't look at first blush like a "derector" - just a carrier.Yes but it looks massive enough to add one later when the landing frequence justifies it.That would be grand. The part with the cranes is a bit of a hack...
Is this just a replacement for the k-mag? Or will it also be able to assist with taking the stage down to horizontal?
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...So you could imagine a sequence something like this:1. Retriever approaches the stage with a small platform plate carrying jacks which it places beneath the vehicle,2. Jacks extend, engage with the hold downs and lift the vehicle clear of the ground,3. Legs retracted or removed. 4. Strongback on the retriever swings vertical and its clamp engages with the top of the stage.5. Strongback and base platform rotate the vehicle to horizontal.6. Go home.Kind of the reverse of pad erection, really. Of course there would be other safing ops besides the basic handling.
So you could imagine a sequence something like this:1. Retriever approaches the stage with a small platform plate carrying jacks which it places beneath the vehicle,2. Jacks extend, engage with the hold downs and lift the vehicle clear of the ground,3. Legs retracted or removed. 4. Strongback on the retriever swings vertical and its clamp engages with the top of the stage.5. Strongback and base platform rotate the vehicle to horizontal.6. Go home.Kind of the reverse of pad erection, really. Of course there would be other safing ops besides the basic handling.
And please...someone from SpaceX reading this...please give this guy/gal below a golden ticket tour and use his/her name suggestion for the OTS. Quote from: vicarofdidley on 08/04/2016 06:09 pm It'll have a name rather than an acronym with SpaceXHow about "Of Course I Won't Drop It"? Unfortunally...I did drop something...in my keyboard...when I read that name.
It'll have a name rather than an acronym with SpaceXHow about "Of Course I Won't Drop It"?
Quote from: vicarofdidley on 08/04/2016 06:09 pm It'll have a name rather than an acronym with SpaceXHow about "Of Course I Won't Drop It"? Other names from Iain Banks that might fit:Trade SurplusThe Ends Of InventionScrew LooseCargo CultPrime MoverOnly Slightly BentSize Isn't EverythingJust Passing ThroughRecent Convert Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, TheHeavy MessingFate Amenable To ChangeSomeone Else's ProblemI Said, I've Got A Big StickAwkward CustomerAnother Fine Product From The Nonsense FactoryNow Look What You've Made Me DoYou Naughty MonstersDon't Try This At HomeYou'll Clean That Up Before You LeaveContents May Differ
or is this related to Falcon Heavy assembly and transport. IDK how they will assemble the triple core.This from the DeltaIVHeavy process