There does not appear to be an extension in the video (much easier to see during shutdown than ignition).
A thought crossed my mind.. I think SpaceX will not try to recover any He from returned stages. But what about after the full duration burn tests?
Question - just was thinking - How can they test the vacuum version of the 1D? Doesn't the large nozzle create instabilities in atmosphere?
Also, restart testing on orbit seems to be how they work out most of the Merlin Vac issues, as from the first flights.
So I was surprised that the stage is not on the milk-stand. Is it just brought to vertical and then moved there?
Just returning to Austin via I-10. Construction on the highway, especially the bridges East of Tucson, must be causing grief with trucking cores to McGregor for testing. Several places had max-load widths that will constrain Falcon stages.
I saw this photo of an F9 arriving at McGregor on the Facebook SpaceX enthusiast pagehttps://i.imgur.com/hFy9Seg.jpgIt was later tagged as Eutelsat. Seems like SpaceX may be picking up the pace for realz. photo credit: Leann Carr Bowden on Facebook
Quote from: mme on 04/13/2016 09:14 amI saw this photo of an F9 arriving at McGregor on the Facebook SpaceX enthusiast pagehttps://i.imgur.com/hFy9Seg.jpgIt was later tagged as Eutelsat. Seems like SpaceX may be picking up the pace for realz. photo credit: Leann Carr Bowden on FacebookThe question I want answered is if F9-024 have had its static fire at McGregor yet