Going to start a centralized update thread (as the other one seems to be more Q&A)
Great to see more updates on Dream Chaser. Two concerns come to mind with a skid instead of a wheel. 1) Will the skid scrape up the runway? 2) Will the skid throw up a lot of sparks and pose a fire risk?I look forward to seeing the landing tests to see how it performs!
The skid wouldn't be made out of metal on its contact surface, most likely. So throwing up sparks isn't going to happen. Also, even if it did, what is there to start on fire?
Chris has some feeling for winged spacecraft.Not a bad thing at all.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 07/12/2012 04:19 pmThe skid wouldn't be made out of metal on its contact surface, most likely. So throwing up sparks isn't going to happen. Also, even if it did, what is there to start on fire?Yea, not like you are going to catch the heat shield tiles on fire...