Quote from: ugordan on 12/20/2017 03:29 pmThe left side booster also appears to contain the number 8 in the expected location, considering the two cores are 180 deg apart.Actually the two side boosters are not 180 degrees apart. I noticed the feed line that runs down the side of the boosters are installed so that they are on the same side of the center stage.
The left side booster also appears to contain the number 8 in the expected location, considering the two cores are 180 deg apart.
Quote from: ugordan on 12/20/2017 03:29 pmThe left side booster also appears to contain the number 8 in the expected location, considering the two cores are 180 deg apart.Actually the two side boosters are not 180 degrees apart. I noticed the feed line that runs down the side of the boosters are installed so that they are on the same side of the center stage.Speculation: Having both on one side provides consistent lift characteristics? For instance, if the "bottom" of the stage in flight is the side with the feed lines, then the flat area of the feed lines may provide some level of aerodynamic lift when compared with a side that does not have feed lines.
Quote from: sevenperforce on 12/20/2017 06:29 pmThey are hinged at the attachment point on the core and fold up. If you look very closely, you can see that the slightly angled rods/arms above the cross-struts (attached to them at the center) have a narrow section and a wide section; those are hydraulic pistons that will retract, pulling the cross-struts up against the core, where they latch into the attachment manifold right above the flag.Are you talking about the yellow saddle piece? Because i'm wondering where it and the struts it's attached to go.
They are hinged at the attachment point on the core and fold up. If you look very closely, you can see that the slightly angled rods/arms above the cross-struts (attached to them at the center) have a narrow section and a wide section; those are hydraulic pistons that will retract, pulling the cross-struts up against the core, where they latch into the attachment manifold right above the flag.
Someone on reddit pointed out what might be stitching errors or some kind of intentional editing. https://i.imgur.com/PQSPi2z.pngThese details along the raceway are lined up in one image, but not in the other. I'm guessing someone was just not paying attention when it came time to stitch, or left it to automated software and it got confused.
Quote from: biosehnsucht on 12/20/2017 06:14 pmSomeone on reddit pointed out what might be stitching errors or some kind of intentional editing. https://i.imgur.com/PQSPi2z.pngThese details along the raceway are lined up in one image, but not in the other. I'm guessing someone was just not paying attention when it came time to stitch, or left it to automated software and it got confused.Yes, discussed earlier. On the right on the uncropped version you can see the guy holding the yellow cable to trigger the camera... twice. Consensus here was that there are three images stitched together; you can actually see the yellow command cord a third time at the bottom, but the photographer themself has been stitched away.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/20/2017 08:40 pmQuoteMax thrust at lift-off is 5.1 million pounds or 2300 metric tons. First mission will run at 92%.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/943590152181448704QuoteFalcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/943592480926076928Just add one core to the front of the core, another to the back, rotate 45 degrees, and redo the launch mount/reaction frame?
QuoteMax thrust at lift-off is 5.1 million pounds or 2300 metric tons. First mission will run at 92%.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/943590152181448704QuoteFalcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/943592480926076928
Max thrust at lift-off is 5.1 million pounds or 2300 metric tons. First mission will run at 92%.
Falcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much.
Well, there it is, in all its glory. From Elon's Twitter.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/20/2017 09:17 amCan I just say how beautiful FH is?Looks like titanium grid fins on the side boosters but aluminium on the central core.Lol, ninja'd. Yes and lots of pusher hardware on display.It seems odd to be using such old hardware on a maiden flight. It's so incongruous to how space flight normally works, that my mind struggles with it.
Can I just say how beautiful FH is?Looks like titanium grid fins on the side boosters but aluminium on the central core.
I wonder if the fairing will come off after booster sep but before core staging.
A video with a view from the outside looking into the hangar (though unfortunately with bad window glare).https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc7fyjWFPjB/
Quote from: Space Ghost 1962 on 12/20/2017 09:18 pmQuote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/20/2017 08:40 pmQuoteMax thrust at lift-off is 5.1 million pounds or 2300 metric tons. First mission will run at 92%.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/943590152181448704QuoteFalcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/943592480926076928Just add one core to the front of the core, another to the back, rotate 45 degrees, and redo the launch mount/reaction frame? Yes, but think it will be easier to assemble you quint core LV on a new customized MLP inside the VAB and launch from LC_39B.Of course that requires a new reinforced center core that can handle the stress of 4 strapped-on booster cores.The Falcon Heavy should go with a new Raptor upper stage for increase performance instead of more cores. It will take less money and time.
Possibly belongs in a cheerleading thread; but I reckon there's only one piece of music to dub to first (successful) flight footage of this monster...