..t my understanding is that military cargo drops using GPS guided automated systems (JPAD) are more like 70m.
Quote from: Darga on 04/03/2017 01:36 pmLoads of pics from Reddit user aftersteveo https://imgur.com/gallery/qa2rBLooks like quite a bit of damage! About right for a first try, though, and the real accomplishment is getting them to a pre-determined place where they could be recovered.
Loads of pics from Reddit user aftersteveo https://imgur.com/gallery/qa2rB
Very cool to see they recovered a half, even if visibly quite damaged.
So bouncy house... On top of a boat, or towed behind it?Station-keeping, or full-steam into the wind?
Quote from: meekGee on 04/04/2017 06:07 amSo bouncy house... On top of a boat, or towed behind it?Station-keeping, or full-steam into the wind?My guess is inflatable cushion on a second ASDS. Depending on accuracy it may be possible to catch both fairings on the same ship. Something on a ship would mean no need to offload at all while at sea. Dragging an inflatable raft of some sort seems unwieldy and problematic. Offloading so raft can be deflated means using a crane, and getting people aboard an inflatable raft in anything other than completely calm seas to secure lift cables seems super sketchy. Also, something being dragged just seems to variable in course and speed to reliably land on. Stationary boat with station-keeping thrusters seems like a better target. Yeah, I think drone ship barge with inflatable pillow on the surface. Inflate. Catch. Deflate. Secure. Tow it home.
Is there any advantage of the cat with cushion matching horizontal velocity with the fairing when landing?Also given a good eye(from captain) or computers it could make up for targeting accuracy.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 03/31/2017 11:24 amQuote from: rsdavis9 on 03/31/2017 02:27 amDid he really say bouncy house? I said that upthread a ways."Bouncy castle" and he said it with a straight face and no one else laughed. 😂We're well past the laughing stage...QuoteFirst they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win*.-- Mahatma Gandhihttps://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mahatmagan103630.html* We are here.
Quote from: rsdavis9 on 03/31/2017 02:27 amDid he really say bouncy house? I said that upthread a ways."Bouncy castle" and he said it with a straight face and no one else laughed. 😂
Did he really say bouncy house? I said that upthread a ways.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win*.
Quote from: rsdavis9 on 04/04/2017 12:05 pmIs there any advantage of the cat with cushion matching horizontal velocity with the fairing when landing?Also given a good eye(from captain) or computers it could make up for targeting accuracy.The horizontal velocity will be known ahead of time, so this seems like a good idea. Though it might be greater than what the cat can pull.
I haven't seen any info on how close they came to hitting their target. I'm trying to get an estimated accuracy for this first attempt. Clearly they were close enough so that the recovery boat could still get to it before it sank. Which seems a significant achievement in addition to the feat of it just surviving to sea level, but maybe they are quite buoyant in salt water and this isn't so incredible.
will have the same level and speed of control, the descent is also much slower so more time to be affected by the wind.
Quote from: JamesH65 on 04/04/2017 01:48 pmwill have the same level and speed of control, the descent is also much slower so more time to be affected by the wind.And more time for a fast boat to move under it.
The edge of the fairing facing the camera, sticking out from under the blue tarp, is very clearly broken off. On some of the photos you can see skin peeled back away from the center of the fairing half. I don't know if this damage occurred while it was in the water or during the process of pulling it onto the boat, but there is clear mechanical damage.