Vid of 1st stage engine test funded by @DARPA & @NASA_Marshall 1st use of spark igniter on 5k-lbf engine to improve performance & efficiency
Note the size of the feeds and the run tanks.
Still not full size full duration burn?
That nozzle is some high quality carbon fiber construction though.
Quote from: imprezive on 07/15/2017 08:08 amThat nozzle is some high quality carbon fiber construction though.I am genuinely not sure if you are being sarcastic or not... Are you joking?
Quote from: ringsider on 07/15/2017 09:05 pmQuote from: imprezive on 07/15/2017 08:08 amThat nozzle is some high quality carbon fiber construction though.I am genuinely not sure if you are being sarcastic or not... Are you joking?C'mon look at it.
Quote from: imprezive on 07/15/2017 11:26 pmQuote from: ringsider on 07/15/2017 09:05 pmQuote from: imprezive on 07/15/2017 08:08 amThat nozzle is some high quality carbon fiber construction though.I am genuinely not sure if you are being sarcastic or not... Are you joking?C'mon look at it.This sniping gets a bit annoying. The least you could do to contribute to the thread is post what you are looking at and talking about
First hint of an upcoming low-altitude test launch by Vector from the site of a proposed Georgia spaceport.QuoteT-minus 10 days... @CamdenSpaceporthttps://twitter.com/vectorspacesys/status/889224527233896448
T-minus 10 days... @CamdenSpaceport
Jim Cantrell @jamesncantrellVector-R Block 0.002 shipped out from @vectorspacesys today for launch in 10 days from @CamdenSpaceport. Stay tuned
Block 0.002? This means that it will be another low altitude fixed engine flight, I presume?
Quote from: Lars-J on 07/25/2017 03:03 amBlock 0.002? This means that it will be another low altitude fixed engine flight, I presume?Since it's not another block 0.001 it's probably slightly upgraded from the previous model. Pure speculation though.
Quote from: IanThePineapple on 07/25/2017 03:07 amQuote from: Lars-J on 07/25/2017 03:03 amBlock 0.002? This means that it will be another low altitude fixed engine flight, I presume?Since it's not another block 0.001 it's probably slightly upgraded from the previous model. Pure speculation though.Either that or they are going to do 999 test flights before they reach 1.0.
Jim Cantrell@jamesncantrellNew flight computers, code upgrades, AFTS, upgraded engines. Same FAA license restricting altitude. Customer payloads. New launch site
Their workshop really doesn't look like i would think serious rocket manufacturing would look like...In the picture above i see at least 3 different angle grinders within 3m of flight hardware, none of them with a guard on it.And there's a cut-in-half bottle catching fluids dripping from the rocket, i guess.Compared to what we see from RocketLab, it's night and day.
I genuinely think that some amateur teams like Copenhagen Suborbitals have a much higher grade of technology but for some reason people treat these guys like they already built a Saturn V and personally escorted Armstrong to the surface of the moon...