Falcon 9 dimensions: measuring photos

[edkyle99]

And a metric update. One minor note, the block 2 CRS Dragon has 2331" marked as the vertical dimension in two places. Perhaps the upper one should be 2431" ?

Yes.  Thanks.  I'll have to fix that, but it won't be until later today.  EDIT:  Drawing updated, upthread.

 - Ed Kyle

[dmc6960]

One additional thought, lower and define the center engine (a negative value perhaps?).  It is certainly lowered a little bit with respect to the other eight, pretty hard to measure though.

[edkyle99]

One additional thought, lower and define the center engine (a negative value perhaps?).  It is certainly lowered a little bit with respect to the other eight, pretty hard to measure though.

I'll try to get to that.  My thinking right now is to reset the "zero" vertical reference point to the plane where the rocket actually sits on the launch stand.  That would be where the hold down posts and/or T-0 umbilicals connect to the rocket.  Dimensions would be positive up and negative down from that point.  That would roughly be the plane now shown as +86 inches.

 - Ed Kyle