Are you sure about that? The octograbber grips the hold downs which are between the legs not under them. The two hold downs clocked 90 degrees from the one in the middle of the picture are mostly hidden behind the deployed legs. You can see part of the octograbber arm attached to the hold down on the left, but the hold down on the right is almost completely hidden. I think it's possible that it has a grip on all four hold downs. However, hopefully all will become clear when they lift the rocket.
OR OctoSpider, which grabs onto the OctoWeb... Reference Arthur C. Clarke's Rama book series https://goo.gl/images/3tbtfs
I didn't see this in this thread yet:Imgur - SpaceX Falcon 9 B1029.2 Returns to PortCheck out all the soot/charring/? from the old grid fin in the last photo.Falcon 9 Interstage. Photo credit: Mary Ellen Jelen / We Report Space
Quote from: mme on 06/29/2017 04:32 pmI didn't see this in this thread yet:Imgur - SpaceX Falcon 9 B1029.2 Returns to PortCheck out all the soot/charring/? from the old grid fin in the last photo.Falcon 9 Interstage. Photo credit: Mary Ellen Jelen / We Report SpaceCould that be a fluid leakage of some sort? Just wondering, as it looks like a bit of a splatter pattern to me, like you might see when a fluid leak is blown back by the air flow.
Quote from: Alpha Control on 06/29/2017 04:48 pmQuote from: mme on 06/29/2017 04:32 pmI didn't see this in this thread yet:Imgur - SpaceX Falcon 9 B1029.2 Returns to PortCheck out all the soot/charring/? from the old grid fin in the last photo.Falcon 9 Interstage. Photo credit: Mary Ellen Jelen / We Report SpaceCould that be a fluid leakage of some sort? Just wondering, as it looks like a bit of a splatter pattern to me, like you might see when a fluid leak is blown back by the air flow.I think the fluid in this case is molten aluminum.
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Quote from: douglas100 on 06/29/2017 03:36 pmAre you sure about that? The octograbber grips the hold downs which are between the legs not under them. The two hold downs clocked 90 degrees from the one in the middle of the picture are mostly hidden behind the deployed legs. You can see part of the octograbber arm attached to the hold down on the left, but the hold down on the right is almost completely hidden. I think it's possible that it has a grip on all four hold downs. However, hopefully all will become clear when they lift the rocket.You can see the hold-down pin below the leg attachment points is missing an arm extending up to it.