rickster75
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Yeah, what's up with that? You can clearly see the nosecone isn't seated correctly in quite a few shots in that video. That can't be on purpose...right?I wouldn't be surprised if this was the reason:
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Could be.This would be a fairly straightforward way to make a variable-length zipperless single break.
I'm not saying that's what it is, but it's not entirely unreasonable.
The NC seems to stay in place but why was it allowed to fly that way?
The cone has shear pins I would guess but still I would not let it fly. Maybe the coupler was extra long.Yeah, I am wondering the same thing. I would never put a rocket on the pad with the nosecone hanging out the top, even if it was secure. Go fever!
Nah, it's just an attempt to emulate the THAAD's energy management spiral :Here is negative stability, as propellant weight burns out CG moves forward and rocket gets stable.
I made the motor, P, 1000 pounds thrust for 14 seconds. Had nothing to do with airframe. Rocket was found stuck in ground five miles away.
Nah, it's just an attempt to emulate the THAAD's energy management spiral :
I was at that launch, and I was actually out in the field recovering my rocket when that thing came my direction, flipping and skywriting all over the place. I never felt so in jeopardy at a club launch. That motor burns for awhile, and I was praying for it to stop.
Steve Jurvetson flies some awesome rockets, but he also has a higher than normal proportion of major disasters. I think he brings a venture capitalist mentality to rocketry — 9 out of 10 projects fail, but the one that works is a real jackpot. I think if I were an RSO, all of his projects would fly from the away cell, based on past track record.
Yeah, what's up with that? You can clearly see the nosecone isn't seated correctly in quite a few shots in that video. That can't be on purpose...right?
Probably not the kind of guy who takes "no" for an answer. No wonder they let him fly whatever...He is a well known Silicon Valley venture capitalist who backs high-risk, high-reward ventures. I think he was an early investor in PayPal, for example.
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